Overview
| Donor: | European Commission (EC) - LIFE |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | Belgium |
| Reference number: | LIFE-2025-SAP-CLIMA-CCM |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
| Deadline: | 23.09.2025 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Large - more than $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 1.000.000€ |
| Total available budget: | 28.000.000€ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 5.000.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 60% |
Sectors
- Agriculture & Rural Development
- Capacity Building
- Climate Change
- Economic Development
- Energy
- Environment & Natural Resources
- Research, Technology & Innovation
- Water & Sanitation
Project Locations
Europe
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Description
1) Objective
Objective:Projects under the Climate Change Mitigation Priority Area will 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.
Areas 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.
2) Eligibility
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be legal entities (public or private bodies) registered in an eligible country.
3) Location
LIFE projects shall take place in the territory of the European Union Member States plus Ukraine, Moldova, North Macedonia.
4) Budget
Funding rate is 60% and the EU contribution ranges from €1,000,000 to €5,000,000. Total funding available is €28,000,000. They want to fund 12 projects.
5) Application
Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section. Paper submissions are NOT possible. The deadline is 23 September 2025.

