Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The LIFE Programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value. After 22 years, €3.4 billion and 4.170 projects, the LIFE Programme continues to finance actions for the environment and climate action.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Projects under the Climate Change Mitigation Priority Area should contribute to the socially just and sustainable transition towards a climate neutral economy by 2050 and to reaching the EU emission reduction target for 2030 to at least 55% compared with 1990 levels.
Detailed Call Description
Areas of intervention:
- Recovery, recycle and reclamation of ozone-depleting substances in foams and suitability of alternatives to fluorinated greenhouse gases and their recovery, reclamation and recycling;
- Actions to support the shift to zero-emission mobility in road transport;
- Decarbonising non-road transport modes, fostering intermodality and modal shift;
- Increase the generation and use of renewable energy and improvement of energy efficiency (as far as not covered by specific calls for proposals under the Clean Energy Transition sub-programme);
- Actions which reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in industrial production and waste management;
- Development and implementation of land and coastal management practices which have an impact on emissions and carbon removals, including the conservation and enhancement of natural carbon sinks in soils and forests and the storage of carbon in long-lasting products.
- Development and implementation of industrial solutions for carbon removal, carbon capture and use and/or storage.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
60%
Cost categories: costs for financial support to third parties: allowed for grants and prizes; maximum total amount for financial support to third parties €100.000; maximum amount per third party €20.000.
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
- non-EU countries:
- listed EEA countries and countries associated to the LIFE Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
- the coordinator must be established in an eligible country
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Department of Environment
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
www.lifecyclamen.com.cy
Persons to Contact
Marilena Papastavrou
Environment Officer, National Contact Point for Environment
Telephone: +357 22 408 926
Email: mpapastavrou@environment.moa.gov.cy
Chrystalla Papastavrou
Environment Officer, National Contact Point for Climate
Telephone: +357 22 408 962
Email: cpapastavrou@environment.moa.gov.cy