Climate Change Adaptation

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

LIFE: Environment & Climate Action

Programme Description

The LIFE Programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value. After 22 years, €3.4 billion and 4.170 projects, the LIFE Programme continues to finance actions for the environment and climate action.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-CCA

Call

Climate Change Adaptation

Summary

Projects under this strand should help to achieve the long-term vision of the new 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. Projects should help to reinforce adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience, and reduce vulnerability, in line with the Paris Agreement and the European Climate Law.

Detailed Call Description

Areas of Intervention:

  • Support to the implementation of climate adaptation policies and the revision of national, regional or local climate adaptation strategies and plans;
  • Implementing state-of-the-art tools for climate risk assessments or selection of cost-effective adaptation measures for dealing with climate threats and solutions for adaptation;
  • Development and implementation of nature-based solutions for different types of areas (rural, urban and coastal);
  • Climate-proofing and resilience of infrastructure and buildings;
  • Adaptation solutions for agriculture and forestry;
  • Water management;
  • Climate adaptation and health;
  • Preparedness for compound risks and cascading risks;
  • Financial instruments, innovative solutions and public private collaboration on insurance and loss data.

Call Total Budget

€28.000.000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

60%

Thematic Categories

  • Energy
  • Environment and Climate Change
  • Industry
  • Public Administration
  • Transport
  • Urban Development

Eligibility for Participation

  • Businesses
  • International Organisations
  • Legal Entities
  • Local Authorities
  • Other Beneficiaries
  • Private Bodies
  • State-owned Enterprises

Eligibility For Participation Notes

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

Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register — before submitting the proposal — and will have to be validated by the Central Validation Service (REA Validation). For the validation, they will be requested to upload documents showing legal status and origin.

Other entities may participate in other consortium roles, such as associated partners, subcontractors, third parties giving in-kind contributions, etc

Call Opening Date

21/04/2026

Call Closing Date

22/09/2026

National Contact Point(s)

Department of Environment

Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
www.lifecyclamen.com.cy

Contact Persons 
Marilena Papastavrou
Environment Officer, National Contact Point for Environment
Telephone: +357 22 408 926
Email: mpapastavrou@environment.moa.gov.cy

Chrystalla Papastavrou
Environment Officer, National Contact Point for Climate
Telephone: +357 22 408 962
Email: cpapastavrou@environment.moa.gov.cy