Nature-based solutions: research and innovation opportunities under Horizon2020 and beyond ALTER-Net Conference 2017 Ghent, 2 May 2017 Tiago Freitas, Policy Officer Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, DG Research & Innovation tiago.freitas@ec.europa.eu
Structure Current policy context for EU R&I EU R&I for Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Horizon 2020 SC5 Projects 2016-17 SC5 Calls 2018-20 Other sources of funding Research and Innovation 2
International policy context Current policy context for EU R&I Research and Innovation 3
EU R&I policy context Current policy context for EU R&I Research and Innovation 4
NBS: Definition
NBS: Definition Nature-Based Solutions: economic, social and environmental benefits Climate change adaptation Enhancement of natural capital Carbon sequestration Disaster risk prevention Local and Green jobs and growth Nature-based solutions Water and soil protection Social cohesion Health and well-being Sustainable livelihoods
Definition Nature-Based Solutions: economic, social and environmental benefits (& trade-offs)
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Objectives Main objectives for EU R&I Foster awareness and engagement Promote all types of systemic innovation Provide systemic, scalable and integrated nature-based solutions Foster co-design, co-development, coimplementation of solutions Leverage of investment (public & private sector) Support replicable solutions close to the market in Europe and beyond
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The NBS Roadmap NBS initiative: the way forward Position Europe as world leader in innovating with nature (NBS) and cultural heritage (CH) to provide solutions to societal challenges, enhance sustainability, resilience and promote green economy, jobs and growth; Provide EU-wide evidence (repository) about multi-functionality and cost-effectiveness of Nature and Cultural Heritage-Based solutions and longer-term social, economic, cultural and ecological benefits; Promote systemic interventions fostering system-wide transformation and integrating all forms of innovation; Build a community of innovators and practitioners on NBS/CH-based solutions; Contribute to creation of a global market for such solutions/interventions; 1 1
The NBS Roadmap
NBS Roadmap: evidence base NBS City Case studies: published http://info.oppla.eu/
NBS Roadmap: evidence base NBS City Case studies City Country Projects Amsterdam NL GreenSurge Antwerp BE RAMSES Barcelona ES GreenSurge Bari IT GreenSurge Berlin DE GreenSurge Bilbao ES RAMSES Bristol UK GreenSurge ECODIST R-ICT OpenNE SS&OPE RAS Budapest HU ARTS FASUDIR Dresden DE ARTS Edinburgh UK GreenSurge Genk BE ARTS Helsinki FI GreenSurge BRIDGE Linz AT GreenSurge Lisbon+Almada PT GreenSurge Ljubljana SL GreenSurge TURAS City Country Projects London UK RAMSES Malmö SE GreenSurge Milan + Gorla Maggiore (peri- urban) BRIDGE & TURAS IT GreenSurge OpenNESS Oradea RO GreenSurge Poznan PL GreenSurge Rotterdam NL Stockholm SE ARTS ECODISTR-ICT Szeged HU GreenSurge Utrecht NL GreenSurge TURAS ECODISTR- ICT
Horizon 2020: SC5 2016-17 Calls Priorities Topic ref. in version 26/05/2015 Actions funding type 2016 2017 Smart and Sustainable Cities Nature-based solutions SCC-02-2016-2017 SCC-03-2016 SCC-04-2016 Demonstrating innovative nature-based solutions in cities - 2016: Demonstrating innovative nature-based solutions for climate and water resilience in cities - 2017: Nature-based solutions for inclusive urban regeneration New governance, business, financing models & economic impact assessment tools for sustainable cities with nature-based solutions (urban re-naturing) Sustainable urbanisation IA 40 40 RIA 15 ERA-NET Cofund 5 SC5 Nature-based solutions SC5-8-2017 SC5-9-2016 SC5-10-2016 Large-scale demonstrators on nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk reduction IA 25 Insurance value of ecosystems RIA 5 Multi-stakeholder innovation platform to promote innovating with nature to address societal challenges CSA 3 SC5 Cultural Heritage for Sust. Growth SC5-21-2016-2017 SC5-22-2017 Cultural heritage as a driver for sustainable growth - 2016 Heritage-led urban regeneration -2017 Heritage-led rural regeneration Innovative financing, business and governance models for adaptive re-use of cultural heritage IA 10 10 RIA 5
Horizon 2020: NBS projects Implementation: H2020 "NBS" projects EKLIPSE NBS EWG CSA SC5-09-2014 European Knowledge and Learning Mechanism to Improve the Policy-Science-Society Interface on Biodiversity and ESS INSPIRATION CSA SC5-10b-2014 Towards a strategic research agenda on soil, landuse and land management in Europe ThinkNature https://www.think-nature.eu/ CSA SC5-10-2015 Development of a multi-stakeholder dialogue platform and Think tank to promote innovation with Nature based solutions NAIAD RIA SC5-9-2015 Insurance Value of Nature Nature4Cities Naturvation CONNECTING GROW GREEN UNALAB Urban GreenUP BiodivERsA3 RIA IA SCC-03-2015 SCC-03-2015 SCC-02-2016 SCC-02-2016 SCC-02-2016 SCC-02-2016 ERA-NET SC5-09-2014 New governance, business, financing models and economic impact assessment tools for sustainable cities with NBS Demonstrating innovative NBS in cities/ water and climate resilience Consolidating the European Research Area on biodiversity and ecosystem services
Horizon 2020: Future calls WP2018-2020 1. Innovation for sustainable and resilient cities - Restoration of urban ecosystems and water (R&I) - Well-being and health in cities (big demo projects) 2. Circular and regenerative cities - Circular and regenerative cities (big demo projects) 3. Climate Action - Carbon neutral cities + air quality (big demo projects) - Climate resilience of coastal cities (R&I) - Climate, biodiversity and ecosystems (R&I) Research and Innovation
Other funding & synergies e.g: FP7 project STEP on pollinators www.step-project.net; followed up by COST action superb-project.eu and LIFE project www.urbanbees.eu EnRoute: Enhancing Resilience Of Urban Ecosystems through Green Infrastructure
Other funding & synergies
For more information about HORIZON 2020: www.ec.europa/research/horizon2020 About H2020 calls under SC 5 http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h202 0/topics/2199-sc5-21-2016-2017.html http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h202 0/topics/2193-sc5-22-2017.html For up-to-date information on R&I policies and events Nature-Based Solutions: http://europa.eu/!jg99bw @NatureBasedSolu #NatureBasedSolutions Innovating Cities: http://europa.eu/!rq76wg @InnovatingCitie #InnovatingCities Further info on:easme Research and Innovation 21