Deadline: 6 October 2020
LIFE Climate Action Program with an aim to contribute to the development and demonstration of innovative climate change adaptation technologies, systems, methods and instruments that are suitable for being replicated, transferred or mainstreamed.
Objectives
In order to increase resilience to climate change in Europe, the priority area Climate Change Adaptation, has the following specific objectives – as set out in Article of the LIFE Regulation:
- to contribute to the development and implementation of Union policy on climate change adaptation, including mainstreaming across policy areas, in particular by developing, testing and demonstrating policy or management approaches, best practices and solutions for climate change adaptation, including, where appropriate, ecosystem-based approaches;
- to improve the knowledge base for the development, assessment, monitoring, evaluation and implementation of effective climate change adaptation actions and measures, prioritising, where appropriate, those applying an ecosystem-based approach, and to enhance the capacity to apply that knowledge in practice;
- to facilitate the development and implementation of integrated approaches, such as for climate change adaptation strategies and action plans, at local, regional or national level, prioritising, where appropriate, ecosystem-based approaches.
EU Policy Areas
In order to address the above-mentioned priorities, the Climate Adaptation 2020 call outlines five Policy Areas and, under each Policy Areas, key Work Areas. Proposals addressing the following Policy areas are encouraged:
- Urban adaptation and land use planning which limits the impacts of climate change;
- Resilience of infrastructure, including application of blue-green infrastructure and ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation;
- Sustainable management of water in drought-prone areas, flood and coastal management;
- Resilience of agricultural, forestry and tourism sectors, including in island and mountain areas;
- Support to the EU’s Outermost Regions: preparedness for extreme weather events, notably in coastal areas.
Eligibility Criteria
Any entity registered in the EU can make a proposal for LIFE traditional, integrated, preparatory, and technical assistance projects under the sub-programmes for climate action.
You could be a:
- public body operating under a national government’s authority, e.g. local authority, national administration etc.
- private commercial organisation
- private non-commercial organisation (NGOs etc.)
For more information, visit https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/section/life/2020-life-call-proposals-traditional-projects-climate-action