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EU invests over €390 million in 135 new climate and environment projects

The European Commission has today granted more than €390 million to 135 new projects across Europe under the LIFE programme for environment and climate action. The allocated amount represents more than half of the €579 million total investment needs for these projects. The remaining funding comes from national, regional and local governments, public-private partnerships, businesses, […]

Towards a nature-positive economy and society

Horizon Europe. Coordination and Support Actions. Calls for proposals: Assessing direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity decline of invertebrates. HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-01. Living labs co-creating solutions for the restoration of ecosystems addressing implementation bottlenecks and improving resilience to risks. HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-02. Networking to scale up living labs for nature restoration solutions and to address bottlenecks to implementation. HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-03. […]

Towards a nature-positive economy and society

Horizon Europe. Coordination and Support Actions. Calls for proposals: Understanding the nature and the extent of the effects of PFAS on biodiversity and ecosystem services. HORIZON-NATURE-2027-01. Understanding, anticipating and addressing the biodiversity benefits and impacts of the clean and digital industries. HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02. Systemic approaches to accelerate transformative change for biodiversity. HORIZON-NATURE-2027-03.

EU support to research and innovation increases with additional €500 million for research programme Horizon Europe

Today, the European Commission allocated an additional €500 million to Horizon Europe, the EU's flagship research and innovation programme, for 2026 and 2027. With this additional amount, the total budget reaches now around €14.8 billion for the two years. In addition, the Commission will also extend the scope of Horizon Europe by including two new […]

Scaleup Europe Fund to start making investments

Today, the European Commission completed the final legal steps to establish the Scaleup Europe Fund, which will start boosting Europe's scaleup companies to grow faster and compete globally with a target of €5 billion. With the adoption of the Fund's legal documentation, the Scaleup Europe Fund is established as part of the European Innovation Council […]

KAVA Call 14 - Upscaling

Horizon Europe. Cascade funding. KAVA Call 14 - Upscaling. EIT RawMaterials Business Plan 2026-2028. Deadline: 16.10.2026 | W3 Funding opportunities and calls for proposals, 07.08.2026

€1 billion to European hydrogen projects to accelerate the clean transition

Today, the European Commission has selected nine hydrogen production projects under the third auction of the European Hydrogen Bank (EHB). Across seven countries in the European Economic Area, the projects are expected to provide almost 1.1 giga-watts of electrolyser capacity and produce over 1.3 million tonnes of hydrogen over their first 10 years of operation, […]

EU to invest €330 million to accelerate fusion energy and support nuclear technologies and skills

Today, the European Commission has taken a decisive step in the development of nuclear technologies with the adoption of the Work Programme for the 2026 and 2027 Euratom Research and Training Programme. By covering nuclear research and innovation, the Programme offers complementary funding to Horizon Europe. The 2026-2027 Work Programme aims to bolster the EU's […]

Special report on Innovation Fund 

Special report 11/2026: Innovation Fund – High potential, but slow progress and little impact on emissions reduction. The Innovation Fund supports targeted investments in innovative technologies with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We carried out this audit to assess whether the Innovation Fund is helping to scale up demonstration projects which contribute effectively […]

GreenMantis Innovation Support Scheme

Single Market Programme. Cascade funding. GreenMantis Innovation Support Scheme.  Green Manufacturing and Advanced Net-zero Technology Innovations (GREEN MANTIS).

EU supports the clean transition with over €358 million of investment in 132 new projects across Europe

The Commission has granted today more than €358 million to 132 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action. The allocated amount represents more than half of the €536 million total investment needs for these projects – the remainder coming from national, regional and local governments, public-private partnerships, businesses, and […]

€700 million Spanish scheme to support cleantech manufacturing capacity

The European Commission has approved a €700 million Spanish scheme to support strategic investments that add clean technology manufacturing capacity in Spain, in line with the objectives of the Clean Industrial Deal. This measure will contribute to the transition towards a net-zero economy. The scheme was approved under the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework […]
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