LIFE Programme

“Food waste is not only unethical; it is a shameful waste of natural and economic resources,” said Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, at the recent LIFE platform meeting on food waste in Budapest. Around 40 LIFE projects have shown ways to prevent such waste.

Energy-intensive industries are responsible for a large share of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions. This means they have a key role to play in implementing the EU’s roadmap to decarbonisation.

Online technology has led to a boom in citizen science. Can LIFE direct that voluntary interest in recording the world around us in ways that better support the implementation of nature policy?

Thinking of applying for LIFE funding? Take part in our ‘speed dating’ session at ECOMONDO 2018 in Rimini next month. To secure your place, email: LIFE-Ecomondo@neemo.eu. To find out more about the participating LIFE projects, visit the European Commission stand in Hall Sud at ECOMONDO.

EU Raw Materials Week is a unique opportunity for the raw materials community to discuss and exchange on all relevant issues: policy, technology, international cooperation, framework conditions, knowledge base. This third edition includes a high-level conference on raw materials for a low carbon and circular economy.

Hazardous waste prevention is the theme of this year’s European Week for Waste Reduction. In 2018, it is time to detox and use such products less in our bathrooms, kitchens, sheds and garages!

The LIFE Natura Themis project is hosting an international conference for all those involved in preventing wildlife crime or enforcing the law in this area.

A project in Spain has created a plastic film that protects crops before biodegrading completely after harvest. Inventors at the Aitiip Foundation, a research centre near Zaragoza, Spain, claim that their new mulching film could reduce plastic contamination in the environment and cut running costs for European farms.

Conservationists have reduced collisions between bears and vehicles on a highway in Kastoria, northern Greece. And thanks to LIFE, a new ‘bear emergency team’ is helping the local community live in harmony with the brown bear population.

It is in the long-term interest of food companies to protect species and habitats. The LIFE Food and Biodiversity project’s free training courses help them determine risks to biodiversity and tailor protection measures in response.