Thread by @SamJamesMorgan

💰 Five Horizon Europe missions for the next decade were handed to the EU Commission. Here's a summary:

🌊 Restore Europe's seas and oceans by 2030. Set up a hydrosphere agency, virtually map bodies of water, ban single-use plastics, green fishing & ferries;

🧪 Beat cancer. Focus on diagnostics, prevention, treatment and patient quality of life. Will closely mirror the Commission's own health plan;

🌡️ Climate resilience. The project will work with 200 communities to help them adapt to climate disruption. Former EU climate chief Connie Hedegaard is in charge;

🏘️ Climate-neutral cities. 100 cities should scrub emissions by 2030 as part of a like-minded network. EIB funding should be tapped to make it a reality;

🌱 Healthy soils. 75% of soils should be healthy and up to supporting ecosystems by 2030. Work still needed to be done on gathering data on soil health;

Now talks over the exact budget for each will be held. Horizon has a smaller warchest than planned and EU heads are still yet to give their final blessing to the MFF deal. Bit more detail on that here: eandt.theiet.org/content/articl…