While our media and the public's attention may be momentarily distracted by other significant events like the high inflation or the war in Ukraine, climate change away doesn't go. Man-made change in the climate, the decimation of Earth's biodiversity, and soil or air pollution are global challenges that humanity will be called upon to face soon decisively. If not, we will be the first to deal with the consequences of our unsustainable living.
Europe, a global sustainability champion, provides EU funding for green projects to help the transition to a more sustainable future. An example of this funding are the LIFE grants provided by the LIFE program, which is the main EU funding instrument for the environment and climate action.
In this post, we'll provide you with 10 EU funding opportunities from the newest LIFE Program grants issued in May and are open to receiving your project proposals.
10 open calls to receive green grants from the LIFE program
Title: Supporting Clean Energy Transition
Program: LIFE-2022-PLP-ENER
Budget: € 900,000
Description: Under this call, the proposals may be submitted only to address the following specific needs, based on the final list of specific projects established by the Member States.
The proposed specific project under the topic LIFE 2022-PLP-ENER shall address one of the following specific needs identified by the Member States in the sub-program Clean Energy Transition.
Specific project:
- Supporting EU's standardization activities related to eco-design, energy labelling, energy audits and energy management systems.
Deadline: 07/09/2022
Title: Nature and Biodiversity
Program: LIFE-2022-PLP-NATURA
Budget: € 1,000,000
Description: Under this call, the proposals may be submitted only to address the following specific needs, based on the final list of specific projects established by the Member States.
The proposed specific project under the topic LIFE 2022-PLP-NATURA shall address one of the following specific needs identified by the Member States in the sub-programme Nature and Biodiversity.
Specific project:
- Improving the quantity and quality of bird-related data in Europe, to enhance their contribution to EU policy objectives under the EU Birds Directive and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.
Deadline: 07/09/2022
Title: Circular Economy and Quality of Life
Program: LIFE-2022-PLP-Environment
Budget: € 500,000
Description: Under this call, the proposals may be submitted only to address the following specific needs, based on the final list of specific projects established by the Member States.
The proposed specific project under the topic LIFE 2022-PLP-Environment shall address one of the following specific needs identified by the Member States in the sub-programme Circular Economy and Quality of Life.
Specific project:
- Testing and measuring the feasibility and effectiveness of financial incentives for the take-back of small used/waste EEE and portable batteries in view of setting up a stakeholder platform
- Bringing lifecycle into building policy – Level(s) case studies
Deadline: 07/09/2022
Title: Strategic Nature Projects
Program: LIFE-2022-STRAT-NAT-SNAP-two-stage
Budget: € 75,000,000
Description: A SNAP will not have to cover all actions foreseen in the strategy/plan or ensure that the strategy/plan will be fully implemented during the lifetime of the SNAP. However, the SNAP shall include strategic actions to catalyse a process and mobilise supplementary commitments and funding that will lead, in due time, to the full implementation of the plan or strategy.
SNAPs shall promote the coordination with and mobilisation of other relevant Union, national or private funding sources for the implementation of the complementary measures or actions outside of the SNAP in the framework of the targeted plan or strategy, giving preference to Union funding. Within the SNAP itself, however, co-funding may not come from other Union funding sources.
SNAPs shall actively involve the main stakeholders necessary for the implementation of the targeted plan or strategy. They should be involved in both the design and implementation of the given project. This involvement is expected to be achieved by including them - where possible and reasonable - as associated beneficiaries of the SNAP, or through their active participation in the implementation of the SNAP itself and/or of the complementary actions.
SNAPs should facilitate and result in the building up of strategic capacities among the competent authorities and stakeholders to ensure a long-term sustainability of project results and actions, and to ensure that they will be able to function as co-deliverers of the targeted plan or strategy after the end of the SNAP.
Depending on the needs of the given Members States (or regions) as identified in their PAFs or in other nature and biodiversity plans (which must be available by the time a SNAP full proposal is submitted), the set of measures to be included in a SNAP programme of actions shall include the following:
- institutional support and capacity building actions;
- mobilisation and coordination of additional finance for complementary actions, in particular from other EU funding instruments and programmes.
Two-stage Deadline: 08/09/2022 and 30/03/2023
Title: Climate Change Mitigation
Program: LIFE-2022-SAP-CLIMA-CCM
Budget: € 29,000,000
Description: 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.
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
Deadline: 04/10/2022
Title: Climate Governance and Information
Program: LIFE-2022-SAP-CLIMA-GOV
Budget: € 7,900,000
Description: LIFE Climate Change Governance and Information aims at supporting the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of the Union legislation and policy on climate change, contributing to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation. This includes improving governance through enhancing the capacities of public and private actors and the involvement of civil society.
Scope:
Areas of intervention:
- Support to the operation of the European Climate Pact
- Incentivising behavioural change, mainstream emission reduction and resource and energy efficiency actions
- Awareness-raising activities addressing adaptation and mitigation needs
- Activities linked to the development and implementation of the Sustainable Finance actions
- Greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting
- Implementation/further development of national 2030 climate and energy strategies and/or mid-century strategies
- Development and implementation of greenhouse gas accounting and climate change mitigation in the land use sector
- Assessment of the functioning of the EU ETS
- Building capacity, raising awareness among end-users and the equipment distribution chain of fluorinated greenhouse gases
- Climate policy monitoring, assessment and ex-post evaluation
Deadline: 04/10/2022
Title: Environment governance
Program: LIFE-2022-SAP-ENV-GOV
Budget: € 6,000,000
Description: The aim is to facilitate the transition toward a sustainable, circular, toxic-free, energy-efficient/climate-resilient economy and toward a toxic-free environment as well as to protect, restore and improve the quality of the environment.
The specific objective is to cover one or more of the following topics as fully defined in section 2 of the Call document:
- Activities in support of public administrations' decision-making and voluntary approaches
- Environmental compliance assurance and access to justice
- Behavioral change and awareness-raising initiatives
Deadline: 04/10/2022
Title: Circular Economy, resources from Waste, Air, Water, Soil, Noise, Chemicals, Bauhaus
Program: LIFE-2022-SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT
Budget: € 92,320,656
Description: The aim is to facilitate the transition toward a sustainable, circular, toxic-free, energy-efficient/climate-resilient economy and toward a toxic-free environment as well as to protect, restore and improve the quality of the environment.
The specific objective is to cover one or more of the following topics as fully defined in section 2 of the Call document:
- Circular Economy and Waste
- Air
- Water
- Soil
- Noise
- Chemicals
- A new European Bauhaus
Deadline: 04/10/2022
Title: Nature and Biodiversity
Program: LIFE-2022-SAP-NAT-NATURE
Budget: € 132,000,000
Description: To contribute to the European Union's objectives for the protection, maintenance, and restoration of the Union's natural capital in its marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems.
The present Call topic targets Standard Action Projects (SAP) aimed at achieving the objectives of the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme by supporting the development, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of EU legislation and policy on nature and biodiversity, as defined in sections 1 and 2 of the Call document.
Deadline: 04/10/2022
Title: Climate Change Adaptation
Program: LIFE-2022-SAP-CLIMA-CCA
Budget: € 29,000,000
Description: Projects under this strand should help to achieve the long-term vision of the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change that, in 2050, the EU will be a climate-resilient society which is fully adapted to the unavoidable impacts of climate change. Projects should help reinforce adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience, and reduce vulnerability, in line with the Paris Agreement and the proposed European Climate Law.
Areas of intervention:
- Adaptation policy development and adaptation strategies and plans
- State-of-the art tools and solutions for adaptation
- Nature-based solutions in the management of land, coasts, and marine areas
- Adapting cities and regions to climate change
- Climate-proofing and resilience of infrastructure and buildings
- Adaptation solutions for farmers, forest managers, Natura 2000 managers, and other land managers
- Water management
- Preparedness for extreme weather events
- Financial instruments, innovative solutions, and public-private collaboration on insurance and loss data
Deadline: 04/10/2022
To wrap up
The list above provides you with only some of the EU funding opportunities from the LIFE program that are currently open. These calls were launched in May, and there is ample time to submit your proposals or come up with new project ideas for environmental impact. The world needs more innovative solutions to deal with climate change and the issue of sustainability. To this, European funding schemes like the LIFE program provide critical support.
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