The 2024 LIFE award winners were selected from very many LIFE projects from across the EU that support the European Green Deal and have been completed within the last year. They mark outstanding achievements in three categories: nature, circular economy and quality of life and climate action.  

The LIFE Award for Nature went to LIFE Flusserlebnis Isar, which aims to restore the river Isar and its floodplains through a unique collaboration between Bavarian water and nature authorities.  

Winning the LIFE Award for Circular Economy and Quality of Life, LIFE Waste2Protein pilots innovative insect protein-based animal feed produced from biowaste as a sustainable alternative to fish and soy meal. 

The Climate Action category winner was LIFE TreeCheck, for helping Central European cities tackle climate change using green infrastructure to minimise the urban heat island effect.  

Life+ Nature Guardians, a project fighting environmental crime such as dumping waste and killing wildlife across Spain and Portugal, won the LIFE Citizens’ Prize, which was awarded by public vote.  

A special category introduced at this year’s Award to recognise the vital and indispensable role of clean water in the life of every European was awarded to Freshabitat LIFE IP from Finland.  At EU Green Week, the European Commission launched an awareness-raising campaign on the need to transform the way water is managed, used and valued. This #WaterWiseEU campaign will encourage people to “See Water Differently” and explore solutions to the various water challenges we are facing today.