Have your say on SC 5: Climate action
Stakeholders are invited to have their say on which climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials challenges should be tackled in the Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2018-2020.
Until 8 April, all those interested can participate in a stakeholder consultation in preparation for the next work programme for Societal Challenge (SC) 5 (‘Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials’), which has been allocated a budget of around €1bn for 2018-2020.
According to the European Commission, research and innovation within this challenge aim to ‘achieve a resource – and water – efficient and climate change resilient economy and society, the protection and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems, and a sustainable supply and use of raw materials, in order to meet the needs of a growing global population within the sustainable limits of the planet’s natural resources and eco-system’.
Stakeholders are invited to respond to five questions citing any available evidence such as foresight and other assessments of research and innovation trends and market opportunities.
The questions are:
1) What are the challenges in the areas of Societal Challenge 5 that require action under the Work Programme 2018-2020? Would they require an integrated approach across the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges and Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies?;
2) What is the output/impact that could be foreseen? Which innovation aspects could reach (market) deployment within five to seven years?;
3) Which gaps (in science and technology, innovation, markets, policy, financing and governance, regulation etc.) and potential game changers, including the role of the public sector in accelerating changes, need to be taken into account?;
4) Which areas could benefit from integration of horizontal aspects such as social sciences and humanities, responsible research and innovation, gender aspects, international cooperation?; and
5) In view of the recent evolution of the socioeconomic and policy context, what are the emerging priorities for Societal Challenge 5?
See the commission website for more information on the challenge, and submit your ideas via to take part.
