This challenge is in line with the identified priorities in the context of the SET plan. This challenge is in line with the identified priorities in the context of the SET-Plan10. This challenge is in line with the identified priorities in the context of the SET plan.
This challenge is in line with the priorities identified in the context of SET-Plan 14.
Increasing Climate Ambition: Cross sectoral challenges
It requires citizen involvement and social innovation in all areas of the Green Deal. Therefore, byer85 must play a decisive role in helping Europe achieve the goals of the Green Deal. The platform should facilitate the coordination of ongoing European activities in the field of climate neutrality for cities and should be sustainable, scalable and self-financing beyond the lifetime of the action.
Cities and/or local communities participating in the pilots are expected to apply and commit the necessary resources to the deployment of their action plan and the achievement of the expected impacts mentioned below. This action, in particular the activities covered under Activity 4, provides for financial support to third parties in accordance with the conditions set out in Part K of the General Annexes. Crossing social tipping points and implementing the Green Deal, through social innovation that empowers cities and local communities;.
The action should support the implementation and wide dissemination of the solutions developed and tested in sub-theme 1. Supporting the objectives of the European Green Deal, in particular the new EU Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change, biodiversity strategies, EU bioeconomy and circular economy. the objectives of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, as well as the Clean Air Program for Europe. Performance indicators should include for example reducing the climate protection gap, increasing green investments, etc.
Clean, affordable and secure energy
Scope: The proposals must deal with one of the following two sub-topics and clearly state which sub-topic is addressed. Projects should assess the sustainability of the proposed solutions in environmental, social and economic terms. The optimization in terms of energy efficiency and cost effectiveness of the proposed solutions as well as the adaptability of existing systems to a representative range of network conditions in the EU should be addressed.
Before this go/no-go moment, the project must deliver the detailed engineering plans, a complete business and implementation plan and all necessary permits for the deployment of the project. Funding for proposals that are part of a larger project will be related to the eligible costs based on the innovative part of the project. The performance and durability of the dynamically operating electrolyser must be assessed and potential safety issues addressed.
Before this go/no go decision point, the project must deliver detailed engineering plans, a complete business and implementation plan, and all necessary permits to implement the project. Proposals are expected to move the technologies from TRL 6/7 to TRL 8 by the end of the project. Since the demonstration installation will be located in Africa, relevant African partners must participate in the implementation of the project.
Industry for a clean and circular economy
The circular economy can play an important role in the EU's recovery from the adverse socio-economic and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, providing systemic solutions for sustainable growth and economic recovery. Where necessary, attention should also be paid to occupational health and safety aspects and the potential challenges of the transition to a circular economy. However, the concrete implementation of systemic solutions for the territorial extension of the circular economy still needs to be demonstrated and effectively replicated in other areas.
The CCRI is part of the new circular economy action plan and aims to support the implementation of circular economy solutions at local and regional level. Each proposal is expected to implement and demonstrate circular system solutions for the territorial placement of a circular economy (including a circular bioeconomy) in one. It is essential that the implemented systemic solutions demonstrate the role of the territorial circular economy in harmonizing our economies and human activities with planetary boundaries and in responding to the needs of citizens in the face of a systemic crisis, such as climate change, pollution, waste generation, loss of biodiversity and unfavorable socio-economic and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 crisis.
The systemic solutions implemented should address the economic, social and environmental dimensions of the transition to a circular economy and include components of science, technology and governance. These schemes are expected to promote circular social practices and address environmental, behavioral and cultural aspects of the territorial transition to a circular economy. The Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of any circular solution should be within the range of 6-7 at the end of the project.
Energy and resource efficient buildings
Each proposal should clearly state the start and end TRL of the key technology, processes and value chains targeted by the project. Scalable design of green, positive energy districts that are well embedded in the spatial, economic, technical, ecological, regulatory and social context of the demonstration sites. With recycling/reusing building materials (or industrial by-products) or reducing the amount of materials and components used, to reduce the embodied energy of buildings;
Ensuring that the proposed solutions do not adversely affect the fire and seismic safety of buildings; Providing post-construction/renovation monitoring of operational energy performance (minimizing the design-build performance gap) and durability of construction/renovation components. Therefore, the validation of the market and the potential of consumer uptake should be carried out in the form of real-life "living laboratories" and in conditions that are open to innovation and the promotion of affordable access to housing.
This will also ensure the validation of innovations for different building types - residential (eg social housing) and non-residential (eg hospitals, schools, public buildings) - and different climate zones. The proposals are expected to bring technologies from TRL 5/6 to TRL 7/8 by the end of the project. Reduction of embodied energy in buildings by 50% without concessions regarding energy consumption and comfort;.
Sustainable and smart mobility
The conditions related to this topic are provided at the end of this call and in the General Appendices. Specific challenge: A clear commitment of the European Green Deal is that "transport must become drastically less polluting", emphasizing in particular the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in aviation and water transport. In aviation, traffic volumes are expected to increase significantly by 2050 and the sector already generates 14% of EU greenhouse gas emissions from transport.
Actions should undertake large-scale, high-TRL (6 or higher) real-life demonstrations of sustainable sea and inland ports, addressing the first aspect below and at least five of the following. Actions for both areas (green airports and green ports) should, in addition to addressing the aspects described above, include monitoring performance in the field where appropriate with a view to assessing the effectiveness of the deployable solutions. This should be determined by measuring the performance difference (for comparable levels of activity) between the initial status, considered before applying the innovative solutions (baseline), and the status at a point in time after 2-3 years into the project, after a number of of the solutions produced by the project has been applied.
The actions should also provide a quantitative assessment of the expected improvement in the energy consumption of the airport or port, as well as in greenhouse gas emissions and air quality. A maximum of 20% of the required EU contribution should be for airports or other ports. The conditions related to this topic are given at the end of this call and in the general annexes.
Farm to Fork
Agriculture is responsible for 10.3% of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU114; Food is an important source of greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to around 17% of household emissions in the EU, similar to housing (22%)115;. The value of the direct contribution of insect pollinators to EU agricultural production has been estimated at approximately EUR 15 billion per year117. 118 IPBES (2016) Summary for policymakers on the assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on pollinators, pollination and food production.
The Farm to Fork Strategy, which is at the heart of the European Green Deal, aims to address the challenges and accelerate the transition towards sustainable food systems, to ensure that the economic, social and environmental foundations of food security and nutrition are not compromised for current and future generations. Scope: A series of activities will support the deployment and scaling of innovations that contribute to the objectives of the Farm-to-Fork Strategy124. 2021] Reducing food loss and waste at every stage of the food chain including consumption, while also avoiding unsustainable packaging (IA).
Promote cooperation, build bridges and eliminate silos between actors in the food chain and between primary sectors. Reducing food loss and waste and the use of unsustainable packaging at all stages of the food chain, including consumption (subtopic E). To achieve greater awareness among policy makers, companies, investors, entrepreneurs, institutions, stakeholders and citizens about the selected innovative system solutions, their potential and the requirements for promoting and realizing their use at EU level and behavior change (sub-themes (A) , (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F)).
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
The proposals should adopt the guidelines and principles of the European Charter for Access to Research Infrastructures. It will contribute to the Commission's Green Deal and Digital Package commitments to develop a very high precision digital model of the Earth (Destination Earth initiative). It will be a simulator to test scenarios dealing with different developments in the marine environment.
Enable the operationalization of long-term observing systems and contribute to the goals of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. This requires citizen participation and social innovation in all areas of the European Green Deal. Call conditions - Building a low-carbon and climate-resilient future: Research and innovation in support of the European Green Deal.
Information on the outcome of the evaluation: Maximum 5 months from the submission deadline; And. The European Commission intends to set up networking activities for the funded projects in the field of the European Green Deal Call (see 'other actions'). It will maximize the longer-term positive impact of the GDC on a European scale.
The project should be implemented in close cooperation with ZGJE partners involved in the development of the GEOSS infrastructure. CCRI's activities will contribute to the implementation of the European Green Deal, the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Bioeconomy Strategy.
