Published January 27, 2025
| Version v1
Project deliverable
Open
Citizen-led recommendations for the Horizon Europe Missions on sustainability
Authors/Creators
Description
SSH CENTRE (Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence) is a Horizon Europe project, engaging directly with stakeholders across research, policy, and business (including citizens) to strengthen social innovation, SSH-STEM collaboration, transdisciplinary policy advice, inclusive engagement, and SSH communities across Europe, accelerating the EU’s transition to carbon neutrality.
SSH CENTRE is based in a range of activities related to Open Science, inclusivity and diversity – especially with regards Southern and Eastern Europe and different career stages – including: development of novel SSH-STEM collaborations to facilitate the delivery of the EU Green Deal; SSH knowledge brokerage to support regions in transition; and the effective design of strategies for citizen engagement in EU R&I activities. Outputs include action-led agendas and building stakeholder synergies through regular Policy Insight events.
This is captured in a high-profile virtual SSH CENTRE generating and sharing best practice for SSH policy advice, overcoming fragmentation to accelerate the EU’s journey to a sustainable future.
Within the SSH CENTRE project, Work Package 4 aims at incorporating SSH within settings such as the SET Plan, HEU Missions, and HEU Partnerships. This effort aims to inform and influence future EU R&I priorities to accommodate a wide spectrum of socio-economic challenges faced in transitions with a particular focus on climate, energy, and mobility.
This report presents recommendations for the four HEU Missions of most relevance to the SSH CENTRE project, namely: 1) 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030, 2) Adaptation to climate change, 3) Restore our ocean and waters, and 4) A soil deal for Europe. The recommendations were developed using insights from 42 focus groups with European citizens conducted by Debating Europe, and 4 policy panels whereby expert panel speakers were brought into dialogue with citizens that had attended the focus groups.