catalyse communication

What catalyse communication does

CATALYSE Communication is a five-year European research project (October 2022 to approximately October 2027) funded by Horizon Europe with a budget of EUR 10.3 million, coordinated by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). It brings together 21 partner institutions across 12 European countries to research the health impacts of climate change and to develop adaptation and mitigation strategies, with explicit focus on climate-sensitive health outcomes, indicator frameworks, and decarbonization of healthcare systems.

The project's core outputs include integrated climate-health indicator frameworks, surveillance tools for climate-sensitive health outcomes, country-level policy briefs, peer-reviewed research, and open-access training materials. Methodological work draws on computational modelling and supercomputing infrastructure provided by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), and findings feed directly into the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change in Europe reports and into national health-environment policy discussions.

CATALYSE does not operate a commercial business model. It is grant-funded, its outputs are open-access, and its "customers" are policymakers, public health agencies, and research institutions that consume its evidence base. The primary revenue mechanism is the Horizon Europe grant disbursement, with no disclosed pricing model, licensing, or fee-for-service revenue. Project leadership sits with ISGlobal, and the consortium includes ISGlobal, BSC, and academic and public health partners across Europe.

Name

catalyse communication

Legal name

Fundación Privada Instituto de Salud Global Barcelona (ISGlobal)

Website

https://catalysehorizon.eu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CATALYSE is a five-year, EUR 10.3 million Horizon Europe research project coordinated by ISGlobal, uniting 21 partners across 12 countries to study climate change impacts on health and to deliver open-access indicator frameworks, surveillance tools, and policy briefs for European health agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate and Health Research

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Emissions Factors, LCA & Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Platforms (EUABAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Target-Setting, Transition Planning & Performance Management Platforms (EUABAEAF), Net-Zero Target Setting & SBTi/Net-Zero Standard Support (EUABAKAA), Decarbonization Strategy & Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) Advisory (EUABAKAC), GHG Accounting & Net-Zero/Decarbonization Planning (Scopes 1–3) (EUAHAJAC)

Keywords

• Climate health research
• Public health indicators
• Healthcare decarbonisation
• Climate adaptation policy
• Environmental epidemiology

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. EU Research Grant Funding: The project is funded by the European Commission's Horizon Europe programme with co-funding from UK Research and Innovation and Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation. Total budget of 10.3 million euros over five years.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CATALYSE is a five-year European Horizon Europe research project that produces open-access knowledge, indicator frameworks, surveillance and forecasting tools, and policy/training materials focused on the impacts of climate change on public health and on decarbonising European health systems. Deliverables include an integrated climate-health indicator framework and repository, the Building Environmental Quality Model (BEQM), life-cycle carbon footprint assessments for healthcare, and evidence-based guidance for policymakers, health authorities, and health professionals.

Product overview

CATALYSE is a five-year European research initiative (not a commercial product company) coordinated by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The project provides research frameworks, surveillance and forecasting tools, indicator repositories, and training materials focused on climate change and health. Key deliverables include: an integrated indicator framework and repository for tracking climate-health connections; tools for quantifying health co-benefits and costs of mitigation measures; novel surveillance and forecasting tools for climate-related health impacts; and evidence-based training on climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for European health systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CATALYSE Project (Climate Action to Advance Healthy Societies in Europe) A five-year European research initiative that produces open-access knowledge, data, indicator frameworks, surveillance tools, and training materials on the impacts of climate change on public health and on decarbonising European health systems, targeted at policymakers, health authorities, and healthcare organisations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 92% reduction in direct CO2 emissions achieved by partner Mollet University Hospital in 13 years
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject coordinator and lead institution. ISGlobal is responsible for overall project management and scientific direction. The project website is hosted and managed by ISGlobal.
• UMIT TirolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner contributing to climate-health research within the consortium
• Hertie SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner contributing policy and governance expertise
• UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change (ESCI-UPF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey partner leading decarbonisation research for Catalan healthcare system, conducting life-cycle-based carbon footprint assessments
• Umeå UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner in the CATALYSE consortium
• Meteorological Service of Catalonia (meteocat)coreTechnology or IntegrationContributes meteorological data and climate modelling expertise for climate-health indicators
• Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)coreTechnology or IntegrationProvides computational resources for modelling and forecasting climate-health impacts
• EuroCAREcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean policy research partner in the consortium
• Max Planck Institute for ChemistrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner contributing climate and atmospheric science expertise
• VizzualitysupportingTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner providing data visualisation and digital platform expertise
• IIASAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis contributing to integrated assessment modelling
• E3modellingsupportingTechnology or IntegrationModelling and forecasting partner for climate-health projections
• ASL Roma 1supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian health authority partner contributing to climate-health research
• Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNGO partner contributing to policy advocacy and case studies on health framing in climate discussions, particularly in Poland coal phase-out
• MASK-airsupportingTechnology or IntegrationPartner contributing data or tools for health monitoring
• Planetary Health Alliance EuropesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network in which ISGlobal will assume the technical secretariat during 2026–2028
• WHO Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerISGlobal participates in ATACH, ensuring high scientific rigor and international vision for healthcare decarbonisation
• Geneva Sustainability CentresupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundació Sanitària Mollet acts as Certified Learning Hub for Spain of the Geneva Sustainability Centre (initiative of International Hospital Federation)
• Health Care Without HarmsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational NGO collaboration for sustainable healthcare transformation
• Lancet Countdown in EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative initiative tracking connections between climate change and public health across Europe; CATALYSE contributes to and co-brands launch events with this initiative
• European Climate Change and Health ClustercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCluster of 6 European projects linking climate change and health; CATALYSE is one of the six projects, promoting synergies between environment and health research communities

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Global academic collaboration tracking climate change and public health through 50+ indicators. CATALYSE co-launches the Europe regional report and shares indicator methodology with Lancet Countdown, making it the most directly comparable peer in mission and output type.
• WHO Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH): WHO-hosted alliance of 60+ countries committed to climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems. ISGlobal participates in ATACH and CATALYSE's healthcare decarbonisation indicators and case studies directly feed ATACH national commitments, making it a closely aligned policy peer.
• Health Care Without Harm: International NGO coalition driving sustainable healthcare transformation globally. CATALYSE collaborates with Health Care Without Harm and shares the same mission of decarbonising health systems and embedding climate action in hospital operations.
• Global Climate and Health Alliance: Coalition of health professional and academic organisations advocating for climate action to protect public health. Operates in the same climate-health policy advocacy space as CATALYSE and works with overlapping partner organisations across Europe.
• European Climate and Health Cluster: Cluster of six Horizon Europe projects linking climate change and health, of which CATALYSE is a member. The cluster represents the closest operational peer — sister projects under the same EU funding framework tackling complementary climate-health research.
• Planetary Health Alliance: Global consortium advancing planetary health research, education and policy. ISGlobal — CATALYSE's coordinator — will assume the technical secretariat of the Alliance's Europe hub in 2026–2028, making this an institutional peer with direct leadership overlap.

Broad incumbents

• European Environment Agency: EU agency providing independent environmental data, indicators and assessments across Europe. CATALYSE's integrated indicator framework complements EEA's broader environmental monitoring work and shares methodological overlap in climate-health and emissions indicators.
• CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project): Global environmental disclosure system used by companies and cities to report climate, water and forests impacts. Operates at much larger scale than CATALYSE but shares the indicator-repository and standardised-disclosure model that CATALYSE applies to the climate-health intersection.
• Carbon Trust: International climate consultancy advising organisations on decarbonisation strategy and carbon footprinting. Comparable to CATALYSE in mission (helping organisations measure and reduce emissions) but commercial rather than research-funded.
• Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Global standards body for corporate and organisational GHG accounting, co-developed by WRI and WBCSD. CATALYSE's life-cycle Scope 3 healthcare footprint work draws on GHG Protocol methodology and serves a comparable standards-setting role within the health sector.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CatalyseHorizon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/catalyse-project

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Profiles1 record

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