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EASME, GEO and Horizon 2020

GEO European Projects Workshop 31 May 2016 / Berlin

Franz Immler Head of Sector Climate Action

H2020 –SC5 Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Budget of €3 billion over 7 years for:

Eco-Innovation Natural Resources

Raw Materials

Climate Action and Earth Observation

Raw Materials

EASME Unit B2 - Horizon 2020: Environment and Resources

• Unit created on 1 January 2014

• Human Resources:

• 45 staff members today to grow to some

• 70 staff members by 2020

• Unit organised around 4 sectors:

• H2020 Eco-innovation

• Climate Action

• Natural Resources

• Raw Materials and SILC II

H2020 –SC5 Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Raw Materials

Climate Action and Earth Observation

Strategic themes:

• Climate services

• Decarbonisation of the economy

• The Arctic dimension

• Earth Observation within GEO

• Managing EU programmes

• Feeding into the policy-making process with project outcome & success stories

EASME's role within the European Commission Evaluation

Grant Agreement Preparation

Project follow-up

Policy feedback

Mission

'We provide high quality support to our beneficiaries, turning EU policy into action. As an executive agency of the European Commission, we manage significant parts of COSME, LIFE, Horizon 2020 and EMFF. We ensure that actions funded by these programmes deliver results and provide the Commission with valuable input for its policy tasks'.

Overview projects (Climate Action sector)

• Currently 40 projects, 265 M€

• 793 beneficiaries out of which 135 are SMEs 38.5M€

• 10 projects in the Earth Observation domain, budget 87 Mio€, 7 more in the pipeline (~41 Mio €): SC5-18, SC5-19, SFS-43, BG-11

Climate Action: Ongoing projects

Climate Modelling

Climate Change Mitigation, decarbonisation

Climate Change Adaptation

Climate Services

Earth Observation

The food–energy–water–climate nexus:

Air quality

The Arctic Cluster

Permafrost (BG-11)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

EASME on Twitter @H2020EE • @H2020SME • @EEN_EU • @EU_ECOINNO

Franz Immler Head of Sector Climate Action, EASME

Franz.immler@ec.europa.eu

Current set of Earth Observation projects managed by EASME

Projects to start end of 2016:

• Integrated Arctic Observing System (BG-9, 15 M€)

• European data hub of the GEOSS information system (SC5-20, 10 M€)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Name of Presenter Function / Department / Sector

email@ec.europa.eu

EASME on Twitter @H2020EE • @H2020SME • @EEN_EU • @EU_ECOINNO

Current set of Earth Observation projects managed by EASME

• AtlantOS: Optimizing and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System

• SWOS: Satellite-based Wetland Observation Service

• ECOPOTENTIAL: Improving Future Ecosystem Benefits Through Earth Observations

• GEO-CRADLE: Coordinating and integRating state-of-the-art Earth Observation Activities in the regions of North Africa Middle East, and Balkan

• Citizen Observatories on Land Use: Ground Truth 2,0, GROW, LandSense, Scent

Societal Challenge 5: Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Research and innovation cover the following broad lines of activities:

Climate Action - Informed decisions for a climate-resilient low-carbon society

Earth Observations - Crucial info on climate, energy, natural hazards and other societal challenge

Nature-Based Solutions - Providing viable solutions of natural ecosystems

Cultural Heritage - Engaging a new cultural heritage agenda for economic growth

Systemic Eco-Innovation - Generating and sharing economic and environmental benefits

Raw Material -sustainable supply and use of raw materials

Societal challenges € 29.7 M

1. Health, demographic change & well-being € 7.5 M

2. Food security, sustainable agriculture & forestry, marine maritime & inland water research & the Bioeconomy

€ 3.8 M

3. Secure, clean & efficient energy € 5.9 M

4. Smart, green & integrated transport € 6.3 M

5. Climate action, environment resource efficiency & raw materials € 3.1 M

6. Europe in a changing world – Inclusive innovative & reflective societies € 1.3 M

7. Secure societies – Protecting freedom & security of Europe & its citizens € 1.7 M

THIS SLIDE IS AN EXAMPLE

Horizon 2020 budget (2014-2020)

Horizon 2020 @ EASME

• Part of 'Secure, clean and efficient energy' challenge: Energy efficiency call

• 'Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials' challenge:

• Industrial leadership: Sustainable Industry Low Carbon Scheme (SILC II)

Innovation in SMEs

Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEIT)

• The SME instrument

H2020 SC5: Helping to build a green economy

Natural resources

Climate Change

Eco-Innovation

Raw materials

Budget of €3 billion over 7 years for: