Climate Governance and Information
LIFE Climate Change Governance and Information
Amount not specified
23/09/2025
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution
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What is the Climate Governance and Information Call?
Expected Outcomes
• Efficient delivery of quantified objectives contributing to EU climate change mitigation and/or adaptation goals;
• Strengthened governance structures through improved capacities of public authorities, private actors and civil society;
• Enhanced enforcement and monitoring of Union climate legislation and policies;
• Measurable increases in stakeholder awareness, behavioural change and uptake of green skills;
• Operational greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting tools and up-to-date LULUCF inventories and carbon removal registries;
• Broadened knowledge sharing on the EU Emissions Trading System and Sustainable Finance frameworks;
• Robust ex-post evaluation frameworks for climate policies and plans at national, regional or local level.
Scope Requirements
• Directly contribute to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation by supporting Union legislation, policy development, implementation, monitoring or enforcement;
• Address one or more of the following intervention areas: awareness raising/behavioural change, green skills & capacity building, fluorinated gas management, strategy and plan support, sustainable finance actions, GHG monitoring & reporting, LULUCF inventories and registries, EU ETS capacity building, policy monitoring and evaluation;
• Demonstrate clear linkages to existing EU frameworks (Climate Pact, EU ETS, Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, national/regional climate plans);
• Enhance the capacities of public authorities, private sector actors and civil society and foster multi-stakeholder engagement;
• Propose measurable, quantifiable objectives with indicators aligned to LIFE Programme output and result indicators.
Special Conditions
• Compliance with page limits and layout in Part B of the Application Form;
• Participation limited to entities from eligible countries (EU Member States, Horizon Europe associated countries, other countries as listed);
• Demonstrated legal status, financial and operational capacity, and absence of exclusion grounds (section 7);
• Submission via the Funding & Tenders Portal single-stage procedure; opening 24 April 2025, deadline 23 September 2025, 17:00 Brussels time;
• Use of the specific LIFE application templates: standard form, detailed budget, participant information, maps and model grant agreement;
• Evaluation and award process governed by sections 8 and 9 (award criteria, scoring, thresholds) and indicative timeline in section 4;
• Grants set up under the LIFE Action Grant Budget-Based model (MGA LIFE-AG) or LIFE Project Grant model (LIFE-PJG) with budgets of €28M for CLIMA-CCA and CLIMA-CCM, €5.5M for CLIMA-GOV in 2025;
• Applicants encouraged to engage their National Contact Points in the preparation phase; support documentation (FAQs, online manual, IT helpdesk) must be consulted.
Open from: 24/04/2025
Deadline:23/09/2025
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