The EU supports research activities aimed at recommending practical ideas and technologies to help solve the environmental problems facing Europe and the world

For almost three decades, EU research has prioritised various issues, such as climate change, water quality, the marine environment, and the quality of life in Europe’s cities and cultural heritage – where transnational and multidisciplinary collaboration are essential. It has bridged the gap between political and public perceptions of sustainable development, and prepared the ground for the creation of a European Research Area in environmental research.

Over the years, the Union has launched research programmes and created integrated tools to support policy-making at all levels, putting sophisticated impact assessment and monitoring tools – and state-of-the-art research findings – at the disposal of all stakeholders throughout Europe. Reliable research also informs the EU’s negotiation of international treaties, such as the Kyoto Protocol, and provides an authoritative scientific basis for Community policy in fields as diverse as tourism, industry, health and transport.

Ricardo Oyarzun, Universidad de La Serena
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New calls in Environment (including Climate Change) were opened in July 2010 under the Seventh Framework Programme:
ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/wp/cooperation/environment/f-wp-201101_en.pdf