Funding programme

LIFE is the EU’s funding programme dedicated to the environment and climate action.

Read more about LIFE.

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Call overview

This call aims to contribute to the socially just and sustainable transition towards a climate neutral economy by 2050.

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Objective

Projects under the Climate Change Mitigation Priority Area should contribute to the socially just and sustainable transition towards a climate neutral economy by 2050 and to reaching the EU emission reduction target for 2030 to at least 55% compared with 1990 levels.

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Areas of intervention

• Actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the sectors not covered by the EU Emissions Trading System, including the reduction of use of fluorinated greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances
• Actions which enhance the functioning of the Emissions Trading System and which have an impact on energy and greenhouse gas intensive industrial production
• Increase the generation and use of renewable energy and improvement of energy efficiency (as far as not covered by specific calls under the Clean Energy Transition sub-programme)
• The development of land and sea management practices which have an impact on emissions and removals of emissions, conservation and enhancement of natural carbon sinks

Read more in the call document, page 10.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

+ be legal entities (public or private bodies)

+ be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:

• EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
• non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the LIFE Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (participating countries)

+ the coordinator must be established in an eligible country

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Budget

The indicative budget for this topic is 29,000,000 EUR. The indicative range of project budgets is EURR 1-5 Million.

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Funding rate

Standard Action Projects (SAPs) — Maximum 60% funding rate.