Programme: Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Programme	Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenges
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: Health, demographic change and wellbeing; Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research, and the Bioeconomy; Secure, clean and efficient energy; Smart, green and integrated transport; Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials; Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies; Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens.
Link	Link to Programme
Thematic Focus	Biotechnology, Energy, Development Cooperation, Food & Healthy Diet, Fishery, Research, History, Health, Equal Rights, Infrastructure, Innovation, Climate, Industry, Capacity Building, SME, Human Rights, Migration, Sustainability, Natural ressources, Mobility, Security, Social affairs, Technologies, Telecommunication, Urban development, Transport, Social sciences & humanities, Traffic, Competitiveness
EU Macro-Regions	Adriatic and Ionian Region, Alpine Region, Baltic Sea Region, Danube Region
Funding area	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
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
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	As a principle all projects (except coordination and support activities) must comprise at least 3 partners from at least 3 EU Member States or other eligible countries.
Eligible applicants	Education and Training Centres, Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Lobby Group / Professional Association / Trade Union, Research Institution, International Organization, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO, Public Services, Other, National Government, Start Up Company, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Association
Applicant details	All legal entities located in the EU or in Third Countries can participate in Horizon 2020.
Type of Funding	Grants
Contact Details	Link to the National Contact Point Finder.
Open Calls	Horizon 2020: European Green Deal Call A 1.5 million year look into the past for improving climate predictions Addressing wild pollinators decline and its effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services Building a water-smart economy and society Climate services market research Communication technologies and interoperability topic 1: interoperable next generation of broadband radio communication system for public safety and security Coordinating and supporting research and innovation actions on the decarbonisation of the EU economy Coordination of citizens' observatories initiatives Crisis management topic 1: potential of current and new measures and technologies to respond to extreme weather and climate events Crisis management topic 3: Demonstration activity on large scale disasters and crisis management and resilience of EU external assets against major identified threats or causes of crisis Crisis management topic 6: Addressing standardisation opportunities in support of increasing disaster resilience Critical Infrastructure Protection topic 1: Critical Infrastructure “smart grid” protection and resilience under “smart meters” threats Critical Infrastructure Protection topic 2: Demonstration activity on tools for adapting building and infrastructure standards and design methodologies in vulnerable locations in the case of natural or man-originated catastrophes Critical Infrastructure Protection topic 3: Critical Infrastructure resilience indicator - analysis and development of methods for assessing resilience Critical Infrastructure Protection topic 4: Protecting potentially hazardous and sensitive sites/areas considering multi-sectorial dependencies Cultural heritage as a driver for sustainable growth Disaster Resilience & Climate Change topic 1: Science and innovation for adaptation to climate change: from assessing costs, risks and opportunities to demonstration of options and practices Disaster Resilience & Climate Change topic 2: Natural Hazards: Towards risk reduction science and innovation plans at national and European level Disaster Resilience & Climate Change topic 3: Mitigating the impacts of climate change and natural hazards on cultural heritage sites, structures and artefacts Disaster-Resilience: Safeguarding and Securing Society, including Adapting to Climate Change Ethical/Societal Dimension topic 3: Impact of climate change in third countries on Europe's security European data hub of the GEOSS information system Exploiting the added value of climate services Innovative financing, business and governance models for adaptive re-use of cultural heritage Integrated European regional modelling and climate prediction system Inter-relations between climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem services International network to promote cultural heritage innovation and diplomacy Large-scale demonstrators on nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk reduction LC-GD-1-1-2020: Preventing and fighting extreme wildfires with the integration and demonstration of innovative means LC-GD-1-2-2020: Towards climate-neutral and socially innovative cities LC-GD-1-3-2020: Climate-resilient innovation packages for EU regions LC-GD-10-1-2020: European capacities for citizen deliberation and participation for the Green Deal LC-GD-10-2-2020: Behavioural, social and cultural change for the Green Deal LC-GD-10-3-2020: Enabling citizens to act on climate change and environmental protection through education, citizen science, observation initiatives, and civic engagement LC-GD-2-1-2020: Innovative land-based and offshore renewable energy technologies and their integration into the energy system LC-GD-2-2-2020: Develop and demonstrate a 100 MW electrolyser upscaling the link between renewables and industrial applications LC-GD-2-3-2020: Accelerating the green transition and energy access partnership with Africa LC-GD-3-1-2020: Closing the industrial carbon cycle to combat climate change LC-GD-3-2-2020: Demonstration of systemic solutions for the territorial deployment of the circular economy LC-GD-4-1-2020: Building and renovating in an energy and resource efficient way LC-GD-5-1-2020: Green airports and ports as multimodal hubs for sustainable and smart mobility LC-GD-6-1-2020: Testing and demonstrating systemic innovations for sustainable food from farm to fork LC-GD-7-1-2020: Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services LC-GD-8-1-2020: Innovative, systemic zero-pollution solutions to protect health, environment and natural resources from persistent and mobile chemicals LC-GD-8-2-2020: Fostering regulatory science to address chemical and pharmaceutical mixtures: from science to evidence-based policies LC-GD-9-1-2020: European Research Infrastructures’ capacities and services to address European Green Deal challenges LC-GD-9-2-2020: Developing end-user products and services for all stakeholders and citizens supporting climate adaptation and mitigation LC-GD-9-3-2020: Transparent & Accessible Seas and Oceans: Towards a Digital Twin of the Ocean Macro-economic and societal benefits from creating new markets in a circular economy Multi-stakeholder dialogue platform to promote innovation with nature to address societal challenges New biotechnologies to remediate harmful contaminants (RIA) Novel in-situ observation systems Operationalising insurance value of ecosystems Pathways towards the decarbonisation and resilience of the European economy in the timeframe 2030-2050 and beyond Pre-commercial procurement on soil decontamination Preparing for pre-commercial procurement (PCP) and/or public procurement of innovative solutions (PPI) in support of climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials Raw materials policy support actions for the circular economy - Expert network on Critical Raw Materials Support to confirmed EU Presidency events (conferences) Supporting international cooperation activities on water Towards a robust and comprehensive greenhouse gas verification system Transformations to sustainability Transforming historic urban areas and/or cultural landscapes into hubs of entrepreneurship and social and cultural integration Understanding the transition to a circular economy and its implications on the environment, economy and society