GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Projects should address some of the following aspects in their research:

• Development of sectoral climate transition scenarios (energy production, transport, industry, buildings, food/agriculture etc.).
• Increase the understanding of the role of ecosystems, in particular land use, in NDCs and other climate commitments identifying options for enhancing transparency and coherence with global models and pathways.
• Enhance knowledge about the role of non-CO2 gases in meeting the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement and the implications for the transition pathways of countries and sectors.
• Improve the integration of climate impacts and risks in mitigation pathway analysis, including cost-benefit analysis.
• Advance knowledge on adequacy and fairness of climate commitments and strategies, taking into consideration feasibility of actual deployment. This should include, but not be limited to, the analysis of the role and effectiveness of international financial flows in delivering on climate goals together with identification of most impactful approaches.
• Improve understanding of how corporate and non-state commitments could affect national/regional mitigation pathways, for example through their effect on global supply chains.

International cooperation is encouraged, in particular with countries of the African Union and least developed countries requiring support for the design and implementation of their NDCs and long-term strategies, as well as with countries making part of the global top ten emitters.