Call for proposals 2026 - Supporting the implementation of the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission (HORIZON-MISS-2026-04)
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Objectives
The Work Programme 2026-27 of the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission supports the implementation of the Mission by providing strong and direct support to cities committed to climate neutrality, enabling them to implement their climate action plans and achieve climate neutrality by 2030.
The cities benefitting from these actions will act as experimentation and innovation hubs for other European cities aiming to become climate-neutral by 2050. Cities’ green and digital transformation with the aim of climate neutrality is associated with important co-benefits and urban qualities such as reduced air and noise pollution, more sustainable mobility, improved health and well-being, reduced urban environmental footprints, enhanced urban greening, more efficient use of energy and infrastructures, as well as improved waste and water management, and it improves policy coherence across sectors and stimulates participatory and inclusive decision-making.
The topics reflect the cross-cutting nature of the Cities Mission, and several are designed as joint activities with other parts of Horizon Europe, including partnerships, other Missions and the New European Bauhaus Facility. For this call, the envisaged actions will aim at energy efficient urban and sub-urban public transport, complemented by shared mobility; transition to low-temperature heating solutions in multiapartment buildings; and introducing circular economy models in the construction sector from buildings to city scale, as a joint action with the New European Bauhaus Facility, the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative and the Built4People Partnership. Proposals should demonstrate how they internalise the principles of the Cities Mission, notably contributing to an overarching strategy aiming at climate neutrality for cities, a holistic and cross-sectoral approach, and diversity in geographical location and size of cities, including cities from less developed and more peripheral regions. Proposals should set out a credible pathway to contributing to impacts including increased capacity to implement Climate City Contracts (CCCs) and achieve climate neutrality; actions to increase energy and resource efficiency and accelerate uptake of innovative systemic solutions and clean tech; engaging and involving citizens with attention to people in vulnerable situations; increasing use of data and digital technologies such as data platforms, IoT, AI and local digital twins for better decision-making; and innovative and inclusive cross-sectorial collaborative governance models
Actions
This call covers the following topics:
HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-01: Energy efficient urban and sub-urban public transport, complemented by shared mobility
HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-02: Transition to low-temperature heating solutions in multi-apartment buildings
HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-NEB-B4P-CCRI-03: Introducing circular economy models in the construction sector, from buildings to city scale
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Objectives
The Work Programme 2026-27 of the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission supports the implementation of the Mission by providing strong and direct support to cities committed to climate neutrality, enabling them to implement their climate action plans and achieve climate neutrality by 2030.
The cities benefitting from these actions will act as experimentation and innovation hubs for other European cities aiming to become climate-neutral by 2050. Cities’ green and digital transformation with the aim of climate neutrality is associated with important co-benefits and urban qualities such as reduced air and noise pollution, more sustainable mobility, improved health and well-being, reduced urban environmental footprints, enhanced urban greening, more efficient use of energy and infrastructures, as well as improved waste and water management, and it improves policy coherence across sectors and stimulates participatory and inclusive decision-making.
The topics reflect the cross-cutting nature of the Cities Mission, and several are designed as joint activities with other parts of Horizon Europe, including partnerships, other Missions and the New European Bauhaus Facility. For this call, the envisaged actions will aim at energy efficient urban and sub-urban public transport, complemented by shared mobility; transition to low-temperature heating solutions in multiapartment buildings; and introducing circular economy models in the construction sector from buildings to city scale, as a joint action with the New European Bauhaus Facility, the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative and the Built4People Partnership. Proposals should demonstrate how they internalise the principles of the Cities Mission, notably contributing to an overarching strategy aiming at climate neutrality for cities, a holistic and cross-sectoral approach, and diversity in geographical location and size of cities, including cities from less developed and more peripheral regions. Proposals should set out a credible pathway to contributing to impacts including increased capacity to implement Climate City Contracts (CCCs) and achieve climate neutrality; actions to increase energy and resource efficiency and accelerate uptake of innovative systemic solutions and clean tech; engaging and involving citizens with attention to people in vulnerable situations; increasing use of data and digital technologies such as data platforms, IoT, AI and local digital twins for better decision-making; and innovative and inclusive cross-sectorial collaborative governance models
Actions
This call covers the following topics:
HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-01: Energy efficient urban and sub-urban public transport, complemented by shared mobility
HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-02: Transition to low-temperature heating solutions in multi-apartment buildings
HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-CIT-NEB-B4P-CCRI-03: Introducing circular economy models in the construction sector, from buildings to city scale