LIFE Climate Change Mitigation — Standard Action Projects
Funds projects that cut greenhouse gas emissions — from fluorinated-gas recovery and zero-emission transport to renewable energy, industrial decarbonisation and carbon capture and storage.
Applicants submit a Standard Application Form (LIFE SAP) by the single-stage deadline, addressing one or more of the listed intervention areas. The topic carries an indicative EUR 28 million 2025 budget, matching its companion Adaptation topic and far larger than the companion Governance and Information topic, and mandatory annexes — detailed budget table and participant information — accompany th…
The Commission funds Standard Action Projects that help deliver the European Green Deal's target of cutting net EU greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% versus 1990 levels by 2030. Eligible areas span recovery and recycling of ozone-depleting substances and fluorinated gases, the shift to zero-emission road transport and decarbonising other transport modes, boosting renewable energy generation and energy efficiency, cutting emissions from industrial production and waste management, land and coastal carbon-sink management, and industrial carbon capture, use or storage.
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