The EU climate legislation and policy action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions includes:

• reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in line with the EU’s climate neutrality target in the EU Climate Law;
• EU Emissions Trading System;
• development of policies to reduce GHG emissions from the Effort Sharing Directive (ESR) sectors;
• promotion of zero and near-zero emission mobility and sustainable transportation fuels;
• reduction of GHG emissions from land use, agriculture and forestry;
• promotion of sustainable and coastal management practices, including the increase of carbon sequestration in ecosystems;
• promotion of renewable energy and improvement of energy efficiency solutions;
• phasing out fluorinated greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances;
• promotion of solutions for carbon capture and use, carbon capture and storage, and carbon removals.

Areas of intervention

• Recovery, recycling 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

The present Call topic targets Standard Action Projects (SAP) aimed at achieving the objectives of the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation sub-programme. SAP are defined in section 2 (Type of Action) while the general objectives of the sub-programme in section 1 (‘Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation’).

Third countries associated to the LIFE Programme: The assessment of each proposal will be done in line with the provisions of the relevant association agreement.