Lantern Grants

Improve the capacity to monitor and reduce air pollution from agriculture

Funder
European Commission · Horizon Europe
Award amount
Up to €6,000,000
Deadline
September 22, 2027
Eligible countries
European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global

Summary

Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-03 · HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-CL6-2027-01: Call 01 - single stage (2027). Opens 2027-04-20; next deadline 2027-09-22. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-03

Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: - monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of air pollutants at farm level is improved; - human health and environment (including biodiversity) benefit from reduced impacts of air pollution from agriculture; - EU policies preventing and reducing air pollution are supported with more comprehensive, harmonised and accurate scientific evidence, tools and methods to estimate the emissions; - farmers, advisors and other stakeholders acquire new and better knowledge, technologies and practices to reduce certain air pollutants from agriculture.

Scope: EU agriculture contributes substantially to air pollution through various emissions. Additional efforts are needed in the sector to help reducing the impact on human health and the environment, including biodiversity. To promote the uptake of measures at farm level, better data on their impact and effectiveness are needed. There is also a need for new practical solutions to help farmers monitor and reduce air pollution. Proposals should: - assess and improve the accuracy, cost, efficiency and user-friendliness of MRV methodologies and tools (including AI, IoT, etc.) for air pollutants (other than greenhouse gases) in agriculture at farm level through analysis, field experiments, and demonstration activities, reducing uncertainties and enabling use of higher tiers for the estimation of emissions and for reporting; - consolidate, extend and improve knowledge on emission factors and mitigation potential of practices and activities at farm level, contributing to…

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