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Preventing and Remediating degradation of soils in Europe through Land Care (RECARE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Although there is a large body of knowledge available on soil threats in Europe, this knowledge is fragmented and incomplete, in particular regarding the complexity and functioning of soil systems and their interaction with human activities. The main aim of RECARE is to develop effective prevention, remediation and restoration measures using an innovative trans-disciplinary approach, actively inte ...
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Demonstrate Ecosystem Services Enabling Innovation in the Water Sector (DESSIN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The main objectives of DESSIN are- To demonstrate and promote innovative solutions to water-related challenges with a focus on: (i) water quality issues related to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and (ii) water scarcity.- To demonstrate a methodology for the valuation of ecosystem services (ESS) as catalyser for innovation in water management.DESSIN will launch demonstrat ...
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POst-CArbon CIties of TOmorrow – foresight for sustainable pathways towards liveable, affordable and prospering cities in a world context (POCACITO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The project POst-CArbon CIties of TOmorrow – foresight for sustainable pathways towards liveable, affordable and prospering cities in a world context (POCACITO) will develop an evidence-based 2050 roadmap for EU post-carbon cities. POCACITO facilitates the transition of EU cities to a forecasted sustainable or “post-carbon” economic model. The project focuses on towns, cities, megacities, metropol ...
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Bottom-up Climate Adaptation Strategies towards a Sustainable Europe (BASE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Climate change can disrupt ecological, social and economic systems, with some regions and sectors suffering significantly. Therefore, adaptation plays a paramount role in responding to climate change. Progress has been made, but there are still important obstacles. Knowledge of the benefits and costs of adaptation is sparse, unsystematic and unevenly distributed across sectors and countries. Plan ...
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DYNAmic policy MIXes for absolute decoupling of environmental impact of EU resource use from economic growth (DYNAMIX)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

DYNAMIX will propose dynamic and robust policy mixes to shift the EU onto a pathway to absolute decoupling of long-term economic growth from resource use and environmental impacts. DYNAMIX assumes that the tremendous task of reaching absolute decoupling will require paradigm shifts in the way production and consumption is organised and regulated. It will therefore assess how existing and emerging ...
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Multidimensional Impact of the Low-carbon European Strategy on Energy Security, and Socio-Economic Dimension up to 2050 perspective (MILESECURE-2050)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The main objective of the project is to explore, identify, analyze and evaluate multidimensional impact of European low-carbon strategy on energy security and socio-economic dimension up to 2050 perspective. Energy transition towards a low carbon economy and society have to be considered as a process by nature that it is not only the mere result of intentional actions but the product of the intera ...
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"Towards an Atlantic area? Mapping trends, perspectives and interregional dynamics between Europe, Africa and the Americas" (ATLANTIC FUTURE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

"Mesmerized by the contrast between spectacular growth in Asia and the Pacific Rim and the West’s hard times, many observers have overlooked a major reconfiguration of the Atlantic space. The North America – Europe link continues to be the strongest and largest of the relationships between any two continents. But their decline in relative terms is slowly being matched by the rise of Africa, Latin ...
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Towards a Clean, Litter-Free European Marine Environment through Scientific Evidence, Innovative Tools and Good Governance (CLEANSEA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

There is an urgent need for an improved knowledge base for the management of marine litter. CLEANSEA aims to generate new information on the impacts (biological, social and economic) of marine litter, develop novel tools needed to collect and monitor litter and protocols needed for monitoring data (litter composition and quantities) and evaluate the impact of mitigation strategies and measures in ...
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NETwork for GREEN growth Indicators (NETGREEN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Policy-makers aiming to accelerate the shift to a green economy have to balance different objectives that, in practice, might contradict or reinforce each other. A good knowledge of these different aspects as well as their interrelations is therefore crucial for developing and implementing effective policies for the transition to a green economy.Many international organisations, research instituti ...
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Demonstration of promising technologies to address emerging pollutants in water and waste water (DEMEAU)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The water and waste water sector is facing tremendous challenges to assure safe, cost-effective and sustainable water supply and sanitation services. DEMEAU promotes the uptake of knowledge, prototypes and practices from previous EU research enabling the water cycle sector to face emerging pollutants and thus securing water and waste water services and public health. The project exploits four grou ...
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Land and Ecosystem Degradation and Desertification: Assessing the Fit of Responses (LEDDRA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

"LEDDRA aims to advance the comprehensive study of the socio-environmental fit of responses to land and ecosystem degradation and desertification (LEDD) in various contexts. It adopts the ecosystem approach and an integrated methodology with continuous feedbacks between theory, methods and applications. It focuses on response assemblages (combinations of response types and prevailing environmental ...
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Dissemination and uptake of FP water research results (WaterDiss2.0)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

The implementation of the Water Framework Directive is not a “Business-as-usual approach”, and needs new knowledge and know-how, but it is demonstrated that the actual connection between research and policy is not efficient.The concept of the project is to add an intermediate step after research, like a marketing team in the industry.This “step-further” will be developed closely with the stakehold ...
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Evaluating Economic Policy Instruments for Sustainable Water Management in Europe (EPI-WATER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Economic policy instruments (EPI) have received widespread attention over the last three decades, and have increasingly been implemented to achieve environmental policy objectives. However, whereas EPI have been successfully applied in some policy domains (such as climate, energy and air quality), their application to tackle water management issues (drought/water scarcity, floods, water quality co ...
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InContext: Individuals in Context: Supportive Environments for Sustainable Living (InContext)

Start date: Oct 15, 2010, End date: Oct 14, 2013,

InContext will investigate drivers and barriers for sustainability and their interplay on an individual and collective level. InContext assumes that both individual and collective behaviours respond to an external context (like social norms, policies, and infrastructure) and an internal context (like needs, values and priorities). So far, initiatives to further sustainable development have focused ...
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"Climate Change, Hydro-conflicts and Human Security" (CLICO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

"Media headlines are dominated by the prospect of regional water wars. Clearly, climate change poses several threats to human security; in particular, hydro-climatic hazards such as droughts and floods have a considerable capacity to exacerbate social tensions, intra- and inter-state conflict. Still, cooperation often trumps conflict. There are surprisingly few peer-reviewed studies rigorously add ...
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Mountain Sustainability: Transforming Research into Practice, regional development, new communication tools (MOUNTAIN.TRIP)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

"The goal of mountain.TRIP is to provide stakeholders, end-users and practitioners with readily accessible and understandable forms of research-based information relevant to sustainable development in mountain regions.Mountain.TRIP will start where other EU projects have finished, translating research findings into useful information and developing relationships between users and researchers. EU r ...
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