Climate Change Mitigation
LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-CCM funds projects mitigating climate change via emission reduction and carbon capture.
This call supports projects that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote carbon capture. It targets areas like zero-emission transport, renewable energy, industrial decarbonisation, and natural carbon sinks. The goal is to meet EU climate targets for 2030 and beyond.
Likely relevant for
- Environmental NGOs
- Research institutions in climate science
- Companies in renewable energy and clean transport
- Public authorities managing land and coastal areas
- Industrial companies focusing on emission reduction
Project signals
What it funds
- Recovery and recycling of ozone-depleting substances and fluorinated greenhouse gases
- Actions supporting zero-emission road transport
- Decarbonisation of other transport modes and modal shift
- Increasing renewable energy generation and energy efficiency
- Reducing energy use and emissions in industry and waste management
- Land and coastal management for carbon removals and natural sinks
- Industrial carbon removal, capture, use, and storage solutions
Expected outcomes
- Efficient delivery of quantified climate mitigation objectives by project end
- Contribution to EU Green Deal and Climate Law targets
- Reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030
Who can apply / participate
- Public bodies
- Private companies
- Research organizations
- Non-governmental organizations
- Check call document for consortium requirements
- Eligible countries as described in section 6 of call document
- Refer to section 6 of call document for detailed eligibility conditions
- Exact consortium size and composition
- Specific country eligibility details
Must check before shortlisting
- Eligibility criteria in section 6 of call document
- Specific budget and funding rates
- Consortium composition and country eligibility
Money
Total budget for this topic is approximately 28 million EUR for 2026.
- Total budget for 2026 — 28000000EURAllocated for LIFE Project Grants under Climate Change Mitigation
Application notes
- Single-stage submission model.
- Proposal page limits and layout as per call document section 5 and application form Part B
- Eligibility and admissibility conditions in call document section 6
- Financial and operational capacity requirements in call document section 7
- Evaluation criteria and process in call document section 8 and 9
- Legal and financial set-up in call document section 10
- Mandatory and optional annexes as specified in call document
- Prepare proposal following call document and application form guidelines
- Submit proposal via Funding & Tenders Portal before deadline
- Consult FAQs and online manual for guidance
- Contact National Contact Point for support
- Use IT Helpdesk for technical issues
- Check detailed eligibility and admissibility conditions before applying
- Follow page limits and formatting strictly
- Ensure all mandatory annexes are included
- Be aware of evaluation criteria and scoring thresholds
Derived from official EU Funding portal source · updated 22 Jun 2026, 17:16 UTC. Use this as a shortlisting aid; the official call text remains authoritative.
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Official source text
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Topic description
Expected Outcome: Efficient delivery of the quantified objectives by the end of the project. Objective: Projects under the Climate Change Mitigation Priority Area will support the implementation of the European Green Deal by contributing to the objectives and targets set out in the EU Climate Law and to the intermediate Union climate target to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels by 2030. Scope: Areas of intervention: Recovery, recycle 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.
Conditions and documents
Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in section 5 of the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible countries
described in section 6 of the call document.
3. Other eligibility conditions
described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in section 9 of the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in section 4 of the call document.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Standard application form — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Mandatory Annexes to the application form:
Optional Annexes:
- Letters of support
- Maps (LIFE)
- Description of sites (LIFE)
- Other Annexes (for example: Lifecycle analysis, Business plans etc.
Additional documents:
LIFE Multiannual Work Programme 2025-2027
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Support information
Consult the FAQs in LIFE website Get in touch with your National Contact Point (NCP) . We want also to draw your attention on the possibility to get support from your NCP. To facilitate such support, it would be beneficial to add your NCP under the “Participants” step of the application, by clicking on “Add contact”. Then, Under “Project role”, use the option “Contact person” and add your NCP’s data. Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals . IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Raw budget overview
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