International Phosphorus Workshop (IPW9)

1. 12 July 2019 - n° 1
Phosphorus in EU research
Chris Thornton - European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform
info@phosphorusplatform.eu www.phosphorusplatform.eu @phosphorusfacts

2. 12 July 2019 - n° 2
Without mineral phosphate fertilisers
we could feed
maybe 1/5th
of the current
world population
Adapted from Dawson et al., Food Policy 2011:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03069192
Without Haber-Bosch
(mineral nitrogen fertilisers)
We could feed half
of the world population
Fertilizers Europe / Wageningen University https://phosphorusalliance.org
Betterdataorreferenceswouldbevery
welcome!

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ESPP:
a coalition for action
• Wide objectives:
phosphorus stewardship
- global food security
- circular economy
- environmental protection
- healthy diet and food safety
• Bringing together:
- water & waste industries,
- mineral and organic fertilisers, chemicals,
- P-recycling technology suppliers,
- national & regional governments,
- knowledge institutes …
• Actions:
- vision & awareness
- stakeholders & networking
- dissemination
- policy and regulation dialogue
More information: www.phosphorusplatform.eu
http://www.phosphorusplatform.eu/members

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How ESPP operates
Legally established
not-for-profit association
 important for transparency,
clarity of decision making,
representation
- statutes are public https://www.phosphorusplatform.eu/platform/about-espp
- EU Transparency Register no. 260483415852-40 http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/
100% membership funded
 key to credibility, independence
- approx. 40 paying members to date: companies, R&D institutes or projects, cities / regions / governments
 balance between different interests and industries
 in touch with reality (payment = commitment)
http://www.phosphorusplatform.eu/members

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Nutrient platforms and networks worldwide
Netherlands 2010 http://www.nutrientplatform.org/
Germany 2015 www.deutsche-phosphor-plattform.de
Baltic: ESPP works with Baltic Sea Action Group www.bsag.fi
ESPP European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform 2013
North America Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance (SPA) 2017
(launched as NAPPS in 2015) https://phosphorusalliance.org/
Japan PIDO 2011 (Phosphorus Industry Development Organization of Japan) www.pido.or.jp
Global Partnership for Nutrient Management (UNEP)
http://www.unep.org/gpa/what-we-do/global-partnership-nutrient-management

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EU policy context
Source: Pavel Misiga, DG RTD at ESPC3 2017, see ESPP SCOPE Newsletter n°127

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EU policy context
• Water policy (eutrophication, groundwater)
• Air quality (ammonia emissions - NECD)
• Critical Raw Materials
(“phosphate rock”, white phosphorus P4)
• Circular Economy
• Agriculture
• International trade
• (Food and health?)
Source of diagram: Pavel Misiga, DG RTD at ESPC3 2017, see ESPP SCOPE Newsletter n°127

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Proposed new CAP (Common Agricultural Policy)
• EU Commission proposal 1 June 2018
• “Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients” (FaST)
- information on farm, crops, management
- complete nutrient budget
• Conditionality requirements:
- control of diffuse pollution by phosphates
- nitrate leakages
… buffer strips, soil management …
https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/key-policies/common-agricultural-
policy/future-cap_en

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EU Fertilising Products Regulation
• Flagship of Commission ‘Circular Economy Package’
• All fertilisers (mineral & organic), plant materials, composts & digestates,
soil amendments, growing media, biostimulants, liming materials, etc.
• First EU product legislation to confer “End-of-Waste” status
• STRUBIAS underway: struvite/phosphate salts, biochars/pyrolysis
materials, ash-based materials
• Opens European market for:
- organic fertilisers, composts, digestates …
- recycled fertilisers
- recycling technologies
Published 25th June 2019: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2019:170:TOC

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National policy contexts
• Switzerland:
2016 : P-recovery obligatory by 2026
(sewage, animal by products)
• Germany:
2017: P-recovery obligatory within 12/15 years
(all wwtp > 50 000 p.e., if sewage sludge P > 2% DM)
• HELCOM: Nutrient Recycling Strategy by 2020
• Sweden:
2018: Government ‘enquiry’ launched
into P-recycling regulation

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EU R&D funding
• R&D funding:
- FP7 (e.g. P-REX project)
- Horizon 2020
- Horizon Europe (2021-2028)
• Agriculture R&D funding
• DG ENVI: - LIFE
• DG REGIO: - InterReg
• National /regional programmes:
- e.g. Baltic Bonus

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Horizon 2020 status
Open calls End date
BBI-2019-SO1-D2 Produce components for various materials, including for food and feed, from microalgae 04/09/19
BBI-2019-SO1-F1 Valorise the organic fraction of municipal solid waste through an integrated biorefinery at commercial level 04/09/19
BBI-2019-SO2-F2 Apply technological combinations to valorise all components of biomass feedstock 04/09/19
BBI-2019-SO2-R2
Develop breakthrough technologies to improve the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of pre-treatment steps within biorefining
operations
04/09/19
CE-SC5-08-2020 Raw materials policy support actions for the circular economy - Expert network on Critical Raw Materials 05/02/2020
CE-SC5-07-2020 Raw materials innovation for the circular economy: sustainable processing, reuse, recycling and recovery schemes 05/02/2020
CE-NMBP-42-2020 Materials life cycle sustainability analysis 05/02/2020
CE-SPIRE-01-2020 Tapping into the potential of Industrial Symbiosis 05/02/2020
Upcoming calls
CE-RUR-08-2018-2019-2020 Closing nutrient cycles - IA Innovation action + RIA Research and Innovation action 22/01/2020
CE-FNR-17-2020 Pilot circular bio-based cities – sustainable production of bio-based products from urban biowaste and wastewater 22/01/2020
CE-FNR-15-2020 A network of European bioeconomy clusters to advance bio-based solutions in the primary production sector 22/01/2020
FNR-04-2020 Towards a European research and innovation roadmap on soils and land management 22/01/2020
RUR-07-2020 Reducing food losses and waste along the agri-food value chain 22/01/2020
LC-FNR-06-2020 Defossilising agriculture – solutions and pathways for fossil-energy-free farming 22/01/2020
FNR-18-2020 Sustainability of bio-based products – international governance aspects and market update 22/01/2020
See http://www.phosphorusplatform.eu/R&D

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Some current EU-funded projects
ENRICH * Enhanced N & P Recovery from wastewater … LIFE
REFLOW * P REcovery for FertiLisers frOm dairy processing Waste Marie Curie
Run4Life * Recovery and Utilisation of Nutrients for Low Impact Fertiliser H2020
SMART-Plant * Low-carbon footprint material recovery in wwtps H2020
SYSTEMIC * Demo. nutrient recovery from manure, sewage sludge, food waste H2020
LEX4BIO * Optimising bio-based fertilisers in agriculture H2020
B-FERST Bio-based FERtilising products best practice H2020
SUSFERT Sustainable multifunctional fertiliser BBI-JI
P-TRAP Diffuse P input to surface waters: removal, recycling, management H2020
NUTRI2CYCLE Carbon and nutrient efficient agriculture in Europe H2020
Circular Agronomics Carbon, N & P cycling in EU agri-food system H2020
PhosForce Technologies for P recovery from municipal wastewater EIT Raw Materials
Water2REturn REcovery and REcycling of nutrients H2020
NuReDrain Nutrient Removal and Recovery from drainage water InterReg
ReNu2Farm Nutrient Recycling – pilot production to farms and fields InterReg
Green-DROP Precise subarea specific irrigation and fertilization system H2020
InPhos Sustainable P Management in Baltic countries EIT Raw Materials
GreenAgri Environmentally-friendly Management of Organic Fertilizers InterReg
* = ESPP member. NOTE: other projects are funded but not yet started, e.g. Fertimanure
See http://www.phosphorusplatform.eu/R&D

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Horizon Europe
• 2021 – 2028
• EU’s 9th R&D Framework Programme
• around 100 billion
€ EU funding
Source of diagram: Neville Reeve,
DG RTD at IAFSS 12/2019

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Horizon Europe – current status
• 4/7/19 Horizon Europe “Missions” announced
https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/commission-launches-work-major-research-and-innovation-missions-cancer-climate-oceans-and-soil-2019-jul-04_en
• 17/4/19: 1st Reading position EU Parliament
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-8-2019-0395_EN.pdf
• 7/6/2018: European Commission proposal published FP9 regulation
proposal published 7/6/18
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-4041_en.htm
and https://ec.europa.eu/info/designing-next-research-and-innovation-framework-programme/what-shapes-next-framework-programme_en

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Horizon Europe – time to engage
• Public consultation on Horizon Europe open to 8th September 2019
https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/have-your-say-future-objectives-eu-funded-research-and-innovation-2019-jun-28_en
and https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/HorizonEurope_Codesign_2021-2024
• Public consultation expected to open soon on BBI / partnership
around circular bio-based Europe
• Horizon Europe info days, Brussels, 24-26 September 2019
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/events/cf/european-research-and-innovation-days/programme.cfm?id=452&day=24e

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Horizon Europe
– structure
Pillars:
- Excellent Science (inc. Marie-Curie)
- “Global Challenges
and European Industrial Competitiveness”
- Innovative Europe (inc. SMEs = now EIC)
- Widening participation & ERA
Clusters:
• Health
• Culture, inclusive society
• Civil security
• Digital & space
• Climate, energy, mobility
• Food, bioeconomy, natural
resources, agriculture &
environment
• JRC
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Five “Missions” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Horizon Europe
– “Missions”
 Adaptation to Climate Change including Societal Transformation
 Cancer
 Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters
 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities
 Soil Health and Food
Mission objectives: “boost the impact of EU-funded research
and innovation by mobilising investment and EU wide efforts
around measurable and time-bound goals around issues that
affect citizens’ daily lives.”
Mission “Board” for “Soil health and food”
chaired by Cees Veerman
(former Dutch Agriculture Minister)

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Horizon Europe
– “Partnerships”
DG RTD may propose a Horizon 2020 “Partnership” on “Nutrients”
Other “Partnership projects: food safety & diet
See: https://www.era-learn.eu/documents/provisions_horizoneurope
Partnerships must involve member states and private or
public organisations (farmers organisations, companies,
universities …)
Develop a specific programme of R&D
Can be related to market, regulatory or policy uptake

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ESPP and research
• 1st European nutrient research event, Berlin 2015
at ESPC2 (European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference)
with FP7 project P-REX, see ESPP SCOPE Newsletter n°111
conclusions published by European Commission
http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/circular-approaches approaches approaches-to -phosphorus -pbKI0115204/ pbKI0115204/ pbKI0115204/
• 2nd European nutrient research event, Basel 2017
with InterReg project Phos4You, see ESPP eNews n°16
• 3rd European nutrient research event, Rimini 2018
with Horizon2020 project SMART-Plant, see ESPP eNews n°28
• 4th European nutrient research event - planned at ESPC4
Vienna, 15-17 June 2020 https://www.phosphorusplatform.eu/espc4

21. 12 July 2019 - n° 21
ESPP inventory
of nutrient R&D projects
Over 230 projects listed
Referenced by DG RTD
as only inventory of nutrient R&D projects
See: http://www.phosphorusplatform.eu/R&D

22. 12 July 2019 - n° 22
SCOPE Newsletter summary
“best of” phosphorus science
• SCOPE Newsletter n°128 (2018)
• Policy-maker summaries
of 48 selected recent publications
(articles, books, reports)
• Update planned …
www.phosphorusplatform.eu/Scope128

23. 12 July 2019 - n° 23
ESPP and research – ESPP membership
• Visibility and recognition
• Networking
• Dissemination
- ESPP eNews and SCOPE Newsletter = 44 000 email circulation, 15% detected opening rate
ESPP membership for R&D projects = 2 000 €/year

24. 12 July 2019 - n° 24
Chris Thornton
info@phosphorusplatform.eu
Website: www.phosphorusplatform.eu
News @phosphorusfacts
http://www.phosphorusplatform.eu/members