Nature and Biodiversity

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Code: 33614 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-SAP-NAT-NATURE | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

The present Call topic targets Standard Action Projects (SAP) aimed at achieving the objectives of the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme by supporting the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of EU legislation and policy on nature and biodiversity.

Projects should fall under at least one of the two areas of intervention:

• Intervention area: “Space for Nature”
• Intervention area: “Safeguarding our species”

Nature Governance

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Code: 33611 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-SAP-NAT-GOV | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

Proposals under this topic must support the implementation of the governance aspects (i.e. compliance assurance, public participation, access to justice) of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, with a focus on EU Nature and Biodiversity legislation.

Strategic Nature Projects

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Code: 33609 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-STRAT-NAT-SNAP-two-stage | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 06/03/2025

The objective of a SNaP project is to support the achievement of EU nature and biodiversity objectives by implementing coherent programmes of action in Member States in order to mainstream those objectives and priorities into other policies and financing instruments. This will include the coordinated implementation of:

• Prioritised Action Frameworks (PAF) and
• other plans or strategies adopted at international, national, multiregional or regional level by nature and biodiversity authorities, that implement EU nature and/or biodiversity policy or legislation, through coordination of the available funding and mobilisation of additional funding and with the active engagement of all the relevant stakeholders.

In this way, a SNaP project will support effective mainstreaming of nature and biodiversity objectives and priorities into other policies and financing instruments.

Strategic Integrated Projects – Environment

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Code: 33607 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-STRAT-ENV-SIP-two-stage | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 06/03/2025

The objective support the full implementation of the following plans and strategies:

• Circular Economy: National or Regional Circular Economy Action Plans, Strategies, Roadmaps or similar, which are officially approved, and which include specific and measurable actions, or targets, with a clear timeline and are in line with or complementing the objectives of the EU Circular Economy Action Plan.
• Waste: National and regional Waste Management Plans.
• Water: River basin management plans pursuant to Annex VII to the Water Framework Directive, Flood Risk Management Plans pursuant to the Floods Directive or Marine Strategies pursuant to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
• Air: Air quality plans pursuant to the Ambient Air Quality Directive or National Air Pollution Control Programmes pursuant to the National Emission Ceilings Directive.

Strategic Integrated Projects – Climate Action

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Code: 33605 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-STRAT-CLIMA-SIP-two-stage | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 06/03/2025

The objective supports the full implementation of the following strategies and plans:

• National Energy and Climate Plans.
• National Energy Efficiency Action Plans (NEEAP).
• National or regional adaptation strategies or action plans.
• Urban or community-based action plans pioneering the transition to a low carbon and/or climate resilient society.
• National, regional or industry-/sector-specific greenhouse gas mitigation strategies or low carbon economy roadmaps contributing to climate neutrality.

Real world energy consumption of energy-related products

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Code: 33598 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-CET-PRODUCTS | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

The topic aims to improve understanding of the actual impacts of EU Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Regulations and facilitate the implementation of related test methods that reflect better product use in real life, in terms of energy consumption and, when appropriate, pollutant emissions. In addition, actual energy consumption data would inform on the one hand future reviews of ecodesign and energy labelling rules, while providing added value for preparatory studies. On the other hand, it would also contribute to improving the ecodesign impact accounting model utilised for reporting the impacts of these rules.

Towards an effective implementation of key legislation in the field of sustainable energy

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Code: 33596 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-CET-POLICY | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

The topic aims to support the implementation of the main pieces of legislation in the field of the:

• Energy Efficiency Directive (Scope A).
• Renewable Energy Directive (Scope B).
• Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (Scope C).

Actions under this topic are expected to:

• Promote and enable exchange of insights and sharing of best practices within/ across Member States.
• Provide support, technical advice and tools for contextualisation and specification of requirements, in general and according to the national and regional context.
• Scope, assess and model the impact of implementation options to comply with EU legislative requirements, thereby contributing to the design of more effective policies.
• Support the monitoring and evaluation of policy implementation.
• Develop and apply methodologies to more accurately measure, calculate and account for contributions made under the specific policy measures and programmes.
• Develop and support integrated methodologies for areas and sectors that are addressed by different policies and pieces of legislation, notably approaches for integrated collection of data, calculation/accounting, verification, monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
• Monitor and model energy and non-energy impacts of integrated solutions; gather data for the energy and buildings sector.

Announcement of the 3rd call for applications for the Grants Scheme to Enhance Business Activity in the Walled City of Nicosia

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Code: 33592 | Programme name: 2949 | Start submission calls: 29/04/2024 | End submission calls: 29/11/2024

The main objectives of the Plan are to attract new businesses to the walled city of Nicosia, to encourage existing businesses to move to the Plan’s application areas, to encourage businesses already operating in said areas to expand their existing facilities, the social and economic upgrading of the area, the upgrading of the built environment with the contribution to the circular economy and green development, the attendance of citizens from all over Cyprus and from the entire urban area of Nicosia, and the creation of new jobs.

Crowding in private finance

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Code: 33587 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-CET-PRIVAFIN | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

The topic aims to increase the amount of private finance allocated to energy efficiency and small-scale renewable energy sources by establishing innovative financing schemes for investments in sustainable energy.

Proposals should clearly focus on tailored, market-oriented solutions to crowd in private finance at scale for sustainable energy investments, understood as investments in energy efficiency and/or small-scale renewable energy sources and storage.

Supporting district heating and cooling

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Code: 33585 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-CET-DHC | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

District heating and/or cooling operators/owners need to prepare and implement plans so that existing systems fulfil the criteria for “efficient district heating and cooling”, defined in the EED. This will require, among other aspects, the integration of low-temperature renewable energy (e.g. from solar thermal, ambient energy and geothermal resources) and waste heat as well as the cost-effective and energy efficient retrofitting of existing, inefficient district heating networks.

The option to further develop district heating and cooling systems should be integrated in energy planning and heat mapping by public administrations, taking a district approach when addressing the policy priority of deploying renewable and efficient heating and cooling, including for instance building or modernising district heating systems when planning renovation programmes.

Technical support and enabling frameworks are therefore needed to support the preparation of modernisation and development projects.

Waste heat as well as the cost-effective and energy efficient retrofitting of existing, inefficient district heating networks.

Supporting the roll-out of high-quality heat pump installations

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Code: 33582 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-CET-HEATPUMPS | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

The aim of this topic is to strengthen the enabling framework for the accelerated roll-out of high-quality heat pumps, complementing existing legislative and financial incentives at the EU, national and local levels. In particular, the topic aims to accelerate the deployment of heat pumps in existing buildings through alternative business and delivery models as well as in industrial sectors through a closer collaboration between different industrial sectors and industrial heat pump technology providers.

Climate Change Adaptation

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Code: 33580 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-SAP-CLIMA-CCA | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

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.

Climate Change Mitigation

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Code: 33578 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-SAP-CLIMA-CCM | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

Projects under the Climate Change Mitigation Priority Area should 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 to at least 55% compared with 1990 levels.

Alleviating household energy poverty in Europe

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Code: 33576 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-CET-ENERPOV | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

Efforts should focus on offering support to overcome barriers to the uptake of renovation measures in multi-apartment buildings requiring coordinated action amongst homeowners, as well as supporting relevant actors, including public authorities, in designing longer-term strategies and coordination frameworks to mitigate energy poverty at different governance levels, including dedicated financing schemes specifically addressing energy performance improvements for energy poor households. As obligated parties under energy efficiency obligation schemes have potentially at their disposal the necessary data and means to identify energy poverty and vulnerability among their customers, supporting the obligated parties is needed in order to spread such schemes across the EU.

Developing support mechanisms for Energy Communities

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Code: 33574 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-CET-ENERCOM | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

Energy communities can help citizens and local authorities invest in renewables and energy efficiency.
An increasing number of local and regional authorities wish to make sure that more citizens and local communities benefit from the energy transition and play an active role in it. Supporting energy communities can be a way to achieve that and local governments are uniquely well-placed to support their development by creating an enabling framework for communities and addressing their development hurdles.
Therefore, this topic aims to foster the collaboration between local/regional authorities and energy communities.

Project Development Assistance for sustainable energy investments

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Code: 33571 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-CET-PDA | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

Project Development Assistance (PDA) will support project promoters in preparing and launching investment pipelines of sustainable energy projects. Also it aims to support project developers across Europe to deliver a highly ambitious sustainable energy project pipeline. It offers technical assistance to public and private project developers to deliver energy efficiency and renewable energy investments of ambition and scale.

The call topic aims to build technical, economic and legal expertise of project promoters needed for the successful project development and implementation.

Facilitation structures for the renovation of public buildings

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Code: 33568 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-CET-RENOPUB | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

Proposals should establish and operate regional/national facilitation structures, for example one-stop-shops, to accelerate the renovation wave in the public sector (e.g. office buildings, social housing, schools, leisure facilities etc.) covering a larger territory and offering to public authorities a comprehensive, all-inclusive service from technical, financial to legal advice, procurement and quality assurance of works.

Actions should clearly focus on the ambitious energy renovation of existing public buildings (e.g. administrative buildings, hospitals, schools) to nZEB or ZEB standards, and should target legal entities operating under public law (e.g. public authorities, public bodies, social/public rental housing operators, etc.) as the main final beneficiaries of the services to be put in place.

Climate Governance and Information

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Code: 33566 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-SAP-CLIMA-GOV | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

LIFE Climate Change Governance and Information aims at supporting the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of the Union legislation and policy on climate change, contributing to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation. This includes improving governance through enhancing the capacities of public and private actors and the involvement of civil society.

LIFE Clean Energy Transition – Standard Action Project

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Code: 33564 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-CET-SAP | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

This topic aims to support actions from key commercial and non-commercial actors in the clean energy transition, involving in particular local and regional authorities, energy agencies, energy service companies (ESCOs), financial institutions and EU manufacturers of net-zero energy technologies.
Actions under this topic should contribute to the implementation of the EU’s energy efficiency and renewable energy policy and legislation and demonstrate their positive contribution to the overall clean and fair energy transition.

Supporting the clean energy transition of European businesses

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Code: 33562 | Identifier Code: LIFE-2024-CET-BUSINESS | Programme name: 10710 | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

The overall objective of this topic is to support the clean energy transition and decarbonisation of businesses by strengthening national ecosystems for energy management systems and energy audits as well as by fostering collaborative approaches between companies operating either in the same value chain or in physical proximity.

Synergies with relevant EU projects and initiatives such as the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) are encouraged.