EU invests more than €380 million in 133 new LIFE projects

Wodne Sprawy UE inwestuje ponad 380 mln euro w 133 nowe projekty LIFE

The European Commission has awarded more than €380 million for 133 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Environment and Climate Action Program. This amount represents more than half of the total investment needs for their implementation, which total €574 million. The rest of the funding comes from national, regional and local authorities, public-private partnerships, businesses and civil society organizations.

LIFE projects

LIFE projects contribute to the achievement of a wide range of climate, energy and environmental goals of the European Green Deal, including the EU’s goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030, while ensuring Europe’s long-term prosperity. This investment will have a lasting impact on our environment, economy and the well-being of all Europeans.

In its 32 years of existence, the LIFE program has co-financed more than 6,000 environmental and climate projects across the EU and associated countries. We wrote about previous initiatives that have received LIFE funding in a previous article: LIFE will support 12 strategic European projects: 223 million euros in funding.

Thematic areas of new LIFE projects

The European Commission has selected as many as 133 LIFE projects out of 653 applications submitted under LIFE 2023. The funds will be distributed as follows:

  • 143 million euros (of which the EU will provide 74 million euros) to contribute to a closed-loop economy and improved quality of life, with 26 projects aimed at reducing water consumption, industrial and household waste production, air pollution and noise pollution;
  • nearly €216 million (€144.5 million EU contribution) for nature and biodiversity projects aimed at restoring freshwater, marine and coastal ecosystems and habitats, as well as improving the conservation status of birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians and mammals;
  • About €110 million (nearly €62 million EU contribution) for enhancing climate resilience, mitigation, management and information;
  • 105 million euros (€99 million EU contribution) for governance and market solutions to accelerate the transition to clean energy.

Examples of projects supporting environmental protection

Among the 26 projects selected to promote a more closed-loop economy and quality of life, the €7.5 million LIFE GRAPhiREC project aims to recycle graphite from battery waste in Italy. It is expected to generate €23.4 million in revenue and save €25 million in production costs. Spain’s LIFE POLITEX project will invest €5 million to reduce the fashion industry’s environmental footprint by turning textile waste back into new textiles. The €9.8 million DESALIFE project from the Canary Islands seeks to promote drought resilience by producing fresh water from the Atlantic Ocean. Wave-powered buoys deployed off the coast of the Canary Islands will pump 1.7 billion liters of desalinated fresh water ashore.

Another 25 projects aim to support nature and biodiversity. Two of them, LIFE4AquaticWarbler and LIFE AWOM, involve Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Lithuania, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, as well as Ukraine and Senegal, with a combined budget of nearly €24 million to save the rare water warbler bird, in line with the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy.

Climate resilience and mitigation projects include IMAGE LIFE and LIFE VINOSHIELD. With a combined budget of €6.8 million, the initiatives in Spain, France and Italy will help world-renowned wineries and producers of famous cheeses such as Parmigiano Reggiano, Camembert de Normandie and Roquefort become more resilient to the effects of extreme weather events. The projects show how Europe’s agricultural industry can adapt to climate change and water scarcity.

In addition, 59 projects address the transition to clean energy. The LIFE DiVirtue program, a three-year digital training series worth €1.25 million, is working toward a more efficient and innovative construction sector and building industry. The project specifically uses virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to help construction students and professionals realize zero-emission buildings and renovations in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Croatia and Romania.

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