LIFE – Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Standard Action Projects (SAP) – 2023

Objectives

• 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 of at least 55% compared with 1990 levels
• Ensure continuous progress in enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change
• Achieve the long-term vision of the EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change that, in 2050, the EU will be a climate-resilient society which is fully adapted to the unavoidable impacts of climate change
• Improving governance through enhancing the capacities of public and private actors and the involvement of civil society

Priorities

• Priority 1 – Make adaptation smarter (improving knowledge, managing uncertainty, and informing adaptation actions by robust data and risk assessment tools that are available to all)
• Priority 2 – Make adaptation more systemic (incorporating climate resilience considerations in all relevant policy fields, because climate change has impacts at all levels of society and across all sectors of the economy)
• Priority 3 – Make adaptation faster (developing and rolling out adaptation solutions that allow us to adapt more quickly and comprehensively)

Among financed actions

• Actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the sectors not covered by the EU Emissions Trading System
• Actions which enhance the functioning of the existing EU 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
• 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
• Adaptation policy development, and adaptation strategies and plans
• State-of-the art tools and solutions for adaptation
• Nature-based solutions in the management of land, forests, coasts and marine areas
• Adapting cities and regions to climate change
• Climate-proofing and resilience of infrastructure and buildings
• Adaptation solutions for farmers, forest managers, Natura 2000 managers and other land managers
• Water management
• Preparedness for extreme weather events
• Financial instruments, innovative solutions and public private collaboration on insurance and loss data
• Support to the operation of the European Climate Pact
• Incentivising behavioural change, mainstream emission reduction and resource and energy efficiency actions
• Awareness-raising activities addressing adaptation and mitigation needs
• Activities linked to the development and implementation of the Sustainable Finance actions
• Greenhouse gas emission monitoring and reporting
• Implementation/further development of national 2030 climate and energy strategies and plans and/or long-term strategies
• Development and implementation of greenhouse gas accounting and climate change mitigation in the land use sector
• Assessment of the functioning of the EU ETS
• Building capacity, raising awareness among end-users and the equipment distribution chain of fluorinated greenhouse gases
• Climate policy monitoring, assessment and ex-post evaluation

Additional information

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
• Initial duration of the action: up to 10 years

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries
• The coordinator must be established in an eligible country

• Total budget of the call: 66.350 million euro
• Total budget of the topic:
  • LIFE-2023-SAP-CLIMA-CCM: 30 million euro
  • LIFE-2023-SAP-CLIMA-CCA: 30 million euro
  • LIFE-2023-SAP-CLIMA-GOV: 6.35 million euro
• Co-financing rate: up to 60% of the total eligible costs