Project-specific policy briefs

Clean Energy 

Bio-FlexGen

• District Heating and Cooling: New policy paper

SESA

• Green Electric Infrastructure
• Acceleration of sustainable growth through Innovation, Education and Awareness Raising             
• Agri-Food Systems

SophiA

• Natural Refrigerant in Africa

Climate change & biodiversity 

ARSINOE

• ARSINOE’s systemic approach to implementing EU legislation and designing effective governance models
• Stakeholder Engagement in Climate Adaptation and Resilience

FIRE-RES

• From perceptions to prevention: Co-creating wildfire risk communication strategies in Portugal
• Can economic incentives help reducing wildfire risk?

I-CISK

• Activating global climate data through co-creating local climate services: Early warning systems used by all
• Translating Climate Services Policies into Actions: Recommendations from seven living labs in Europe and Africa
• Crossing the last mile in climate services: Putting policies into action

LOCALISED

• Ensuring Inclusive and Equitable Outcomes: The Social Impact of Climate Actions
• Mapping Decarbonisation Risks and Opportunities for Regional Manufacturing across the EU
• Comparative Analysis of Emission and Adaptation Reporting Across 30 Cities
• Towards Consistent  and Transferable Climate Planning in Europe 
• Future Disparities: Asymmetric Climate Change  Investments and Their Implications
• Crossing the last mile in climate services: Putting policies into action
• Justice Dimensions of Co-creation in Local Climate Policy
• Renovation Wave Programmes: Opportunities, Challenges, and Alignment with Sustainable Development Goals

MERLIN

• Strengthening Freshwater Biodiversity Protection and Restoration under Natura 2000
• Mainstreaming freshwater restoration requires supporting multiple economic sectors to collaborate
• Advancing the Water Resilience Strategy through Sponge Landscapes and Nature-Based Solutions for a Climate Resilient Europe
• Mobilising Diverse Funding for Nature Restoration in Europe
• A Structured Pathway for Upscaling Freshwater Ecosystem Restoration
• The Benefits of Nature-based Solutions: evidence using a systemic monitoring approach
• Synergies and Tensions between the EU Nature Restoration Regulation and the Water Framework Directive
• Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - Design and Reform
• Stakeholder engagement for the development and implementation of National Restoration Plans
• Comments on the draft Nature Restoration Law

REACHOUT

• Integrating climate services into cities’ municipal planning
• Facilitating Urban Innovation: Climate services co-creation and their use in urban environments
• From Data to Decisions: Building Local Climate Service Hubs
• Redefining the Role of Climate Services for Effective Adaptation in European Cities

RethinkAction

• Crossing the last mile in climate services: Putting policies into action

REST-COAST 

• EU Nature Restoration Regulation and REST-COAST
• Unlocking the potential of coastal restoration to strengthen climate action 
• Connectivity’s role in maintaining coastal resilience
• Comments on the draft Nature Restoration Law
• EU Nature Restoration Regulation and REST-COAST: Setting the Basis for Coastal Restoration

SUPERB 

• Common challenges in implementing forest restoration
• Forest restoration as a pillar of Europe’s climate and biodiversity action
• SUPERB’s Policy recommendations for the EU Nature restoration Law
• Stakeholder engagement for the development and implementation of National Restoration Plans: Key recommendations across ecosystem types

WaterLANDS

• Questions & Answers: Bringing Clarity on Peatland Rewetting and Restoration
• Higher Ambitions for Peatlands in the EU Nature Restoration Law
• Restoring Peatlands in Finland Highlights Impact Beyond WaterLAND Action Sites
• Comments on the draft Nature Restoration Law
• Wetlands and peatlands for a resilient Europe
• Enabling Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to Finance EU Nature Restoration
• Stakeholder Engagement for the development and implementation of National Restoration Plans

Food and health 

Agro2Circular

• Food Waste Reduction – EU-funded projects call for an ambitious set of reduction targets for EU Member States and policy consistency across the EU

ARV

• Speeding up the implementation of Zero-Emission Buildings and Neighbourhoods through targeted financial policies

ClienNFarms

• How can EU farms contribute to Climate Neutrality
• Challenges of using models for monitoring and assessing GHG emissions of European farms
• Supporting farmers and advisors to select tailored practices that contribute to climate neutrality
• Methodological Challenges in Assessing the Integral Sustainability of Farms and Climate Solutions

ENOUGH 

• The European Green Deal and the food supply chain: insights from policy, knowledge creation and governance
• The run to sustainable food operations in the EU: Insights from Producers

NeoGiANT

• Food Waste Reduction – EU-funded projects call for ambitious set of reduction targets for EU Member States and policy consistency across the EU

PROMISCES

• Developing effective strategies to tackle persistent, mobile and toxic substances in the soil-sediment-water system: Tools and boundary conditions from the Horizon 2020 Project PROMISCES

• Achieving zero pollution by 2050 needs regulatory change: a call for policy support of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)

Panoramix

• Providing risk assessments of complex real-life mixtures for the protection of Europe’s citizens and the environment
• Science based support to policy positioning of innovative chemical profiling approaches (draft version)
• Achieving zero pollution by 2050 needs regulatory change: a call for policy support of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)

SCENARIOS

• Policy brief on PFAS risk assessment

SISTERS

• Innovation: Bio-Based Packaging
• Innovation: Smart Containers & Smart Labels
• Innovation: Good Practice Guidelines for Retailers
• Innovation: Dynamic Labelling

ZeroPM

• ZeroPM Policy Brief on Soil
• ZeroPM Policy Brief on Sewage Sludge
• Research and innovation funding needs for the removal and remediation of PFAS and PMT/vPvM substances in soil
• ZeroPM Policy Brief on New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in the Prioritization of PMT Substances
• ZeroPM Policy Brief on Harmonising PFAS limit values
• ZeroPM Policy Brief on ECHA’s Common Data Platform
• ZeroPM Policy Brief on adding PMT and vPvM substances as new hazards on the UN GHS

ZeroW 

• Participatory Local Governance for a Just Zero Food Waste Transition
• Transforming Food Chain Structure to Reduce Food Loss and Waste
• Effective Governance for a Just Zero Food Waste Transition
• Empowering Farmers for a Just Zero Food Waste Transition
• Building Consumer Capacity for a Just Zero Food Waste Transition

Knowledge and citizens 

ACCTING

• For an inclusive and socially just European Green Deal
• Ensuring an Inclusive Farm to Fork Strategy

AURORA

• Citizen Science and EU Regulations - A New Approach

ECF4CLIM

• Empowering Educational Communities for Climate Action

GREENSCENT

• Leaving No One Behind in Environmental Education
• Designing environmental education with young people for young people

I-CHANGE

• Integrated Modeling Chain for Tailored Interventions
• Citizen Science for Multi-Risk Applications and Behavioural Change
• EU-level Learnings How to Improve European Citizens’ Behavioural Shift Towards Sustainable Lifestyles
• Citizen science and EU regulations – a new approach

PHOENIX

• Transition in Progress: Towards Circular Communities

PSLifestyle

• Transport systems
• Food Systems
• Housing
• Purchases

REAL DEAL

• Democratising economic governance
• Spain urban and rural
• Bridging urban and rural perspectives: Enhanced community engagement in environmental Policy from Zaragoza and Jerica
• Citizen engagement in environmental policy: Policy recommendations from EU-wide citizens’ forums

SOCIO-BEE

• SOCIO-BEE pilot in Ancona (Italy)
• SOCIO-BEE pilot in Maroussi (Greece)
• SOCIO-BEE pilot in Zaragoza (Spain)

Urban environment and transport 

NetZeroCities

• Industry Decarbonisation Policy Brief                                                                                                 
• Circular Economy Policy Brief
• Finance and Investment Policy Brief
• Nature-Based Solutions Policy Brief
• Supporting Energy Communities Policy Brief
• Built Environment Policy Brief
• Mobility Policy Brief
• Heating, Cooling, Electrification Policy Brief

OpenLab

• Positive Energy Neighbourhoods, Overcoming Financial and Market Barriers

Policy briefs jointly produced by Green Deal Call-funded projects

View the joint project policy briefs, based on shared lessons from their research and innovation activities to help shape European policies on climate action, sustainability, and the energy transformation.