Studies on Innovation in Climate Finance for Rail
Funds studies on unlocking green bonds, carbon credits and other climate finance to pay for low-carbon rail investment.
Up to three Research and Innovation Actions can come out of this topic's shared EUR 600,000 pool, each paid as a lump sum rather than reimbursed against actual spending, so no single winning consortium should expect the full amount. The work is expected to start at a low technology readiness level, TRL1 with a technology concept possibly reaching TRL2, though a proposal aiming higher is not ruled …
This topic wants Research and Innovation Action studies that identify how railways can access green bonds, sustainability-linked financing and carbon credit markets to fund decarbonisation. It expects standardised methods for measuring and verifying greenhouse gas reductions from rail investment, reporting guidelines aligned with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, and recommendations for closing gaps in current climate-financing criteria.
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