LIFE programme: more than 116 million euros to reach climate and environmental goals
Through a 116 million euros investment, the European Commission will help 7 different Member States to reach their climate and environmental goals, funding eight major projects via the new LIFE Programme’s Strategic Projects.
LIFE programme, EU specific instrument for funding the climate and environmental action, presented for its 2014-2020 period some - now funded - projects whose main goal was contributing to national, regional or industry-/sector-specific greenhouse gas mitigation strategies and low carbon economy roadmaps: the so-called Integrated Projects (IPs).
The Strategic Nature Projects - more focused on helping countries mainstream their nature and biodiversity policy objectives into other policies and financing instruments - and the Strategic Integrated Projects were part of LIFE’s Integrated Projects and are now being financed through the substantial investment by the European Commission in seven countries like Belgium, Italy, Estonia, Spain, Poland, Slovakia a