LIFE Programme

LIFE has just launched a unique Call for Proposals to reinforce the capacity of NGOs acting at Member States’ level to mobilise and strengthen civil society participation and contribution to the implementation of the European Green Deal. Check the guidelines! More questions? An online info session is planned early next year. See below under events.

The LIFE programme has been key in protecting our nature and biodiversity for many years. We have published a new study on the LIFE programme’s positive contribution to nature and society over the last 28 years. Take a look at the results of the study and be sure to check the Layman brochure, which highlights the most important findings of the study.

The European Commission has launched an open public consultation on an EU Action Plan “Towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for air, water and soil – building a Healthier Planet for Healthier People”. As a key pillar of the European Green Deal, the Zero Pollution Ambition goes hand in hand with all Green Deal objectives and will build on initiatives in the field of energy, industry, mobility, agriculture, biodiversity, and in particular climate.

The European Commission today launched the European Climate Pact, an EU-wide initiative inviting people, communities and organisations to participate in climate action and build a greener Europe. As part of the European Green Deal, the Climate Pact offers a space for everyone to share information, debate and act on the climate crisis, and to be part of an ever-growing European climate movement.

Around one-third of Slovakia’s population lives in housing estates constructed just after the 1950s. These buildings are far from energy-efficient, especially in the winter months when residents turn the central heating on. LIFE DELIVER is coming up with some low carbon solutions to the problem.

Throughout history, humans have had conflicts with bears. But coexistence between us and them is possible. This is key for bear conservation as the LIFE DINALP BEAR project shows.

We depend on soil for food, water, energy and recreation. Soil also protects us from climate change and boosts biodiversity. Yet this precious resource continues to be degraded by human activities. There are however several LIFE projects that are protecting what lies beneath our feet.

On 12 January 2021, we will hold a virtual information session explaining how LIFE funding under the LIFE 2020 Call for Proposals for non-governmental organisations on the European Green Deal (LIFE 2020 NGO4GD) works.