Horizon 2020 Environment

The European Commission has selected 11 projects that will receive around €29,7 million under Horizon 2020's Societal Challenge "Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials". Don't miss your opportunity - new calls are open!

Four EU funded projects will showcase their innovative solutions in digital water management at the ICT 2018 event in Vienna on 4-6 December 2018. SIM4NEXUS, SWSS, POWER and SPACE-O are financed with over €14 million by the Horizon 2020 and LIFE programmes. They are all members of the ICT4Water cluster, the hub for EU-funded research and innovation projects on ICT applied to water management.

Would you like to give your opinion about the re-use of plastic waste? FiberEUse, a Horizon 2020-funded project, has recently launched the "FiberEUse Idea Manager" platform. The users can provide feedback on the design of solutions elaborated within the project, also grading different alternatives. The highest rated ideas will be manufactured as prototypes and showcased at the 2020 Milan Design week.

Check what type of projects had already received EU funding and how much budget is still available in 2019 and 2020. New calls are open. Don't miss the deadline - 19 February 2019.

Scientists have created a solar atlas of Egypt, revealing where the sun’s rays shine most brilliantly and where dust storms obstruct its light. And in Niger, forecasters are guiding pastoralists towards grazing areas and water sources – and away from conflict with sedentary farmers. EU-funded GEO-CRADLE and AfriCultuReS are helping to address pressing local and national problems.

Researchers are attempting to figure out how to recover metals that are in limited supply in Europe from material that is often dumped or used in low-grade applications. They hope this metal recovery will also help to reduce the impact of industry on the environment. The CHROMIC project is aiming to recover metals from waste and by-products that are already in the EU.