LIFE Programme

Montenegro has officially joined the LIFE Programme. The agreement, signed by Commissioner Jessika Roswall and Minister Damjan Ćulafić, marks a major step in supporting sustainable development and unlocking EU funding for projects targeting critical areas such as pollution reduction, improved waste management, and enhanced energy efficiency.

The prestigious LIFE Awards will take place on 3 June at 18:00 as part of EU Green Week 2025, celebrating the most innovative and impactful LIFE projects contributing to environmental and climate action across Europe.

The LIFE Calls for Proposals 2025 are open — your opportunity to help shape a sustainable, prosperous, and competitive European future for all.

Watch Agnès Pannier-Runacher, France’s Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, Sea and Fisheries, in her engaging speech at the French LIFE Programme Info Day, where she highlights how France benefits from the LIFE Programme and encourages stakeholders to apply to the current call (video in French only).

Vote for your favourite LIFE Project in the Citizens’ Prize 2025! The LIFE Awards celebrate the most impactful, innovative, and inspiring environmental and climate action projects funded by the EU. Now it’s your turn to have a say!

The #EULife25 Calls for Proposals are now open, offering €600 million to support new LIFE Projects in areas such as nature, circular economy, climate action and clean energy. Find out more in the new LIFE leaflet.

The #EULife25 Info Days took place online from Tuesday 13 May to Thursday 15 May 2025. These sessions highlighted the priority topics for 2025, provided insights into the four LIFE sub-programmes and offered advice on how to prepare a good proposal. Missed it? Watch the recordings here!

It’s back — Season 3 of the blockbuster #ForOurPlanet campaign launched across the globe on Earth Day 2025!

Voting is now open for the EUSEW 2025 Awards, taking place from 10 -12 June. This year, several LIFE projects are in the spotlight: LIFE TURBINES and LIFE 4GREENBROADBAND for the Innovation Award, LIFE TANDEMS for Local Energy Action, and both LIFE TANDEMS and Cooltorise for the Woman in Energy Award.

The circular economy has been given a boost by Andaltec, a leading Spanish plastics tech centre active in 20+ countries. The company turned to the Advisory Service for Sustainable Investments Support - known as Green Assist - to help it tackle investment challenges and to build on its LIFE COMP0LIVE partnership to boost sustainability and cut environmental impact.

We are seeking experts to support the evaluation of project proposals under the LIFE Clean Energy Transition sub-programme. Your expertise can help drive impactful solutions across Europe.

With support from LIFE Close-to-market, LIFE RESTART turns beer waste into bioplastics, cutting fossil fuel plastic use and creating jobs in a depopulated region of Sicily.

LIFE INSPIREE aims to recover rare earth metals from e-waste to support clean technologies, reduce dependency, and strengthen EU supply chains, thus earning strategic recognition under the Circular Economy Act.

The LIFE Project European Energy Communities Facility is live! Launched at the European Parliament with cross-party support from 5 MEPs, it aims to empower 140+ local energy communities with funding, training and legal guidance, boosting strong business models for the clean energy transition.

With support from LIFE Close-to-market, the project LIFE ECOFFEED is transforming coffee waste into sustainable animal feed whilst preparing a business plan to boost implementation and attract partners and investors.

As energy prices rise and calls for greater efficiency grow louder, LIFE AUDIT-PLUS is helping energy intensive industries in 3 European countries embrace new technology to reduce both their costs and their emissions.

The European Maritime Day is the place where ocean leaders meet. This year’s edition will take place in Cork, Ireland from 21-23 May 2025.

The C4E Forum 2025, running from 20-23 May, will feature a stand from the LIFE Programme. The forum aims to advance energy efficiency in buildings across Central and Eastern Europe.

The WSES2025 Congress, held 25-28 May 2025, will focus on circular water solutions, innovation and policy integration for sustainable water management, with active participation from the LIFE Programme.

The LIFE Programme will participate in the Reuse Economy Expo 2025 on 26-27 May, with this year's focus on generating profit from large-scale reuse practices in Europe.

The LIFE Platform Meeting on Forest Restoration in Europe runs 3-5 June in Brașov, Romania. The meeting will focus on the pivotal role of the LIFE Programme in supporting forest restoration across Europe.