Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal (Horizon Europe)

Staying the course on the goals of the European Green Deal and related policy initiatives in a fast-changing context, the EU needs innovative and agile governance models and tools that enable sustainable prosperity and competitiveness. To this end, it is crucial to invest in R&I that delivers evidence-based knowledge and tools, which support decision-making processes and designing effective policy mixes that enable the twin green and digital transitions engaging society at large in a just manner ensuring that no one is left behind. R&I activities under this destination intend to assist policymakers (from the local to the global level) in dealing with complexity and to enable them to introduce science-based arguments for social debates, to compare options for action and to make evidence-based decisions.

A higher degree of coordination and convergence across the scientific community and other networks channelling evidence-based knowledge for policymaking will be promoted. Some of the R&I activities will support the development of sustainable, circular and inclusive bioeconomy and its bio-based sectors in line with the bioeconomy strategy237 and the communication on biotechnology and biomanufacturing in the EU238 as well as the forthcoming new European biotech act239. New knowledge and innovations will support the common agricultural policy (CAP) and related EU initiatives, focusing specifically on reinforcing farmers’ position in the value chains, as well as rewarding farmers that work with nature, preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems and helping to decarbonise the economy on the way to net-zero by 2050. R&I activities will also contribute to boosting the attractiveness of agriculture and the links between the farming community, in particular young farmers, and the society at large.

Calls for 2025, one stage:

Submission: 24.09.2025; Budget: 129,4 Mio. €

HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01: Innovative and advanced monitoring and modelling systems for revised air quality policies
HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-02: Environmental impacts from the production of agricultural crops for bio-based industrial systems
HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-03: Environmental biotechnology applications in service of remediation of polluted ecosystems
HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-04: Towards a comprehensive European strategy to assess and monitor aquatic litter including plastic and microplastic pollution
HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-05: EU-India cooperation on cumulative impacts of marine pollution on marine organisms and ecosystems
HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-06: Provide digital solutions tailored to small and medium-sized farms to monitor and sustainably manage agricultural inputs and natural resources
HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-07: Reducing pollution from the food and drink industries

Links:

Work Programm: Work Programme 2025: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment.

All Horizon Europe work programmes: here