OPERAS
Grant agreement ID: 308393
Start date:1 December 2012
End date:31 May 2017
Operational Potential of Ecosystem Research Applications
OPERAs (OPERATIONAL POTENTIAL OF ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH APPLICATIONS) aims to improve understanding of how ES/NC contribute to human well-being in different social-ecological systems in inland and coastal zones, in rural and urban areas, related to different ecosystems including forests and fresh water resources. The OPERAs research will establish whether, how and under what conditions the ES/NC concepts can move beyond the academic domain towards practical implementation in support of sustainable ecosystem management.
OPENNESS
Grant agreement ID: 308428
Start date:
1 December 2012
End date:31 May 2017
Grant agreement ID: 308428
OPERATIONALISATION OF NATURAL CAPITAL AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: FROM CONCEPTS TO REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS
Despite improved understanding of the links between ecosystem health, provision of ecosystem services and human well-being, further conceptual and empirical work is needed to make the ideas of ecosystem services (ESS) and natural capital (NC) operational. OpenNESS will therefore develop innovative and practical ways of applying them in land, water and urban management: it will identify how, where and when the concepts can most effectively be applied to solve problems.
TURAS
Grant agreement ID: 282834
1Start date:1 October 2011
End date:30 September 2016
Transitioning towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability
OpenNESS will therefore develop innovative and practical ways of applying them in land, water and urban management: it will identify how, where and when the concepts can most effectively be applied to solve problems.
GREEN SURGE
Grant agreement ID: 603567
Start date:1 November 2013
End date:31 October 2017
Grant agreement ID: 603567
Green Infrastructure and Urban Biodiversity for Sustainable Urban Development and the Green Economy
GREEN SURGE will identify, develop and test ways of connecting green spaces, biodiversity, people and the green economy, in order to meet the major urban challenges related to land use conflicts, climate change adaptation, demographic changes, and human health and wellbeing.
APSE
Grant agreement ID: 603862
Start date:1 January 2014
End date:30 November 2017
Funded under
Use of eco-friendly materials for a new concept of Asphalt Pavements for a Sustainable Environment
Main objective of the project is the demonstration and validation of an eco-innovative design of asphalt pavements based on the integration of more sustainable materials into its production cycle.
HERCULES
Grant agreement ID: 603447
Start date:1 December 2013
End date:30 November 2016
HERCULES
Sustainable futures for Europe’s HERitage in CULtural landscapES: Tools for understanding, managing, and protecting landscape functions and values
GREEN SURGE will identify, develop and test ways of connecting green spaces, biodiversity, people and the green economy, in order to meet the major urban challenges related to land use conflicts, climate change adaptation, demographic changes, and human health and wellbeing.
ESMERALDA
Grant agreement ID: 642007
Start date:1 February 2015
End date:31 July 2018
Enhancing ecoSysteM sERvices mApping for poLicy and Decision mAking
Mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services (ES) are core to the EU Biodiversity (BD) Strategy. They are essential if we are to make informed decisions. Action 5 sets the requirement for an EU-wide knowledge base designed to be: a primary data source for developing Europe’s green infrastructure; resource to identify areas for ecosystem restoration; and, a baseline against which the goal of ‘no net loss of BD and ES’ can be evaluated.
BiodivERsA3
Grant agreement ID: 642420
Start date:1 February 2015
End date:30 April 2022
Consolidating the European Research Area on biodiversity and ecosystem services
The loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystems jeopardize the sustainable provision of ecosystem services and are major scientific and societal challenges. Addressing this challenge and providing scientific support to stakeholders and policy makers requires a coherent interdisciplinary research framework, with coordinated strategies and programmes at the national, regional and international levels, which are the relevant scales for many biodiversity issues.
ThinkNature
Grant agreement ID: 730338
Start date1 December 2016
End date30 November 2019
Development of a multi-stakeholder dialogue platform and Think tank to promote innovation with Nature based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS) aim to help societies to address a variety of environmental, social and economic challenges in sustainable ways. They are actions which are inspired by and supported by nature. Some involve using and enhancing existing natural solutions to challenges, while others are exploring more novel solutions, for example, based on how non-human organisms and communities cope with environmental extremes. NBS are energy and resource-efficient, and resilient to change, but to be successful they must be adapted to local conditions.
Nature4Cities
Grant agreement ID: 730468
Start date1 November 2016
End date30 April 2021
Nature Based Solutions for re-naturing cities: knowledge diffusion and decision support platform through new collaborative models
Nature-based solutions (NBS) encompass actions that draw inspiration or replicate nature to address various technical issues. The EU-funded Nature4Cities project aims to establish a comprehensive reference platform for NBS. This platform will provide technical solutions, methods and tools to empower decision-making in urban planning.
NATURVATION
Grant agreement ID: 730243
Start date1 November 2016
End date31 May 2021
Nature Based Urban Innovation
Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) have the potential to respond to climate change, enhance biodiversity and improve environmental quality while contributing to economic regeneration and social well-being. Yet there is a substantial gap between the promise of NBS and their uptake.
EN-SUGI
Grant agreement ID: 730254
EC signature date7 November 2016
Start date1 December 2016
End date30 November 2022
Eranet Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative
The ERANET Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (EN-SUGI) will bring together the fragmented research and innovation expertise across Europe and beyond to find innovative new solutions to this FEW Nexus challenge. Furthermore, by linking the activity of the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe and the Belmont Forum (BF), EN-SUGI develops more resilient, applied urban solutions that bring research and innovation together from across the globe
CONNECTING Nature
Grant agreement ID: 730222
EC signature date5 May 2017
Start date1 June 2017
End date31 May 2022
COproductioN with NaturE for City Transitioning, INnovation and Governance
The overarching objective of Connecting Nature is to position Europe as a global leader in the innovation and implementation of nature-based solutions. The project partners will form a community of cities fostering peer-to-peer, transdisciplinary capacity-building between front-runner, fast-follower and multiplier cities. Connecting Nature will co-develop the policy and practices necessary to scale up urban resilience, innovation and governance via nature-based solutions.
GROW GREEN
Grant agreement ID: 730283
EC signature date5 May 2017
Start date1 June 2017
End date30 November 2022
Green Cities for Climate and Water Resilience, Sustainable Economic Growth, Healthy Citizens and Environments
GROW GREEN brings the partner cities together on the basis of these similarities but also their differences. Across the 6 European and 1 Chinese City they represent the range of different cities that are found across the world, and the different climate risks that they face. The cities will demonstrate a replicable approach for the development and implementation of city NBS strategies.
UNALAB
Grant agreement ID: 730052
EC signature date5 May 2017
Start date1 June 2017
End date30 November 2022
Urban Nature Labs
UNaLab will develop, via co-creation with stakeholders and implementation of ‘living lab’ demonstration areas, a robust evidence base and European framework of innovative, replicable, and locally-attuned nature-based solutions to enhance the climate and water resilience of cities. UNaLab focuses on urban ecological water management, accompanied with greening measures and innovative and inclusive urban design. The UNaLab partners aim to develop smarter, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable local societies through nature based innovation jointly created with and for stakeholders and citizens.
URBAN GreenUP
Grant agreement ID: 730426
EC signature date5 May 2017
Start date1 June 2017
End date31 May 2023
New Strategy for Re-Naturing Cities through Nature-Based Solutions
Urban GreenUP aims at obtaining a tailored methodology (1) to support the co-development of Renaturing Urban Plans focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation and efficient water management, and (2) to assist in the implementation of NBS in an effective way. NBS classification and parametrization will be addressed and some resources to support decision making will be established as part of the project activities.
CLEVER Cities
Grant agreement ID: 776604
EC signature date8 May 2018
Start date1 June 2018
End date30 November 2023
CLEVER Cities – Co-designing Locally tailored Ecological solutions for Value added, socially inclusivE Regeneration in Cities
CLEVER Cities applies a city centric approach, starting by key urban regeneration challenges and employing strong local partner clusters, to foster sustainable and socially inclusive urban regeneration locally, in Europe and globally. We will co-create, – implement, and -manage locally tailored NBS to deliver tangible social, environmental and economic improvements for urban regeneration.
EdiCitNet
Grant agreement ID: 776665
EC signature date4 May 2018
Start date1 September 2018
End date29 February 2024
Edible Cities Network Integrating Edible City Solutions for social resilient and sustainably productive cities
EdiCitNet will leverage the substantial benefits that ECS effect today at local level and catalyse their replication EU- and world-wide by launching a fully open and participatory network of cities, empowering their inhabitants by a common methodology
a) to systematically explore the wealth and diversity of existing ECS,
b) to adapt, plan and implement successfully proven ECS in their specific urban context.
proGIreg
Grant agreement ID: 776528
EC signature date4 May 2018
Start date1 June 2018
End date30 November 2023
productive Green Infrastructure for post-industrial urban regeneration
For proGIreg three front-runner cities (Dortmund (DE); Turin (IT); Zagreb (HR))will create Living Labs in urban areas which face the challenge of post-industrial regeneration. These areas suffer from social and economic disadvantages, inequality and related crime and security problems. They lack quality greenspaces, have a negative impact on human health and wellbeing and are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Going beyond the current state-of-the-art with Green Infrastructure as a one-off state intervention, the proGIreg Living Labs will develop NBS which are citizen owned and co-developed by state, market and civil society stakeholders. Innovation will take place on the technical level through the NBS deployments, on the social level through co-designing, co-creating and co-implementing NBS with local communities and on the economic level through combining NBS with market-ready business models.
URBiNAT
Grant agreement ID: 776783
EC signature date4 May 2018
Start date1 June 2018
End date31 March 2024
URBiNAT – Healthy corridors as drivers of social housing neighbourhoods for the co-creation of social, environmental and marketable NBS
URBiNAT focuses on the regeneration and integration of deprived social housing urban developments through an innovative and inclusive catalogue of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), ensuring sustainability and mobilising driving forces for social cohesion. Interventions focus on the public space to co-create with citizens new urban, social and nature-based relations within and between different neighbourhoods. Taking the full physical, mental and social well-being of citizens as its main goal, URBiNAT aims to co-plan a healthy corridor as an innovative and flexible NBS, which itself integrates a large number of micro NBS emerging from community-driven design processes.
BiodivScen
Grant agreement ID: 776617
EC signature date30 October 2017
Start date1 October 2017
End date31 July 2023
Promoting and implementing joint programming at the international level to reinforce research on the development of scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services
The BiodivScen objectives are to:
– coordinate the research agendas of major European and interantional research funders to agree on shared research priorities related to scenarios of biodiversity & ESS
– design and implement an ambitious joint call for research proposals focussed on the development of scenarios of biodiversity & ESS
– promote and support research collaboration across national borders and across disciplinary boundaries, in order to build capacity, overcome fragmentation and have a lasting effect on the international research community and landscape
– encourage and support dialogue and collaboration between academia and research stakeholders, and more particularly stakeholder engagement in the funded research projects, in order to increase the impact of research on policy and practice
REGREEN
Grant agreement ID: 821016
EC signature date3 May 2019
Start date1 September 2019
End date29 February 2024
Fostering nature-based solutions for smart, green and healthy urban transitions in Europe and China
A new urban model to enhance and conserve natural capital
More than 70 % of Europe’s population and nearly 60 % of China’s population live in cities. Societal challenges deriving from this development need mitigation and nature-based solutions (NBS) are promising approaches. They will assist cities to adapt to climate change, to reduce the risk of extreme weather events, and to counteract biodiversity loss and other detrimental effects. The EU-funded REGREEN project will investigate NBS to restore, improve, enhance and conserve natural capital and biodiversity. It will help build climate resilience in cities, improve liveability, and contribute to building inclusive communities, in line with urban priorities. Together with urban planners, citizens and businesses in urban living labs, REGREEN aims to speed up the transition toward equitable, green and healthy cities.
INDIA-H2O
Grant agreement ID: 820906
EC signature date26 October 2018
Start date1 February 2019
End date31 July 2024
bIo-mimetic and phyto-techNologies DesIgned for low-cost purficAtion and recycling of water
INDIA-H2O developed, designed and demonstrated low-cost water treatment systems for saline groundwater and for domestic and industrial wastewaters in Gujarat. We used emerging membrane technologies combined with natural biological processes, to raise the energy efficiency of treatment, reduce costs, and conserve groundwater.
OPERANDUM
Grant agreement ID: 776848
EC signature date20 April 2018
Start date1 July 2018
End date31 December 2022
Fostering nature-based solutions for smart, green and healthy urban transitions in Europe and China
The objective of OPERANDUM is to reduce hydro-meteorological risks in European territories through co-designed, co-developed, deployed, tested and demonstrated innovative green and blue/grey/hybrid NBS, and push business exploitation. It aims provision of science-evidence for the usability of NBS, best practices for their design based on participatory processes. It foresees a multiple level of stakeholders engagement from the local community up to the international level to leverage widest possible NBS acceptance to promote its diffusion as a good practice. It establishes the framework for the strengthening of NBS-based policies according to local legislation and promotes technology and innovation in NBS to create a European leadership.
Phusicos
Grant agreement ID: 776681
EC signature date20 April 2018
Start date1 May 2018
End date30 April 2023
PHUSICOS: ‘According to nature’ – solutions to reduce risk in mountain landscapes
. The main goal of the PHUSICOS project, named ‘According to nature,’ is to demonstrate the effectiveness of nature-based and nature-inspired solutions for reducing the impact of extreme weather events in rural mountain landscapes. This objective was achieved through interventions at three large-scale demonstrator case sites: the Serchio River Basin in Italy, the French and Spanish Pyrenees, and the Gudbrandsdalen valley in Norway.
Implementing an EU system of accounting for ecosystems and their services. Initial proposals for the implementation of ecosystem services accounts (Report under phase 2 of the knowledge innovation project on an integrated system of natural capital and ecosystem services accounting in the EU)
A new urban model to enhance and conserve natural capital
The Knowledge Innovation Project on an Integrated system of Natural Capital and ecosystem services Accounting (KIP INCA) aims to work in line with the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting- Experimental Ecosystem Accounts (SEEA EEA) and also to propose how the approaches to accounting can be further developed based on experience in the EU. The Technical Recommendations of SEEA EEA make proposals on how to develop accounting tables of ecosystem extent, asset, condition and service supply and use.
BiodivScen
Grant agreement ID: 776617
EC signature date30 October 2017
Start date1 October 2017
End date31 July 2023
Promoting and implementing joint programming at the international level to reinforce research on the development of scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services
The BiodivScen objectives are to:
– coordinate the research agendas of major European and interantional research funders to agree on shared research priorities related to scenarios of biodiversity & ESS
– design and implement an ambitious joint call for research proposals focussed on the development of scenarios of biodiversity & ESS
– promote and support research collaboration across national borders and across disciplinary boundaries, in order to build capacity, overcome fragmentation and have a lasting effect on the international research community and landscape
– encourage and support dialogue and collaboration between academia and research stakeholders, and more particularly stakeholder engagement in the funded research projects, in order to increase the impact of research on policy and practice
REGREEN
Grant agreement ID: 821016
EC signature date3 May 2019
Start date1 September 2019
End date29 February 2024
Fostering nature-based solutions for smart, green and healthy urban transitions in Europe and China
A new urban model to enhance and conserve natural capital
More than 70 % of Europe’s population and nearly 60 % of China’s population live in cities. Societal challenges deriving from this development need mitigation and nature-based solutions (NBS) are promising approaches. They will assist cities to adapt to climate change, to reduce the risk of extreme weather events, and to counteract biodiversity loss and other detrimental effects. The EU-funded REGREEN project will investigate NBS to restore, improve, enhance and conserve natural capital and biodiversity. It will help build climate resilience in cities, improve liveability, and contribute to building inclusive communities, in line with urban priorities. Together with urban planners, citizens and businesses in urban living labs, REGREEN aims to speed up the transition toward equitable, green and healthy cities.
EPOCA
Grant agreement ID: 211384
Project closed
Start date1 May 2008
End date30 April 2012
European Project on Ocean Acidification
EPOCA aims to document the changes in ocean chemistry and biogeography across space and time.
Paleo-reconstruction methods will be used on several archives, including foraminifera and deep-sea
corals, to determine past variability in ocean chemistry and to tie these to present-day chemical and
biological observations.
EU4IPBES
Grant agreement ID: 832892
EC signature date8 April 2019
Start date1 May 2019
End date30 April 2023
The European Union’s Support to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an independent intergovernmental body. Its aim is to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development. In this context, the EU-funded EU4IPBES project will support the EU grant to the IPBES trust fund, which supports IPBES across all its functions and structures, including its governing bodies, its secretariat, and its work programme. It will address the further development of work on capacity and knowledge foundations, the communication and evaluation of the Platform’s activities, deliverables and findings, including policy tools.
SUST-BLACK
Grant agreement ID: 826469
EC signature date26 October 2018
Start date1 November 2018
End date31 July 2019
Sustainable development at the Black Sea
Situated in the geographic area of the lower Danube region and the western Black Sea, Romania is a country of strategic importance. The EU-funded SUST-BLACK project supported the official launch of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda in the Black Sea region. This occurred within the framework of the Sustainable Development at the Black Sea Conference that took place under the auspices of the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council in 2019 and that ended with the Bucharest Declaration on the Black Sea Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. The conference brought together policymakers, academics, NGOs and professionals aiming to establish a sustainable and innovative society in the Black Sea region focusing on the smart connection between Europe and Asia.
Urban MAESTRO
Grant agreement ID: 831704
EC signature date11 December 2018
Start date1 December 2018
End date30 April 2021
URBAN DESIGN GOVERNANCE – Exploring formal and informal means of improving spatial quality in cities across Europe and beyond
The proposed action: URBAN DESIGN GOVERNANCE, to be known as Urban Maestro, looks at the ways European cities are being designed and financed, focusing on innovative ways of generating and implementing urban spatial quality: the “soft power” modalities of urban design governance. Soft power modalities refer to those approaches where public authorities act in an informal capacity as enablers or brokers rather than through formal regulatory or direct investment powers. Examples include multi-stakeholder design platforms, bouwmeesters, city-architects, quality negotiation mechanisms and the like. The action will focus on these processes and how they are being used to shape cities through means short of regulation, direct design or development.
NAIAD
Grant agreement ID: 730497
EC signature date28 October 2016
Start date1 December 2016
End date31 August 2020
Promoting and implementing joint programming at the international level to reinforce research on the development of scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services
NAIAD aims to operationalise the insurance value of ecosystems to reduce the human and economic cost of risks associated with water (floods and drought) by developing and testing – with key insurers and municipalities – the concepts, tools, applications and instruments (business models) necessary for its mainstreaming. We will do this in detail for 8 demonstration sites (DEMOs) throughout Europe and develop tools and methods applicable and transferable across all of Europe.
ENROUTE
Grant agreement ID: 836037
EC signature date30 November 2018
Start date1 October 2018
End date31 March 2019
ENROUTE: WORK YOUR RIDE
It’s called the mobility commerce revolution, and it’s merging transportation apps with retailers. The idea is to allow consumers to collect credits towards their next transportation ride while shopping from their favourite retailers. The EU-funded ENROUTE project will perform a feasibility study to improve understanding of international market conditions and the associated risks during the development of this ‘en route’ shopping. SME Instrument Phase-1 and Phase-2 will help accelerate the development and market penetration of the solution in target markets. After successfully piloting the prototype version of ENROUTE technology, the team will confirm the capability of its innovation to open new markets in Europe.