Call: A 1.5 million year look into the past for improving climate predictions
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Type of Fund | Action programme |
Description of programme "Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenges " | A challenge-based approach will bring together resources and knowledge across different
fields, technologies and disciplines, including social sciences and the humanities. This will cover activities from research
to market with a new focus on innovation-related activities, such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, and support for public
procurement and market uptake. Funding focuses on the following challenges:
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Description of programme "Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials" |
This Subprogramme aims to achieve a resource- and water-efficient economoy and society that is also resilient to climate change. Furthermore, it seeks to promote the protection and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems. Lastly, the Programme also supports the sustainable supply and use of raw materials, in order to meet the needs of a growing global population within the sustainable limits of the planet's natural resources and eco-systems. |
Call | A 1.5 million year
look into the past for improving climate predictions |
Description of call "A 1.5 million year look into the past for improving climate predictions" | Ice cores contain unique and quantitative information about past climate forcing and responses and have provided essential evidence about mechanisms of climate change, underpinning our understanding of future climate change. The challenge is to extend the record/analysis back to the so called 'mid-Pleistocene transition', when the frequency of glacial cycles changed considerably in response to orbital perturbations. This will allow to better constrain the climate response to future GHG emissions and unravel key linkages between the carbon cycle, ice sheets and atmospheric and ocean climate. A realistic target is to acquire a new ice core from the Antarctic that will contain a record back to 1.5 million years (Myr), but a suitable site where such ice exists has not yet been identified and will require a significant integrated effort.
The action should support the preparations for new ice-drilling campaigns in Antarctica and help screen suitable sites where future drilling could provide ice-core records, extending up to 1.5 million years into the past. It should aim to define the feasibility of acquiring a 1.5 Myr ice-core record and establish a technical and logistic roadmap for the development of an international drilling campaign, while developing the financial engineering and the framework for international cooperation necessary to support the future endeavour. |
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Thematic Focus | Research & Innovation, Technology Transfer & Exchange, Climate, Climate Change, Environment & Biodiversity |
Funding area | EU Member States Candidate Countries Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland / Ísland Moldova Norway / Norge Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna Others |
Origin of Applicant | EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland / Ísland Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna Others |
Eligible applicants | Education and Training Centres, Research Institution, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), NGO / NPO, Start Up Company, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Association |
Project Partner | Yes |
Project Partner Details | At least one legal entity established in an EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated country. |
Recurring Call | No |
Financial details | The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU in the range of 2 million € would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts. Up to one action shall be funded. Funding rate: 100% |
Contact Details | Link to the National Contact Point Finder. |
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