European Commission: Climate Change Mitigation Programme

Deadline: 30-Nov-21

European Commissions are calling proposals for Climate Change Mitigation Programme.

Scope

Scope and areas of intervention:

• Actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the sectors not covered by the EU Emissions Trading System, including the reduction of use of fluorinated greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances
• Actions which enhance the functioning of the Emissions Trading System and which have an impact on energy and greenhouse gas intensive industrial production
• Increase the generation and use of renewable energy and improvement of energy efficiency (as far as not covered by specific calls under the Clean Energy Transition sub-programme)
• The development of land and sea management practices which have an impact on emissions and removals of emissions, conservation and enhancement of natural carbon sinks

Objectives

• 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.
• The LIFE Programme is structured in two fields and four sub-programmes:
  • Nature and Biodiversity
    • The specific objectives of the sub-programme ‘Nature and Biodiversity’ are the following:
      • to develop, demonstrate, promote and stimulate scale up of innovative techniques, methods and approaches (including nature-based solutions and ecosystem approach) for reaching the objectives of the EU legislation and policy on nature and biodiversity, and to contribute to the knowledge base and to the application of best practices, including through the support of the Natura 2000
      • to support the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of EU legislation and policy on nature and biodiversity, including by improving governance at all levels, in particular through enhancing capacities of public and private actors and the involvement of civil society, also taking into due consideration the possible contributions provided by citizen science
      • to catalyse the large-scale deployment of successful solutions/approaches for implementing EU legislation and policy on nature and biodiversity, by replicating results, integrating related objectives into other policies and into public and private sector practices, mobilising investment and improving access to finance.
  • Circular Economy and Quality of Life
    • The specific objectives of the sub-programme ‘Circular Economy and Quality of Life’ are:
      • to develop, demonstrate and promote innovative techniques, methods and approaches for reaching the objectives of the EU legislation and policy on environment, and to contribute to the knowledge base and, where relevant, to the application of best practices
      • to support the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of the EU legislation and policy on environment, including by improving governance at all levels, in particular through enhancing capacities of public and private actors and the involvement of civil society
      • to catalyse the large-scale deployment of successful technical and policyrelated solutions for implementing the EU legislation and policy on environment, by replicating results, integrating related objectives into other policies and into public and private sector practices, mobilising investment and improving access to finance.
  • Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
    • The specific objectives of the sub-programme ‘Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation’ are:
      • to develop, demonstrate and promote innovative techniques, methods and approaches for reaching the objectives of the EU legislation and policy on climate action and to contribute to the knowledge base and to the application of best practice
      • to support the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of the EU legislation and policy on climate action, including by improving governance at all levels, in particular through enhancing capacities of public and private actors and the involvement of civil society
      • to catalyse the large-scale deployment of successful technical and policy related solutions for implementing the EU legislation and policy on climate action by replicating results, integrating related objectives into other policies and into public and private sector practices, mobilising investment and improving access to finance.
  • Clean Energy Transition
    • The specific objectives of the sub-programme ‘Clean Energy Transition’ are the following:
      • to develop, demonstrate and promote innovative techniques, methods and approaches for reaching the objectives of the EU legislation and policy on the transition to sustainable renewable energy and increased energy efficiency, and to contribute to the knowledge base and to the application of best practice
      • to support the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of the EU legislation and policy on the transition to sustainable renewable energy or increased energy efficiency, including by improving governance at all levels, in particular through enhancing capacities of public and private actors and the involvement of civil society
      • to catalyse the large-scale deployment of successful technical and policyrelated solutions for implementing the EU legislation on the transition to renewable energy or increased energy efficiency by replicating results, integrating related objectives into other policies and into public and private sector practices, mobilising investment and improving access to finance.

Funding Information

• The indicative available call budget is EUR 69,000,000.
• Climate Change Adaptation: EUR 30,500,000
• Climate Change Mitigation: EUR 30,500,000
• Climate Governance and Information: EUR 8,000,000
• Indicative range of project budgets
  • Climate Change Mitigation: EUR 1-5 Mln
  • Climate Change Adaptation: EUR 1-5 Mln
  • Climate Governance and Information: EUR 0.7-2 Mln
• Estimated number of projects to be funded
  • Climate Change Mitigation: 15 projects
  • Climate Change Adaptation: 15 projects
  • Climate Governance and Information: 5 projects

Expected Impact

Efficient delivery of the quantified objectives by end of the project.

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 (participating countries) or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature
• the coordinator must be established in an eligible country

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