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Natura 2000 Award Winners

The biennial prize recognises outstanding management of Natura 2000 sites. Natura 2000 glass award depicting blue birds, green motifs and the EU stars logo. The European Commission has announced the winners of the 2024 Natura 2000 Award at Green Week in Brussels on Thursday. The biennial Award, this year celebrating its tenth anniversary, recognises outstanding management of Natura […]

Winners at the 2024 LIFE Awards

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 […]

8th Environment Action Programme Mid-Term Review

Report on the 8th Environment Action Programme Mid-Term Review

Spain: EIB and Otua sign €40 million loan to back the construction of a waste recycling plant in the Basque Country

The project, backed by the InvestEU programme, will making it possible to recover reusable materials from automotive waste. The investment contributes to the EU Circular Economy Action Plan and to “Circular Spain 2030” the Spanish national strategy to develop a circular economy. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Basque Country-based Otua Group have signed a […]

Over €233 million in Strategic Environment and Climate Projects across Europe

Today, the Commission is investing over €233 million in twelve new Strategic Projects across Europe under the LIFE programme to support the implementation of the EU's environmental and climate ambitions under the European Green Deal. These Strategic Projects are expected to mobilise substantial additional funds from other EU sources, including agricultural, structural, regional and research […]

New projects for Restore our Ocean and Waters

The Commission announced today 18 new projects which will receive over €106 million  to contribute to the EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters'. The projects gather over 370 beneficiaries from 36 countries, including SMEs, research institutions, local authorities, schools and businesses. They will play a key role in achieving climate neutrality and restoring nature […]

Find your EU funding programme for the environment #Guide

Find your EU funding programme for the environment Supporting the environment under the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework and NextGenerationEU This guide provides a detailed description of those 2021–2027 MFF funding programmes and instruments that could support projects that directly or indirectly contribute to the EU’s environmental policies and objectives. The aim of this guide is […]

LIFE Programme: €380 million for 168 new green projects all around Europe

Today, the Commission has approved more than €380 million of funding for 168 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Programme for the environment and climate action. At the heart of the European Green Deal, LIFE projects can help the EU become climate-neutral by 2050 and reach climate, energy and environmental goals. They support biodiversity, […]

European SUSTAIN Project | Erasmus+

The European SUSTAIN network aims to engage pupils and their families in research projects – what is known as citizen science – on bird migration and water management. The Erasmus+ project is coordinated by Science LinX, the science centre of the University of Groningen (UG) Faculty of Science and Engineering.Twelve European partners will develop e-learning […]

Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)

The Environment and Climate Action Program (LIFE) (2021-2027) aims to contribute to the change towards a sustainable, circular, energy efficient economy, based on renewable energies, climate neutral and resilient to climate change, to protect, restore and improve the quality of the environment, including air, water and soil, and to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and […]

Just Transition Mechanism

The Just Transition Mechanism (JTM) is a key tool to ensure that the transition towards a climate-neutral economy happens in a fair way, leaving no one behind. As part of the European Green Deal, the Just Transition Mechanism provides resources for facing the challenge of the transition process towards the Union’s 2030 climate target and […]
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