The European City Facility (EUCF) assists municipalities with fast and simplified financial support of €60,000 for developing investment concepts delivering local sustainable energy projects. More than €2 million of funding are available through a series of regional calls to support over 200 municipalities over the next two years. The EUCF funding is open to municipalities/local authorities,…
Groundbreaking research into molecular construction has earned German chemist Benjamin List the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, making him the third EU-backed laureate this year. It has been a rewarding year for Europe. Right on the heels of the Physics prize awarded to two EU-backed scientists, a third—Benjamin List—has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in…
Their pioneering work in complex physical systems has earned German climate modeller Klaus Hasselmann and Italian theoretical physicist Giorgio Parisi the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physics, which they share with US-based climatologist Syukuro Manabe. EU-funded scientists Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi have won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics. They share the award with a…
The LIFE Clean Energy Transition Call for Proposals 2021 includes 18 topics open for submitting your proposals. Funding is available for your project ideas to: build the policy framework for the Clean Energy Transition at local, regional and national level accelerate the market for the Clean Energy Transition with the roll-out of technology, digitalisation, new…
The EU Green Deal sets a target for 25 per cent of agricultural land to be organic by 2030. Meeting this ambitious goal demands continuous research and innovation in sustainable food production. The CORE Organic Cofund is helping to drive this transition by increasing cooperation between international research activities. Delivering on the EU’s ambitions for…
Europe’s agricultural success has come at the cost of a reliance on a small number of high-yielding crops, supported by high inputs of fertilisers and pesticides. Diversifying the crops we grow can support the ecological processes necessary to preserve biodiversity and ensure healthier and more sustainable diets. The industrialisation of agriculture, with the corresponding focus…
Desalination is the answer to long-term water security, but it’s also expensive and energy-intensive. The good news is that scientists are developing some viable solutions. The first desalination plant in Europe was built in Spain nearly a half century ago. Since then, facilities have sprung up in water-stressed regions throughout Europe. Just a few years…
Imagine driving through a lush, green landscape in France or Germany and spotting a herd of elephants roaming freely. As absurd as that might seem, it was only 10,000 years ago that creatures the size of elephants populated continents like Europe. That’s a blip in evolutionary terms. In the last 10,000 to 60,000 years, humans…
A hybrid concrete-plastic floating platform and its components have been validated for offshore wind energy use. Winds are a boundless source of energy, growing stronger and more stable the farther away you move from the coast. While this makes offshore sites ideal for setting up wind farms, the deeper waters make such endeavours more technologically…
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Environment and Water recently approved the country’s National Action Plan to combat the illicit use of poisons in the wild. Two LIFE projects helped the Plan come to fruition. As birds are often the victims of poisoning, it is fitting that the Action Plan was developed by the Bulgarian Society for the protection of Birds (BSPB) in close collaboration with the LIFE RE-Vultures and Egyptian Vulture New…