ERRIN's Natural Resources and Adaptation Cluster

ERRIN’s Natural Resources and Adaptation Cluster combines the activities of the Bioeconomy Working Group, Blue Economy Working Group and Climate Adaptation Task Force, aligning their efforts to address key EU priorities and strengthen the R&I capacities of the regional innovation ecosystems of the ERRIN members. The cluster actively monitors and engages with major EU priorities and strategies, including the Horizon Europe Programme, its partnerships and its European Missions ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’ and ‘Adaptation to Climate Change’. It gathers intelligence to support regions' roles in macro-regional strategies and interregional knowledge-sharing.  

With the aim of strengthening members’ engagement in the three Missions covered by the cluster’s work – the Mission Soil, Ocean and Waters, Adaptation to Climate Change – the Working Groups and Task Force under this Cluster regularly engages with the different Mission Secretariats to discuss and influence the implementation of the Missions in 2025. 

Mirroring several of the Horizon Europe Pillar II clusters, the Natural Resources and Adaptation cluster aims to foster synergies to address complex challenges in a multi-perspective approach. Additionally, the ERRIN projects Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI), RESIST, SOILL, Pathways2Resilience, Mission Ocean and Waters Implementation Platform support the members and provide opportunities to build their regional R&I capacity to address these complex transitions. In 2025, three new ERRIN projects will kick off in this cluster: two supporting regions to achieve the Mission Ocean and Waters objectives and one aiming at setting up national climate adaptation hubs.