EU Buyers’ Club

In a Nutshell What is the EU Buyers’ Club? The EU Buyers’ Club is a voluntary initiative seeking to coordinate private investment in carbon farming and permanent carbon removals. Originally announced as part of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, the Buyers’ Club has since...

European Competitiveness Fund (ECF)

In a Nutshell The European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) is a proposed EU funding instrument aimed at closing the EU’s innovation gap by channelling large-scale investment into strategic sectors. The ECF consolidates fourteen individual funding instruments from the...

Innovation Fund (IF)

In a Nutshell The Innovation Fund (IF) is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the commercial demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies. It is also the EU’s key funding instrument for financing the green transition and promoting...

Industrial Decarbonisation Bank (IDB)

In a Nutshell The Industrial Decarbonisation Bank (IDB) is expected to be a EUR 100 billion EU initiative designed to finance the industrial green transition. What is the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank? Born from the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), the IDB aims to boost...

Horizon Europe

In a Nutshell Horizon Europe is the European Union’s key funding programme for research and innovation. It follows and builds upon Horizon 2020. Totalling a budget of €95.5 billion for the period spanning from 2021 to 2027, it is a key instrument in tackling climate...