LIFE Programme

We have received 166 new proposals in reply to the 2019 call for LIFE climate action projects. That is 25% more compared to last year – showing the growing efforts across the EU and beyond to tackle climate change.

Check out our new brochure “Ready, steady, green! LIFE helps farming and forestry adapt to climate change” and learn about the various LIFE climate actions.

Intensive farming is a major driver of biodiversity loss, also in Europe. That’s why LIFE programme beneficiaries came together to share innovations and best practices around nature restoration on intensified farmland.

How about offering young people the opportunity to look behind the scenes of your LIFE project? Don’t miss the chance to host European Solidarity Corps volunteers. Find out now if your organisation is eligible.

93% of EU citizens see climate change as a serious problem, according to a recent Eurobarometer survey by the European Commission. Find out what else Europeans think about climate change.

IUCN and Bruxelles Environnement will share the latest results of the LIFE European Red Lists project on Europe’s understudied species at a conference in Brussels. Register now!

Once again, the European Commission will take part in Ecomondo, the annual trade fair for the green and circular economy. Learn about LIFE projects in our sessions and at our stand.

A man and 29 birds, on a flight over the Alps to teach Northern Bald Ibis their long-forgotten migration path. Read the amazing story of the LIFE project “Reason for Hope Waldrapp”, which is working to reintroduce this endangered species in Europe.

As the new football season kicks off around Europe, one LIFE project is looking to a new goal: To make football matches and stadiums more environmentally friendly.

A student from the University of Bergamo talks about her hopes for safer, greener transport, and her support for the project U-MOB LIFE.