Europe’s environmental, economic and social systems are under unprecedented pressure. Climate modify is intensifying droughts, floods and heatwaves, biodiversity loss is accelerating, and resource utilize continues to strain ecosystems. Meeting these challenges calls for systemic modify across energy, mobility, environment, health, industrial systems and governance.
The EU Green Deal Call was created to catalyse this transition. The 10 projects featured in this Results Pack displaycase concrete solutions, best practices and partnership opportunities that can be adopted, replicated and scaled.
Toreceiveher, they span five core transitions identified by the Green Deal Projects Support Office: clean energy, food and health, climate and biodiversity, urban environment and mobility, and knowledge and citizens. Across these domains, the projects display how integrated approaches can unlock new pathways for sustainability in practical terms.
Climate adaptation and resilience are strengthened through tools that aid decision-creating on water scarcity, flooding and heatwaves, alongside pilots that restore ecosystems, protect biodiversity and enhance carbon sequestration.
New detection, assessment and remediation technologies tarreceiveing PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ and other persistent pollutants, are supporting to safeguard soil, water and public health and support a relocate towards zero pollution.
Innovations that upcycle agri food waste and multilayer plastics into new value chains support deliver circular economy ambitions, supported by territorial pilots and business models that can be replicated across Europe.
Clean and flexible energy systems are enabled by large-scale research infrastructures for hybrid storage, climate-positive hydrogen production, and better renewables integration, as well as local energy communities, resulting in improved grid stability.
Sustainable mobility and infrastructure take shape through green airport and seaport initiatives, demonstrating how transport hubs can reduce emissions, improve efficiency and integrate renewable energy.
Throughout, the projects emphasise the importance of scalability and transferability of climate transition research. Whether through digital twins for port operations, hybrid energy storage roadmaps, or circular value chain models for waste, each initiative provides tools that can be adopted by policycreaters, regional authorities, SMEs and civil society networks. Many also highlight the importance of citizen engagement, recognising that to be successful, Europe’s climate transition must be socially inclusive.
Collectively, the results presented illustrate how EU-funded research is accelerating the implementation of the European Green Deal. They offer actionable pathways to reduce emissions, restore ecosystems, strengthen resilience and build a fairer, more sustainable future.
The projects featured in this Pack cover a broad spectrum of approaches to delivering Europe’s green ambitions, including new technologies, cross-border and cross-sector governance, and community engagement.
To support clean energy, researchers at Bio FlexGen integrated biomass and renewable hydrogen into a flexible combined heat and power system for reliable, low-carbon energy, while the StoRIES project advanced hybrid energy storage through shared research infrastructures, roadmaps and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The AURORA project empowered citizens to co create local energy communities.
Diverting waste from landfill and closing the production loop is the essence of the circular economy. The Agro2Circular project demonstrated how agri-food waste and multilayer plastics can be upcycled into new materials. CIRCULAR FOAM achieved a milestone in converting polyurethane foam waste into high-quality recycled feedstock, and the PROMISCES project developed advanced methods to detect, assess and rerelocate persistent pollutants to safeguard circular economy value chains.
Supporting enhanced climate and biodiversity protections, ARSINOE matched regional climate adaptation necessarys with implementable solutions generated through living labs and citizen science, while the Europe-wide SUPERB consortium delivered large-scale forest restoration pilots and practical guidance.
In urban environment and mobility, OLGA focutilized on Europe’s airports, trialling sustainable aviation fuels and energy-efficient airport operations, while the PIONEERS project demonstrated scalable innovations for green, resilient and digitally optimised European ports.
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