LIFE Programme

We have received more than 1.500 ideas for new LIFE projects - a new historical record. Applicants from all across the EU are requesting €2.8 billion in co-financing from the LIFE programme to protect our nature and environment.

Are you tackling forest fires or implementing sustainable agriculture? If so, you are taking action against climate change. Submit your full project proposal by 6 October 2020 and we can help you bring your ideas to life.

Biodiversity is essential for life and key for a sustainable future. It provides us with food, medicine, recreation and wellbeing. Discover our new and free brochure and learn how LIFE-supported NGOs help protect our biodiversity.

Rewilding Europe, supported by the LIFE programme, works to make Europe a wilder place again. We spoke to managing director Frans Schepers to learn how a wild Europe will benefit our nature, economy and health.

Do you know how to behave when you encounter a bear? Follow the example of Alessandro! Angelo Salsi, Head of Unit of the LIFE programme, talked to the 12-year-old about his remarkable encounter with a bear. Read the full interview here.

Most of us won't travel very far for our holidays this year. You can still enjoy some beautiful nature and wildlife. Subscribe to our LIFE YouTube channel and discover our playlists on nature, oceans, environment and more.

We have a date for this year’s LIFE Awards! On 21 October 2020, three LIFE projects will be awarded in the categories environment, nature protection and climate action. Save the date and take a look at the full list of this year’s finalists.

While citrus fruits are tasty and nutritious, their waste is notoriously high and fruit juice packaging requires a lot of plastic. A LIFE project has found an innovative circular economy solution to curb both problems.

Our oceans, the world’s largest ecosystem, are being polluted and damaged. This has a devastating impact on marine life. Discover six LIFE projects that are doing their best to protect and restore our precious marine environment.

Buildings are the backdrop to our lives as we spend most of our time in them. But they make up a big part of the EU’s energy consumption and carbon footprint. Learn how the LIFE EconomisE project works to reverse this trend.