Deadline: 23-Sep-25
The European Commission is accepting proposals for its Climate Change Mitigation to support the implementation of the European Green Deal by contributing to the objectives and targets set out in the EU Climate Law and to the intermediate Union climate target to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels by 2030.
Objectives
- The EU climate legislation and policy action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions includes:
- reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in line with the EU’s climate neutrality target in the EU Climate Law
- EU Emissions Trading System
- development of policies to reduce GHG emissions from the Effort Sharing Directive (ESR) sectors
- promotion of zero and near-zero emission mobility and sustainable transportation fuels
- reduction of GHG emissions from land use, agriculture and forestry
- promotion of sustainable and coastal management practices, including the increase of carbon sequestration in ecosystems
- promotion of renewable energy and improvement of energy efficiency solutions
- phasing out fluorinated greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances
- promotion of solutions for carbon capture and use, carbon capture and storage, and carbon removals.
Area 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 other transport modes, fostering intermodality and modal shift;
- Increase the generation and use of renewable energy and improvement of energy efficiency;
- 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;
- Industrial solutions for carbon removal, carbon capture and use and/or storage.
Funding Information
- The indicative available call budget is EUR 61,500,000.
- Topic Budget: EUR 28,000,00
- Indicative range of project budgets: EUR 1-5 Million
Eligibility Criteria
- 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
- the coordinator must be established in an eligible country.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Applicants which are subject to an EU exclusion decision or in one of the following exclusion situations that bar them from receiving EU funding can NOT participate:
- bankruptcy, winding up, affairs administered by the courts, arrangement with creditors, suspended business activities or other similar procedures (including procedures for persons with unlimited liability for the applicant’s debts)
- in breach of social security or tax obligations (including if done by persons with unlimited liability for the applicant’s debts)
- guilty of grave professional misconduct (including if done by persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control, beneficial owners or persons who are essential for the award/implementation of the grant)
- committed fraud, corruption, links to a criminal organisation, money laundering, terrorism-related crimes (including terrorism financing), child labour or human trafficking (including if done by persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control, beneficial owners or persons who are essential for the award/implementation of the grant)
- shown significant deficiencies in complying with main obligations under an EU procurement contract, grant agreement, prize, expert contract, or similar (including if done by persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control, beneficial owners or persons who are essential for the award/implementation of the grant)
- guilty of irregularities within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Regulation No 2988/95 (including if done by persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control, beneficial owners or persons who are essential for the award/implementation of the grant)
- created under a different jurisdiction with the intent to circumvent fiscal, social or other legal obligations in the country of origin or created another entity with this purpose (including if done by persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control, beneficial owners or persons who are essential for the award/implementation of the grant)
- intentionally and without proper justification resisted an investigation, check or audit carried out by an EU authorising officer (or their representative or auditor), OLAF, the EPPO, or the European Court of Auditors.
- Applicants will also be rejected if it turns out that:
- during the award procedure they misrepresented information required as a condition for participating or failed to supply that information
- they were previously involved in the preparation of the call and this entails a distortion of competition that cannot be remedied otherwise (conflict of interest).
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