Biodiversity, water, food, energy, transport, climate and health nexus in the context of transformative change

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

Programme Description

Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-16

Call

Biodiversity, water, food, energy, transport, climate and health nexus in the context of transformative change

Summary

Proposals should work on transformation actions into policy making and governance (including financing) both under and above the scope of socio-economic and environmental agendas. Ιt is necessary for research and innovation together with the community outside academia (business, government organisations etc.) to demonstrate what transformative change could actually mean and achieve for biodiversity. Also, there is a need for practical guidance to policy makers and society on the impacts of the necessary structural, ecological, social and economic transformations. 

Detailed Call Description

Proposals should focus on indirect drivers of biodiversity loss: production and consumption patterns, human population dynamics and trends, trade, technological innovations, local to global governance (including financing), which in turn cause the direct drivers (land and sea use change, over-exploitation, climate change, pollution, invasive species). Proposals should examine how transformative change takes place in different societal and cultural contexts. They should look at what triggers these changes and what obstacles there are (behavioural, financial, policy, institutional, power setting etc). The proposals should should look at gender dynamics and diversity to investigate how different identities and social groups are tangibly promoting transformative changes through bottom-up transition initiatives for sustainable lifestyles that are of major relevance to biodiversity.

The project should feed input into this assessment, critically examining the usability of the IPBES conceptual framework for these aspects.

Call Total Budget

€5,00 million

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

100%

EU contribution per project:€ 5,00 million

Thematic Categories

  • Economy-Finances
  • Environment and Climate Change
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
  • Social Affairs & Human Rights

Eligibility for Participation

  • Central Government
  • Educational Institutions
  • Large Enterprises
  • Local Authorities
  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • State-owned Enterprises

Call Opening Date

22/06/2021

Call Closing Date

06/10/2021

National Contact Point(s)

Research and Innovation Foundation

Strovolos Avenue 123, 2042 Nicosia, Cyprus, P.O.Box 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/

Dr Angelos Ntantos
Scientific Officer
Telephone: 35722205033
Email: antantos@research.org.cy

Dr Ioannis Theodorou

Scientific Officer
Telephone: 35722205038
Email: itheodorou@research.org.cy

(Publish Date: 23/08/2021-for internal use only)