LIFE – LIFE Projects for addressing ad hoc Legislative and Policy priorities (PLP) – 2025

Objectives

• To contribute to the implementation of the EU’s policy objectives
• To include halting biodiversity loss
• To support the transition to a circular economy
• To protect natural resources, and support the 2030 energy/climate framework and 2050 climate neutrality goals
• To build capacity and stimulate investments for energy efficiency and small-scale renewables

Priorities

• Priority 1: To improve the understanding of the actual impacts of EU Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Regulations
• Priority 2: To strengthen foresters’ skill, New European Bauhaus for sustainable urban spaces
• Priority 3: To fight environmental crime, NGO participation in ESPR implementation, capacity building on results-based payment schemes for biodiversity
• Priority 4: To support  Circular Business Model Mainstreaming and a Climate Proof Pollution Alert model
• Priority 5: To accelerate the green transition by testing integrated innovative solutions addressing energy, nature and climate in urban areas

Among financed actions

• Implementing in-situation measurement campaigns
• Preparing and delivering training and guidance materials
• Developing tools/methodologies
• Knowledge creation and sharing
• Capacity building and advisory support
• Setting up peer-to-peer networks, implementing alert models
• Testing/demonstrating integrated innovative solutions in urban spaces

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entityBe established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
  • Non-EU states: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the LIFE Programme (Click here)
• The coordinator must be established in an eligible country

• A consortium composed of
  • at least 3 entities, from 3 different eligible countries (see details on the call document) must be constituted (LIFE-2025-PLP-ENER)
  • either forest agencies, administrations and/or forest organisations covering directly and/or through their membership at least two- third of the EU Member States (LIFE-2025-PLP-NAT-ENV)
  • a coordinator who must be a local authority or a grouping of local authorities(LIFE-2025-PLP-URBAN)

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action:
  • LIFE-2025-PLP-ENER: 36 months
  • LIFE-2025-PLP-NAT-ENV: 36 months
  • LIFE-2025-PLP-URBAN: between 36 and 60 months
• Contact:
  • LIFE-2025-ENER topic: CINEA-LIFE-CET@ec.europa.eu
  • LIFE-2025-NAT-ENV or LIFE-2025-URBAN: CINEA-LIFE-ENQUIRIES@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 21.800.000 euros
• Budget per topic:
  • LIFE-2025-PLP-ENER: 2.000.000 euros
  • LIFE-2025-PLP-NAT-ENV: 11.800.000 euros
  • LIFE-2025-PLP-URBAN: 8.000.000 euros
• Amount of the grant:
  • LIFE-2025-PLP-ENER: 2.000.000 euros
  • LIFE-2025-PLP-NAT-ENV: 1.000.000 euros
  • LIFE-2025-PLP-URBAN: 8.000.000 euros
• Funding rate: up to 90% of the total eligible costs