EIT Communities launch Cross-KIC Circular Economy Calls
Cross-KIC circular action aims to strengthen collaboration across Innovation Communities for a climate-neutral Europe Circular Economy is one of the main objectives of European society right now. Moving to more circular models promises a much brighter future for the European economy. This will allow Europe to rise to the current and future challenges of global pressure on resources and increasing insecurity of supply. […]
UNEXUP – Upscaling of UNEXMIN: An Autonomous Underwater Explorer for Flooded Mines
Commercialisation of the innovative exploration service for Europe’s flooded underground mines A consortium of eight organisations, from six different European countries, are working on the upscaling of the Horizon 2020 UNEXMIN project (2016-2019) – UNEXUP, supported by EIT RawMaterials. In UNEXMIN the objective was to develop and test the UX-1 multi-robot platform to survey underwater environments and gather high-quality and high-resolution geological, mineralogical and topographic information from currently inaccessible sites. […]
EIT RawMaterials publishes Position Paper on digitalisation in the raw materials sector
Digital transformation for a sustainable raw materials sector The Green Deal manifests Europe’s decisive move toward a clean and green society with a neutral CO2 footprint and a zero-waste circular economy. The digitalisation of the raw materials sector along the entire value chain is vital to achieve these ambitious goals and offers smart solutions that benefit all of us. […]
EIT RawMaterials welcomes the European Industrial Strategy
Raw materials and advanced materials are key enablers for Europe’s twin transition towards climate neutrality and digital leadership The European Commission launched its new Industrial Strategy to position itself as the leading industrial competitor on a global scale. This fundamental industrial transformation will lead to a greener, more circular and more digital Europe. […]
EIT Innovation Communities open a Call for Experts and Practitioners to find innovative solutions for Water Scarcity in Southern Europe
Tackling one of the biggest challenges for Southern Europe through innovation Water plays a central role in how societies mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. A holistic approach considering water, the biosphere, and the anthroposphere is required to provide sustainable agricultural and economic systems that will allow us to decelerate climate change, protect us from extremes events and adapt to the unavoidable at the same time. […]
Apply for the Raw Materials and Circular Societies Prize!
Resource-efficient cities and industries The World Bank estimates the amount of municipal solid waste will increase from 1.3 to 2.2 billion tons per year by 2025, with most of this increase coming from cities in developing nations. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in the consumer goods sector alone about 80 percent of the USD 3.2 trillion value is irrecoverably lost annually. The linear take-make-waste industrial model is no longer viable in the face of rapid population growth, resource constraints, climate change, urbanization, water insecurity and other trends. A more regenerative model offers a viable opportunity to successfully tackle [...]