Cluster 6 wants to achieve a transformative change of the EU economy and society by focusing on reducing environmental degradation, halt and reverse the decline of biodiversity and on better manage natural resources while meeting the EU’s climate objectives and ensuring food and water security.
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Activities under Cluster 6 will help to accelerate the ecological transition required by the European Green Deal in order to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. R&I activities will support the policy objectives of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030, the circular economy action plan, the EU industrial strategy, the bio-economy strategy, the EU forest strategy, the blue growth strategy, the chemicals strategy for sustainability and the EU plastics strategy, in addition to the EU Climate policy. Cluster 6 will also steer and accelerate the transition to sustainable, healthy and inclusive food systems, to achieve effectively the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy.
These objectives are translated in seven destinations and impacts:
Areas of activity
As an integral part of Horizon Europe, a set of EU Missions aim to deliver solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing Europe. The mission on Ocean and Waters and the mission on Soils are two of the 5 official mission areas defined by the Commission highly related to Cluster 6.
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Interested in strengthening your skills to develop a strong project proposal in the framework of the Horizon Europe programme? Mark the following events, co-organised by NCP Flanders, in your agenda: - Learn more about how to plan for impact in your project proposal during the ‘Impact in Horizon Europe’ training session on 15 October 20... read more
Agro-Food, Environment Missions
The third Water4all call on the topic “Water and Circular Economy” will be open on the 12th of September 2024. The relevant subthemes of this call: "Enhancement of water circularity in industries". "Urban water circularity" "Resource recovery and valorization" "Economic, environmental and social implications of water reuse and re... read more
Agro-Food, Environment Missions
Open Public Consultation on the updated Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for the European Water4All partnership. The SRIA of the Water4All Partnership will be updated in 2025. As part of the update process, a public consultation on the topics of the Water4All SRIA is launched. The primary objective is to gather perspectives from sta... read more
Agro-Food, Environment EIT Missions
The EIT will launch a new Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) in the water, marine and maritime sectors and ecosystems. The new EIT KIC will develop an integrated approach across freshwater, marine and maritime sectors, supporting entrepreneurial education and skills development, innovation projects as well as the ideation, deve... read more
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The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) European Innovative Training Network “PBNv2 - Next generation Pass-By Noise approaches for new powertrain vehicles” started in May 2017. Their research has the shared objective of investigating the possibilities to decrease pass-by noise of vehicles.
The project is a collaboration between 17 research institutions and companies in the European automotive R&D and provides a learning environment for 14 PhD fellows. The Belgian partner is the Noise and Vibration Research Group of KU Leuven, and this project is one of the many Horizon 2020 MSCA Innovative Training Networks that the KU Leuven research group participates in.