Deadline: 1-Jun-23
The Velux Fonden (Velux Foundation) is now seeking proposals to contribute to a healthy marine environment. A healthy marine environment that can withstand climate change.
The Danish marine environment is under pressure from several quarters, and ambitious actions are therefore needed to achieve a sea in balance.
The Foundation prioritises research projects and partnerships that contribute to limiting pollution of the marine environment and reduce the factors that negatively impact the Danish sea.
Funding Information
The Foundation supports projects with a budget of more than DKK 500,000 within the following three strategic themes:
- Restoring Sea and Coastal Areas with A Climate Focus
- The focus of the marine restoration action area is nature restoration aimed at restoring degraded ecosystems, in particular areas with the greatest potential to absorb and store carbon and to prevent and reduce the impacts of natural disasters. The need for strengthened action is all the more acute as global warming is aggravating the loss of biodiversity in marine and coastal ecosystems.
- Please note: They prioritize projects that aim to create innovative solutions.
- Combating Marine Pollution
- Under this action area, there will be focus on the factors that negatively impact the marine ecosystem, including untreated wastewater, nutrients, marine waste and plastic pollution as well as impacts from shipping, including underwater noise.
- Future Climate Solutions and Their Impacts On Marine Areas
- To ensure a reduction in greenhouse gases of 70% by 2030, marine carbon storage has been addressed as a possible solution that will contribute to a 70% reduction. There is a need to identify possible risks of using CCS at sea. The Foundation will be able to support new research initiatives aimed at the environmental consequences of carbon storage.
For more information, visit Velux Foundation.