Delivering growth and the green transition
While the Green Deal provides a blueprint for how to transform our economy and societies, a wide range of EU funding programmes foster the implementation of projects that drive this change. Whether it be making transport sustainable for all, leading the green industrial revolution, cleaning our energy system, working with nature to protect our planet and health or boosting global climate action, each of the 35 EU-funded projects highlighted in this Synergy Info Pack is contributing towards achieving the objectives of the European Green Deal. They are drawn from a selection of funding programmes which mutually support and amplify one another, including Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, LIFE, the Connecting Europe Facility, the European Maritime, Aquaculture and Fisheries Fund (and its predecessor EMFF), the EU Renewable Energy Financing Mechanism (RENEWFM), and the Innovation Fund. In these pages you will read, for instance, how projects are building a network of high-speed vehicle charging stations across Europe, powering the transition to electric mobility. You will also learn how the maritime sector is leveraging new technologies, including innovative wind propulsion systems and bio-LNG, as a means of curbing the sector’s growing carbon footprint. We also showcase how the EU is behind today’s green industrial revolution. Here you can discover how a new generation of organic, plant-derived bio-stimulants is reducing the agricultural sector’s reliance on irrigation, fertiliser and pesticides – all while increasing yields. Furthermore, you will see how researchers are leveraging technology to prevent urban flooding, reinvigorate waterways and predict rising sea levels. This publication also covers key topics such as clean energy, carbon capture and storage, and nature-based solutions, and provides concrete examples of how EU-funded projects are advancing each of them. We close the publication by showcasing how the EU is supporting local climate action and helping to ensure that the transition to a green future is just and inclusive. All the projects featured in the Synergy Info Pack are managed by CINEA, the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency. Established by the European Commission, CINEA contributes to the European Green Deal by implementing parts of EU funding programmes in the fields of transport, energy, climate action, environment, and maritime fisheries and aquaculture. While the CINEA projects featured in this publication come from different sectors, countries and funding programmes, together, they are contributing to the Green Deal’s commitment of a climate neutral continent that leaves no one behind.