CLIMAREST call for Associated Regions

CLIMAREST is exploring the potential of restoration action in different coastal areas in the Atlantic-Arctic, from Svalbard to Madeira. The project is taking a holistic, transdisciplinary and bottom-up approach to develop a suit of approaches to develop  technological, logistical, social, and economic innovations for the restoration of marine ecosystems. The project is paying particular attention to the most fragile and vulnerable habitat types, such as Arctic oligotrophic coastal areas, seagrass meadows, shallow-water rocky bottoms, oyster reefs, and soft bed benthic habitats. The project will provide a template for more efficient and effective restoration of degraded coastal habitats from the Arctic to the Atlantic. 

CLIMAREST will re-open the call for Associated Regions for the Arctic Demonstration site only. 

Objectives: 

The objective of this forthcoming call is to facilitate the replication of demonstrated technologies and tools for marine restoration in the Arctic Demonstration site. 

Third parties from the successful Associated Regions are expected to take part in the preparation of blueprints and business roadmaps for replication in their region based on the experiences in the CLIMAREST demonstration cases.

Eligible applicants:

Local and/or regional organizations from Member States, overseas and associated countries to the Horizon Europe Programme. Projects led by local and/or regional authorities will be prioritized, and in any case, projects must include a local/regional authority.

Countries that cannot receive funding due to consortium membership are: Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain. Other countries excluded are: Croatia, Greece, Malta, Republic of Cyprus, Slovenia and Germany due to their participation as replication sites. 

For additional details, please refer to the forthcoming call. Note that this call for Associated Regions will be for the Arctic Demonstration site only. 

Budget:

Please refer to forthcoming call. 

Duration:

The replication sites projects will participate in the preparation for replication and upscaling between 2026 and 2030.  For additional details, please refer to the forthcoming call. 

https://climarest.eu/ 

https://climarest.eu/ukategorisert/news-results-of-second-open-call-for-replication-sites/ 

https://climarest.eu/contact/ 

Ida Beathe Øverjordet

CLIMAREST project leader

SINTEF Ocean

ida.beathe.overjordet@sintef.no