New Opportunities for Climate Adaptation Projects with €124 M Available for EU Mission

On 17 April 2024, the Commission adopted an amendment to the 2023-24 Work Programme of Horizon Europe to mobilise previously unallocated Horizon Europe funding to increase the 2024 budget by nearly €1.4 billion to €7.3 billion.

This amendment includes an investment of nearly €650 million in the EU Missions to enable the implementation of the Communication “EU Missions Two Years On: Assessment of Progress and Way Forward”, adopted on 19 July 2023. For the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, €124 million has been made available

Under the Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, new opportunities to support ideas on adaptation to climate change are now published on the Funding and Tenders Portal, under the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024.

More information on the following calls is available here:

• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-01​ : Bringing available and actionable solutions for climate adaptation to the knowledge of the regions and local authorities​
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-02​ : Bringing together the national level with the engaged regional and local levels (multi-level governance)​
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-03​ : Develop and refine outcome indicators to measure progress on climate resilience at national, regional and local levels, including knowledge and feedback developed from the Mission
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-04​ Research the complex interplay between the climate and biodiversity crises towards more systemic approaches and solutions ​
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-05​ : Improve design for transformative approaches and build local capacity for implementation of available solutions focused on climate adaptation​
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-06: Demonstration of approaches to improve bankability of solutions by design, addressing the co-benefits (mitigation and adaptation) to improve revenues streams​
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-07​ : Demonstration of solutions specifically suited to rural areas and small/ medium size population local communities​
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-08​ : Demonstration of approaches by regions and local authorities focused on increasing climate resilience of the most vulnerable social groups (just climate resilience)​
• HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-09​ : Systemic and cross-sectoral solutions for climate resilience, tailored to the local needs of regions and local authorities​.

The closing date for all calls is 18 September 2024.