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LIFE CLIMATE ACTION 2014-2017 and
the 2014 Call for proposals
Warsaw, 5 June 2014
Mette Koefoed Quinn
Deputy Head of Unit
Climate Finance and Deforestation
DG Climate Action
Climate Action within the EU budget
The EU Multiannual Financial Framework (20142020) sets out budgetary framework and main
orientations for delivering Europe 2020 strategy.
Commission’s intention to increase the proportion of
climate related expenditure to at least 20% in the
new EU budget.
Climate and environment as integral parts of all main
instruments and interventions.
But, mainstreaming does not address all environmental
and climate needs, thus a need for a specific
instrument – A Programme for the Environment and
Climate Action (LIFE) (Regulation (EU) 1293/2013).
The LIFE Multiannual Work Programme 2014-2017
(Commission Decision of 19/3/2014)
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LIFE 2014/2020 Programme
Structure and Budget
LIFE Programme
€3,456.7 (2014-2020)
€1,155 min
€2,592.5
(55% of ENV
Sub-progrm)
€864.2
Nature &
Biodiversity
(75% of LIFE
budget)
Sub-programme for
Environment
Environment &
Resource Efficiency
Information &
Governance
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Climate Change
Mitigation
(25% of LIFE
budget)
Sub-programme for
Climate Action
Climate Change
Adaptation
Information &
Governance
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2. Next LIFE Programme (2014-2020)
Architecture
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LIFE sub-programme for
Environment
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Three priority areas
• Environment &
Resource Efficiency
• Biodiversity
• Environmental
Governance and
Information
translated into
 Specific objectives
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LIFE sub-programme for
Climate Action
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Three priority areas
• Climate Change
Mitigation
• Climate Change
Adaptation
• Climate Governance and
Information
translated into
Specific objectives
LIFE Climate Action Sub-programme
Priority areas for mitigation and adaptation:
– LIFE Climate Change Mitigation contributes to the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions
– LIFE Climate Change Adaptation supports efforts leading to increased
resilience to climate change
Specific objectives:
 implement and develop Union policy and legislation and mainstream
activities across policy areas
 improving and apply knowledge base in practice
 develop and implement integrated strategies and action plans
 develop and demonstrate innovative technologies, systems, methods
and instruments for replication, transfer or mainstreaming, best practice
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LIFE Climate Action Sub-programme
Priority area for governance:
– LIFE Climate Governance and Information
Specific objectives:
 contribute to raising awareness
 communication, networks, cooperation platforms
 raise compliance and enforcement of legislation,
 better governance and dissemination on climate
mitigation and adaptation actions
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LIFE Climate Action: Main benefits
Funding types:
New financial instruments, Action grants, Operating grants
Geographical Scope:
Exceptionally outside Union territory or in Overseas Countries and
Territories (OCT's),
Emphasis on transnational projects.
Actors:
Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME): All grants management
European Investment Bank and local banks for FIs
National Contact Points (NCP) for counselling and guidance
DG Climate Action for policy guidance, programming, monitoring
and evaluation of LIFE Climate Action
Beneficiaries: No limitations on who can participate, mainly
companies, public administrations, Non-governmental organisations
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The new actor EASME
Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises
Managing programmes for the Commission since 2005.
Programmes managed: LIFE 2014-2017, CIP Ecoinnovation, Intelligent Energy Europe, COSME,
Horizon 2020 Energy, Environment and Resources
and SME instrument, European Maritime and Fisheries
Fund
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EASME - Managing the LIFE programme
• When? As of 1 May 2014. EASME in charge of call for capacity building
projects and for operating grants. Evaluation of 2014 call for proposal
and contracting.
• Who? EASME Unit "LIFE and CIP Eco-innovation", a team of ~35
project and financial officers with project management experience and
technical background
• How? Continue work with an external monitoring team and external
evaluation team, technical and financial desk officers; simplify
where possible (e.g. the new Common Provisions set a higher threshold
for moves within the project budget)
• Responsibilities? technical and financial programme management;
policy feedback and communication of results to DG CLIMA
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LIFE 2014-2017 – Focus of calls
Projects Types:
In 2014 only action grant projects and capacity building
projects plus operating grants
In 2015 also integrated projects and technical assistance
European Added Value:
Replicability, transferability, transnational projects, larger
scale projects, results indicators
No national allocations:
Projects selected based on merit only
Focus:
Preferred climate policy priorities for action grant projects
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2014 Call for proposals
Three priority areas:
Climate Change Mitigation - CCM
Climate Change Adaptation - CCA
Climate Governance and Information – GIC
Demonstration, pilot projects, best practice projects as
well as governance and information projects
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Climate Action: Climate Change Mitigation (CCM)
Integrated climate change mitigation projects
implementing established Union, national or regional climate
change mitigation plans (see LIFE Regulation and MAWP
2014-2017)
Small scale pilot (=innovative, but not research!),
demonstration and best practice projects
Projects funded by the financial instrument Private
Finance for Energy Efficiency (PF4EE)
Emphasis for 2014 on land use management and
agriculture
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CCM – climate policy priorities
 Land use sector:
 e.g. landscape and land management strategies and practices which limit
emissions, particularly organic soils,
 conservation of natural carbon sinks
 Greenhouse gas monitoring and accounting of land use
 e.g. projects which improve monitoring and accounting of carbon stocks,
effects of loss of grasslands or peatlands,
 Contribution to LULUCF accounting rules
CCM – climate policy priorities
 Sustainable use of solid biomass
 e.g. new approaches for production, consumption of biomass, in a
sustainable way.
 transformation into long term carbon stores.
 Agriculture:
 e.g. implementation of low carbon farming practices with a transformational
impact, or which increase carbon storage / levels of organic soil matter.
 analysis and development of improvements for existing climate measures
under the CAP.
Climate change Adaptation (CCA)
Integrated climate change adaptation projects, e.g.
implementing Union, national or regional climate change
adaptation plans (see LIFE Regulation and MAWP 20142017)
Small scale pilot (=innovative, but not research!),
demonstration and best practice projects
Projects funded by the financial instrument Natural
Capital Financing Facility (NCFF)
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CCA – Climate policy priorities
Cross-border management of floods, fostering collaborative
agreements based on the EU Floods Directive
Trans-boundary coastal management, with emphasis on
densely populated deltas and coastal cities
Mainstreaming adaptation into urban land use planning,
building layouts and natural resources management
Mountain and island areas, with emphasis on sustainable
and resilient agricultural, forestry and tourism sectors
Sustainable management of water; combating desertification
and forest fires in drought-prone areas.
CCA – Climate policy priorities
Moreover:
Green infrastructure and ecosystem-based approaches to
adaptation.
Innovative adaptation technologies.
Vulnerability assessments and adaptation strategies,
including those with a cross-border nature.
Awareness raising and exchange of good practice actions
on adaptation indicators, options, risk communication and
management
CCA Climate policy priorities:
The Urban Environment
Developing and implementing local adaptation strategies in the
framework of "Mayors Adapt";
Developing and deploying innovative adaptation technologies in
urban areas, including in the water, energy and
construction sectors;
Promoting and developing green infrastructure in cities,
including combating the urban heat island effect;
Low carbon projects contributing at the same time to climate
mitigation and adaptation as well as nature conservation
and biodiversity objectives in urban areas.
Climate Action:
Climate Governance & Information(GIC):
"Traditional": information and awareness raising
projects and projects facilitating knowledge sharing;
Support for cooperation networks and best practices for
the application of climate regulation and enforcement
Promotion of a better governance by broadening
stakeholder involvement in implementation and by
promoting more effective compliance with EU climate
legislation.
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GIC – Information and Awareness
Awareness of sustainable biomass production in an
integrated perspective (biodiversity, forest, other land)
Develop publicly available data bases to promote a deep
analysis of the effects of the use of market-based
instruments, disseminate the results and stimulate
discussion, in particular on the EU ETS
Raise capacity of local, regional, national authorities to
facilitate the inclusion of monitoring of potentials for
carbon storage or emission saving into e.g. public
spatial planning
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GIC – Information and Awareness
Development and awareness of best practices in the
field of climate policy evaluation to support development
of cost-effective climate action. Concerning adaptation this
should include indicators, risk communication and
management
Awareness raising on climate change vulnerabilities and
climate change adaptation options, including on how
adaptation strategies are applied in a local and regional
context
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GIC – Better governance by broadening
stakeholder involvement
Exchange of best practice on enabling mechanisms,
including public-private financing mechanisms and innovative
solutions for industrial processes and production methods to
facilitate low emission transition of industry and the
power sector, transport and building sectors
Share and develop expertise across Europe on the
challenges and opportunities related to the 2030 climate
and energy objectives, e.g. harmful taxation/subsidies, EE
and RE policies, enabling legislative framework for how
private sector can contribute to restoring public finance,
reduce energy dependency and create jobs while reducing
emissions
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Approximate Dates
Call for Proposals: 16 June 2014
Deadline for submission by applicants:
16 October 2014, at 16:00
Earliest project start date: July 2015
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Thank you for your attention!
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/index.htm
[email protected]
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