Testing and demonstrating transformative solutions increasing climate resilience of the agriculture and/or forestry sector.

Under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme, a funding opportunity is open to build climate resilience, by developping innovative solutions, combining technological, social and business innovations.

The proposed solution should address at least some of the following aspects:

• Improving resilience of the agriculture and /or forestry sector, improving the capacity of the sector to withstand dry periods and extreme droughts while protecting the ecological flows, preserving biodiversity in and around the catchment channels, preserving longitudinal connectivity of the flowing streams, slowing the falling level of the groundwater table and reversing the loss of biodiversity.
• Exploiting agro-ecology as an approach to enhance the climate resilience of the farming system.
• Exploring integration of available smart farming approaches.
• Development of more natural ecosystems, generating combined benefits for climate mitigation, reduction of water flooding and soil erosion and maintaining or restoring rivers, peatland, wetland and natural floodplain.
• Further demonstrate and increase awareness of the value of maintaining and restoring existing natural systems, preservation of cultural landscapes and socio-ecological systems as providing a rich spectrum of climate services compared to other anthropogenic solutions, including integration of cultural heritage considerations as the legacy from the past, to be experienced in the present, and for transmitting to future generations.

The proposal should address the multi-risks locally identified, design and implement a systemic solution to reduce the identified vulnerabilities of the agriculture and/or forestry sector to climate change and to mitigate its negative potential impacts.

Under the Mission approach, collaborations to develop and test effective solutions between regions/local authorities/communities facing similar challenges are highly encouraged.

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