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Promoting and implementing joint programming to reinforce transnational research at the crossroad between biodiversity and climate change

Project description

Funding research at the crossroad of biodiversity and climate change to halt loss of biodiversity

Biodiversity, the unique variety of life on our planet, underpins our economy and well-being. However, human-induced changes to ecosystems and the extinction of species have been more rapid in the past 50 years than at any time in human history. The IPBES Global assessment identified climate change as one of the top five direct drivers of biodiversity loss. Stopping the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services is a top priority in the EU, which supports the BiodivClim initiative to gain a better understanding of the interactions between biodiversity and climate change so they can be incorporated into decision-support models and tools. Co-funded by the European Commission to fund transnational research proposals on biodiversity and climate change, BiodivClim is networking more than 33 funding agencies from 22 countries from Europe and other continents. Its aim is to promote coordinated international research and research programmes coordination to provide policymakers and other stakeholders with the tools and solutions to improve the conservation & sustainable use of biodiversity & ecosystems under a changing climate.The BiodivClim cofund action fits the context of the BiodivERsA Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda 2017-2020.

Objective

The biodiversity-climate change interaction is strong, bi-directional, and often positive (actions in favour of one are also beneficial to the other). While the main drivers of biodiversity loss are habitat degradation, the syndrome of factors directly & indirectly associated with climate change is the dominant threat to biodiversity. It is therefore imperative to understand with sufficient detail and confidence the interactions between biodiversity & climate change so they can be incorporated into decision-support models & tools. By networking 36 funding agencies from 25 countries from Europe & other continents, BiodivClim aims to promote coordinated international research on biodiversity & climate change in all environments, incl. agricultural areas. It will strengthen research & research programmes coordination with the ultimate aim to provide policy makers & other stakeholders with adequate knowledge, tools & practical solutions to improve the conservation & sustainable use of biodiversity & ecosystems under a changing climate. The BiodivClim objectives are to: -Coordinate the research agendas of major European & international research funders to agree on shared research priorities related to biodiversity & climate change -Reinforce collaboration with other relevant initiatives in the field to increase synergies & avoid fragmentation -Design & implement a joint co-funded call for research proposals and a knowledge hub in this field -Promote research collaboration across national borders & disciplines in order to build capacity, exchange best practices & have a lasting effect on the international research community & landscape -Support dialogue & collaboration between academia & stakeholders, and stakeholder engagement in research projects in order to increase the impact of research on policy & practice -Ease rapid & efficient uptake of funded research results by the IPBES & IPCC for their future assessments, & by other relevant initiatives -Reinforce data open access

Call for proposal

H2020-LC-CLA-2018-2019-2020

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Sub call

H2020-LC-CLA-2019-1

Coordinator

Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique Scientifique (Belspo)
Net EU contribution
€ 150 488,90
Address
WTC III Boulevard Simon Bolivar 30
1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
Belgium

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Region
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Activity type
Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
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Total cost
€ 456 027,00

Participants (36)