Destination 7: Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal

Proposals for topics under this destination should set out a credible pathway contributing to innovative governance and sound decision-making on policies for the green transition and more specifically to one or more of the following impacts:

• innovative governance models enabling sustainability and resilience notably to achieve better informed decision-making processes, societal engagement and innovation;
• areas related to the European Green Deal benefit from further deployment and exploitation of environmental observation data, products and “green” solutions;
• a strengthened Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)[[ The European Commission is a member and co-chair of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), as such the European Commission adopted the GEO Canberra Declaration and Commission Decision C(2019)7337/F1, and committed to contribute to the GEO objectives, including to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).]];
• sustainability performance and competitiveness in the areas covered by Cluster 6 are improved through further deployment of digital and data technologies as key enablers;
• stakeholders and end users including primary producers and consumers are better informed and engaged thanks to effective platforms such as AKIS;
• strengthened EU and international science-policy interfaces to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.