Programme for Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)
Environment, Nature Conservation and Climate Change
The LIFE Programme is the EU’s funding programme for environment and climate action.
The general objective of the programme is to contribute to the shift towards a sustainable, circular, energy-efficient, renewable energy-based, climate-neutral and resilient economy, in order to protect, restore and improve the quality of the environment, including the air, water and soil, and to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and to tackle the degradation of ecosystems, including by supporting the implementation and management of the Natura 2000 network, thereby contributing to sustainable development.
LIFE has the following specific objectives:
- to develop, demonstrate and promote innovative techniques, methods and approaches for reaching the objectives of Union legislation and policy on the environment and on climate action, including the transition to renewable energy and increased energy efficiency, and to contribute to the knowledge base and to the application of best practice, in particular in relation to nature and biodiversity, including through the support of the Natura 2000 network;
- to support the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of Union legislation and policy on the environment and on climate action and the transition to renewable energy or increased energy efficiency, including by improving governance at all levels, in particular by enhancing the capacities of public and private actors and the involvement of civil society;
- to support the large-scale deployment of successful technical and policy-related solutions for implementing Union legislation and policy on the environment and on climate action, and the transition to renewable energy or increased energy efficiency, by replicating results, by integrating related objectives into other policies and into public and private sector practices, by mobilising investment and by improving access to finance.
The LIFE programme is structured into two fields and four sub-programmes.
Under the Environment field:
- nature and biodiversity;
- circular economy and quality of life.
Under the Climate Action field:
- climate change mitigation and adaptation;
- clean energy transition.
In terms of the financing mechanism, LIFE provides grants that cover a percentage of eligible costs, between 60% to 95%, depending on the specific type of action grant being applied for.
The LIFE programme is open to many organisations, including public entities, private entities and civil society organisations.
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