SC5 - Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials
The Societal Challenge 5 Work Programme focuses on moving to a greener, more resource efficient and climate-resilient economy, with a strong commitment to supporting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the targets of the Paris Agreement.
Your NCP contact for this programme
Kathleen Goris
kathleen.goris@vlaio.be
+32 2 432 42 82
About this programme
The Societal Challenge 5 Work Programme focuses on moving to a greener, more resource efficient and climate-resilient economy, with a strong commitment to supporting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the targets of the Paris Agreement.
The work programme for 2018-2020 focuses on several priorities in two general calls with many topics and subtopics:
- Building a low carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement
- Greening the economy in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Circular economy
- Raw materials
- Water for our environment, economy and society
- Innovating cities for sustainability and resilience
- Protecting and leveraging the value of natural and cultural assets (including earth observation, nature-based solutions, disaster risk reduction, natural capital accounting and heritage alive).
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Industry 5.0 Award 2023- open for submission
What: It is a non-monetary recognition for EU-funded projects. The winning project, as well as the two other finalists will receive communication support and visibility on the European Commission’s channels, including social media publicity and an article in the Horizon Magazine. For whom: Eligible projects must have obtained funding (o... read more
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Infosheets
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Related links
Related links are easy pointers towards external information. We curate the list, but are not liable for the destinations.
- Life programme
- Circular economy action Plan
- Circular Economy - Action Plan
- Webinar - EU-actieplan circulaire economie: Waar moet Vlaanderen op inzetten?
- Horizon 2020: Environment and resources data hub (geographical overview of funded projects)
- Horizon 2020: Climate
- Information Days 2019 - calls 2020 - presentations and webstreaming
- NCPCaRE – Network for Societal Challenge 5
- LIFE programma
- COM science-policy interface in the field of plastics and circular economy
Documents
Documents contain additional information related to this programme, and are similar to related links.
- Working Document - HORIZON-Cluster 5 - Version 2021-02-24
- Success rate for the EU Green Deal call
- The CORDIS Results Packs in the area of “Environment and resources”
- Overview document Horizon 2020 Green Deal - 26.08.2020 update
- Overview document Horizon 2020 Green Deal - 18.08.2020 update
- The European green Deal - presentation by DG RTD - 18-05-2020
- OVERVIEW DOCUMENT HORIZON 2020 GREEN DEAL CALL TOPICS
- Horizon2020 - SC5 Climate 2014-2018 projects
- Presentation Climate Work Programme 18-20, calls and topics
Testimonial
Miricle - Mine Risk Clearance for Europe
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.
