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Horizon Europe - Cluster 6 - Destination 5: Land, ocean and water for climate action
Parent program | Horizon Europe |
Link to the program | ec.europa.eu |
Content of program
short description | The goal of research, development and innovation in Cluster 6 is to expand knowledge, build capacity and develop innovative solutions in these relevant areas. This includes, above all, the transition to a sustainable circular economy and the use of natural resources, as well as food security for all. Assessing the impacts of climate change on our land and marine environments, natural resources, agriculture and food systems, and identifying mitigation options and adaptation pathways, requires interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and investments across a broad range of activities. Research is needed to better understand who or what is exposed and sensitive to these changes, their underlying vulnerability, the associated costs and adaptive capacity. Research is also required to provide mitigation options that reduce the risk of long-term climate change. |
program objectives | This cluster aims at reducing environmental degradation, halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity on land, inland waters and sea and better managing natural resources through transformative changes of the economy and society in both urban and rural areas. It will ensure food and nutrition security for all within planetary boundaries through knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture and food systems and steer and accelerate the transition to a low carbon, resource efficient circular economy and sustainable bioeconomy, including forestry. Areas of intervention
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Expected effects and impacts | Proposals for topics under this destination should set out a credible pathway to contributing to climate action on land, oceans and water and more specifically to one or several of the following impacts:
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Regions / countries for funding | EU Member States, Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) Moldova (Moldova), Albania (Shqipëria), Armenia (Հայաստան), Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan), Belarus (Беларусь), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина), Faeroes (Føroyar / Færøerne), Georgia (საქართველო), Island (Ísland), Israel (ישראל / إِسْرَائِيل), Kosovo (Kosova/Kosovë / Косово), Montenegro (Црна Гора), Morocco (المغرب), New Zealand (Aotearoa), North Macedonia (Северна Македонија), Norway (Norge), Serbia (Srbija/Сpбија), Tunisia (تونس /Tūnis), Türkiye, Ukraine (Україна), United Kingdom |
eligible entities Partners |
Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), International organization, Education and training institution, Other, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Private institution, incl. private company (private for profit), Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), Research Institution incl. University |
Mandatory partnership | Yes |
Project Partnership | To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
Only legal entities forming a consortium are eligible to participate in actions provided that the consortium includes, as beneficiaries, three legal entities independent from each other and each established in a different country as follows:
Any legal entity, regardless of its place of establishment, including legal entities from non-associated third countries or international organisations (including international European research organisations) is eligible to participate (whether it is eligible for funding or not), provided that the conditions laid down in the Horizon Europe Regulation have been met, along with any other conditions laid down in the specific call topic. A ‘legal entity’ means any natural or legal person created and recognised as such under national law, EU law or international law, which has legal personality and which may, acting in its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations, or an entity without legal personality. Specific cases:
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Additional information
Topics | Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation, Agriculture & Forestry, Fishery, Food, Soil quality, Air Quality, Biodiversity & Environment, Climate & Climate Change, Water quality & management, Circular Economy, Natural Resources, Disaster Prevention, Resilience, Risk Management |
Relevance for EU Macro-Region | EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region |
UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) |
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Program documents | HE-Work Programme 2023-2024, Cluster 6, Destination 5 (526kB) |
Contact | National Contact Points for Horizon Europe Website |
Open calls
22.12.2022 - 12.04.2023
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EU-China international cooperation on improving monitoring for better integrated climate and biodiversity approaches, using environmental and Earth observation
17.10.2023 - 22.02.2024
Enhancing the sustainable production of renewable energy at farm-level
22.12.2022 - 12.04.2023
Improve the reliability and effectiveness of alternative water resources supply systems and technologies
22.12.2022 - 12.04.2023
Improving irrigation practices and technologies in agriculture
17.10.2023 - 22.02.2024
Land use change and local / regional climate
17.10.2023 - 22.02.2024
Ocean and coastal waters carbon- and biodiversity-rich ecosystems and habitats in Europe and the Polar Regions
22.12.2022 - 12.04.2023
Ocean models for seasonal to decadal regional climate impacts and feedbacks
17.10.2023 - 22.02.2024
Paludiculture: large-scale demonstrations
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Pilot network of climate-positive organic farms
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Socio-economic, climate and environmental aspects of paludiculture
17.10.2023 - 22.02.2024