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LIFE

Program for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)

The LIFE program is the EU's funding instrument for environment and climate action. The overall objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation, co-financing projects with European added value. It has a budget of 5.4 billion euros.

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The general objectives of the LIFE program are based on the following conditions:

  • Achieve the objectives outlined by the European Union in terms of environment and climate action;

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  • Support and monitor the development of European Union legislation and policies, with the aim of involving and empowering civil society actors to improve governance.

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  • Implement successful technical and policy solutions on a large scale relevant to EU legislation and policies, mobilizing investment and improving access to finance, both in the public and private sectors.
     

LIFE PROGRAM STRUCTURE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR

NATURE AND BIODIVERSITY

2.1 billion euros

This sub-programme will aim at the protection and restoration of Europe’s nature and halting and reversing biodiversity loss. Thus, the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme will continue to fund nature conservation projects, in the areas of biodiversity, habitats and species.

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE

1.3 billion euros

This sub-programme aims at facilitating the transition toward a sustainable, circular, toxic-free, energy-efficient and climate-resilient economy and at protecting, restoring and improving the quality of the environment, either through direct interventions or by supporting the integration of those objectives in other policies.

LIFE PROGRAM STRUCTURE IN THE CLIMATIC SECTOR

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION

950 thousand euros

This sub-programme will contribute to the shift towards a sustainable, energy-efficient, renewable energy-based, climate-neutral and resilient economy, thereby contributing to sustainable development.

CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION

1 million euros

This sub-programme aims at facilitating the transition towards an energy-efficient, renewable energy-based, climate-neutral and -resilient economy by funding coordination and support actions (Other Action Grants) across Europe. These are actions of high EU added-value, which are targeted at breaking market barriers that hamper the socio-economic transition to sustainable energy, and typically engage multiple small and medium-sized stakeholders, multiple actors including local and regional public authorities and non-profit organisations, as well as consumers.

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