LEAD GREEN TRANSITION: Use clusters as drivers of change for the green transition

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Hydrogen Austria

On the joint initiative of the Federal Ministry for Digitalization and Business Location and the Province of Tyrol, Hydrogen Austria - the Austrian hydrogen cluster - bundles the forces in the fields of research, development, production and application. Under the leadership of the Standortagentur...

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Smart Green Industrial Park under 'Green New Deal'

A project under the Korean Green New Deal aims to convert industrial complexes into smart eco-friendly manufacturing spaces with digital-based high productivity (smart) and high energy-efficiency as well as low pollution (eco-friendly). The cluster measure supports the following goals: 1)...

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Section 2 on Designation, Creation and Operation of Green Convergence Cluster - Green Convergence Cluster Act (Act on the creation and fostering of green convergence clusters)

The 2021 Green Convergence Cluster Act provides a legal foundation for a series of cluster-related activities under the measure 'Designation, creation and operation of green convergence clusters' (Section 2 of the Act). The supported activities under the measure include the establishment and...

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Innovation in the Green Industry under 'Green New Deal'

The Korean New Deal comprises three key strategies - the Green New Deal, Digital New Deal, and Stronger Safety Net. The Korean government implements various projects/measures under the Green New Deal, one of which is 'Innovation in the Green Industry' which aims to 1) promote prospective businesses...

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South African BioDesign Initiative (SABDI)

SABDI was launched by the Department of Science and Innovation of South Africa and is a contracted fund which supports collaborative and integrative research projects that focus on functional genomics, structural biology, synthetic biology and systems biology. SABDI is particularly interested in...

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Support measures to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

These measures are aimed to improve energy efficiency of businesses and buildings. They are expected to contribute to improve the heat and cold supply systems and the use of alternative drives in enterprises, including building relevant infrastructure. By reducing final energy consumption in public...

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The Roadmap for Transformation Towards Circular Economy

The Roadmap for Transformation Towards Circular Economy is one of the strategic projects of the Strategy for Responsible Development. It is a new economic concept in which products, materials and raw materials are to remain in the economy as long as possible and waste generation should be minimized...

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Polish Register of Cleaner Production and Responsible Entrepreneurship

Polish Register of Cleaner Production and Responsible Entrepreneurship was established in 2002 and operates under the leadership of the Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment. The initiative is permanent, with no time limit. The register is a nationwide, publicly available list of firms and...

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GreenEvo - Green Technology Accelerator

GreenEvo - Green Technology Accelerator is a programme of the Ministry of Climate and Environment prepared with a view to promote Polish green technologies. The main objective is the support of Polish environmental technologies in the country and abroad. The programme was designed to help Polish...

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Utilisation of local resources and regional revitalisation under 'Strategic Road Map for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells'

Under the Japanese government's 'Strategic Road Map for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells' (2019), a series of measures is underway to support the development and promotion of hydrogen energy to achieve reduction targets for GHG emissions. Overall the strategy promotes the collaboration between stakeholders...

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Tokyo Zero-emission Innovation Bay

The Tokyo Zero-emission Innovation Bay was established, based on the proposal of the “Environment Innovation Strategy” of the Japanese Government (Decision of the Integrated Innovation Strategy Promotion Council, January 21, 2020), to initiate an Innovation Area that pioneers zero-emission related...

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Promotion of university efforts towards 2050

Under the Japanese government's 'Green Growth Strategy Through Achieving Carbon Neutrality in 2050', a series of measures is underway to support the development of university collaborations and development at the local and regional level. The objective of one of these measures is to facilitate...