Destination 3: Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors

This destination and its topics target climate-neutrality, zero pollution, fair and just circular and bioeconomy transitions, covering safe, integrated circular solutions at territorial and sectoral levels, for important material flows and product value chains, such as: 

• textiles,
• electronics,
• chemicals,
• packaging,
• tourism,
• plastics
• construction, 

as well as key bioeconomy sectors such as sustainable bio-based systems, sustainable forestry, small-scale rural bio-based solutions, environmental services and aquatic (including marine and freshwater) value chains. 

With synergies ensured with Horizon Europe Clusters 4 and 5 (including their European Public Private Partnerships), while Cluster 4 targets the industrial dimension (including digitalisation, circularity and climate-neutrality / low GHGs emissions industry transition, including developing bio-integrated manufacturing).

Cluster 5 covers cost-efficient, net zero-GHGs energy systems, centred on renewables (including R&D&I necessary to reduce CO2 emissions from the power and energy-intensive industry sectors, such as solutions for capturing, utilisation and storage of CO2 (CCUS), bioenergy/biofuels and other industrial sectors) Cluster 6 covers the research and innovation based on sustainable biological resources (bioeconomy sectors), in particular for new sustainable feedstock development and valorisation through the development of integrated bio-refineries).