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fernanda.werneck@vlaio.be
The European Commission wants to support 150 climate resilient regions by 2030 with this mission. In order to achieve this it will stimulate the development of innovative solutions while engaging at the same time with a wide range of regional stakeholders to increase the acceptance of the solutions and the changes needed within these regions.
This mission on adaptation to climate change is not limited to Horizon Europe but is spread out over different European programmes and it will also entail other measures to achieve its objectives.
Research and innovation support will be provided in different ways by
Some regions are already further than others on their road towards full climate reslience so each region will need to follow a different path. This mission is also not limited to the front-runners but also to those that are very far behind in the climate transition. Consequently a tailor-made approach will be drawn up for each region to achieve the objectives.
Regions and communities that want to take part will need to sign the Mission Charter but first are asked to fill in this EU Survey as an initial application. An assessment of the replies and evidence provided will gauge the commitment of the regions and communities to implement adaptation measures to climate change. Regions and communities that show past, ongoing or future initiatives or the willingness to consider adaptation initiatives are invited to sign the Charter.
On 7 June, the Commission anounced a first round of 118 regions and local authorities that will participate in the Mission. A further 17 private companies, service centres, research networks and local action groups active in improving climate resilience will endorse the Charter and become friends of the Mission. Regions and local authorities that did not do so yet can still express their interest to join the Mission. A second round of selected regions and local authorities will be announced during the EU Research & Innovation Days taking place end of September 2022.
The Climate Adaptation Mission Implementation Plan aims to be the operational blueprint for how the Commission will deliveron the main goal and the objectives of this Mission, providing an operational course of action.
The calls for project proposals are not only aimed at regions and communities. Companies, universities, organisations can also be part of a consortium submitting a project. The open & forthcoming calls are available on the Funding and Tenders Portal. The Commission has organised an Info Session on the EU Missions on 17 and 18 January 2023. More information here.
A portfolio of projects & results on climate adaptation research and innovation funded under past framework programmes FP6 (2002-2006), FP7 (2007-2013) and Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) and the current Horizon Europe framework programme (2021-2027) can be found in the CORDIS database.
Climate adaptation-related projects supported by European Regions can be found in the KOHESIO database.
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The Miricle project, ‘Mine Risk Clearance for Europe’, obtained funding under the European Defence Industrial Development programme call ‘Underwater control contributing to resilience at sea’. The main objective of the project was to achieve a European and sovereign capacity in future mine warfare and create a path for the next generation ‘made in Europe’ countermeasure solutions. In order to realise this objective, Miricle addressed various stages: studies, design, prototyping and testing. These stages inter alia included the successful testing of an XL Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, a protototyped mine disposal system and multiple innovative systems to detect buried mines. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), was one of the five Belgian partners in the consortium. Within the project, VLIZ was able to forward its research on the acoustic imaging of the seabed to spatially map and visualize buried structures and objects - in this case buried mines - in the highest possible detail. VLIZ also led the work on ‘Port and Offshore Testing’, building on the expertise of the institute in the field of marine operations and technology.
