Deadline Date: November 5, 2026
The European Commission is requesting applications to strengthen Europe’s resilience to climate-related disasters by developing advanced climate security scenarios, tools, and collaborative frameworks to improve risk forecasting, crisis management, and climate adaptation.
Identification and prioritization of climate security scenarios; assessment of cascading and compounding cross-sectoral risks; development and validation of advanced tools, technologies, and data-driven solutions for climate and environmental risk forecasting, crisis management, adaptation, early warning systems, and weather alerts; and development of monitoring and assessment tools for climate-induced disasters and adaptation measures.
Strengthening stakeholder engagement and end-user involvement in requirement definition, testing, and validation; development of operational risk-management tools and technologies with emphasis on local and regional adaptation; enhancement of pre-crisis analysis and post-crisis situational awareness for climate-related disasters such as floods, fires, landslides, and heatwaves; and promotion of international cooperation, policy integration, public awareness, and alignment with global frameworks including disaster risk reduction and preparedness strategies. The topic is supported under the Horizon Europe programme as a HORIZON Innovation Action with a total indicative funding of around €4,500,000, implemented through a single-stage submission process.
The initiative addresses the growing security implications of climate change across sectors such as agriculture, health, transport, energy, finance, biodiversity, and population displacement. It emphasizes the need for integrated climate security approaches that combine risk assessment, crisis response, and long-term adaptation planning.
It further focuses on improving methodologies and technologies for early detection, emergency response, and disaster mitigation under extreme conditions. Special attention is given to cascading and compounding risks, as well as the protection of vulnerable groups including children, older persons, and people with disabilities.
The program promotes the integration of advanced data sources and digital infrastructures, including the Copernicus Programme and Galileo under the European Union space framework, to enhance situational awareness and decision-making. It also encourages the use of research infrastructures and data ecosystems supported by initiatives such as Destination Earth and the European Open Science Cloud.
Strong emphasis is placed on international collaboration, knowledge exchange, and alignment with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, ensuring that European preparedness strategies contribute to global resilience efforts. The initiative also supports cooperation between public authorities, researchers, industry, and other stakeholders to accelerate the deployment of innovative climate security solutions.
Projects under this initiative are expected to strengthen Europe’s capacity for climate risk management by developing validated tools and operational solutions that can be applied in real-world environments, ensuring better preparedness before crises and more effective recovery after disasters.
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