Between 19 May and 3 June 2020, the European Commission run a stakeholder survey on specific key areas, to reinforce Green Deal-related research and innovation under the current Horizon 2020 programme. To this aim, €1 billion have been allocated for the Horizon 2020 on the EU Green Deal call that is expected to be launched in mid-September 2020.
In relation to the current pandemic, the call will contribute to the green and digital recovery and to increasing societal resilience for example in agriculture, biodiversity, acceleration of renewables, clean transport and modernisation towards a clean and circular industry.
Additional research and innovation initiatives will be funded under Horizon Europe, the next EU research and innovation programme.