LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-CCA – Climate Change Adaptation

Identifikátor témy: LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-CCA Výzva: LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA – LIFE Climate Action - Standard Action Projects (SAP) Program: Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) Časť programu: Climate Change Adaptation Typ akcie: LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants Typ zmluvy (MGA): LIFE Action Grant Budget-Based Stav: Closed Otvorenie: 21. 4. 2026 Termín(y) podania: 22. 9. 2026 Rozpočet: 28 000 000 €

Expected Outcome:

Efficient delivery of the quantified objectives by the end of the project.

Objective:

Projects under this strand should help to achieve the long-term vision of the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change that, in 2050, the EU will be a climate-resilient society which is fully adapted to the unavoidable impacts of climate change. Projects should help to reinforce adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience, and reduce vulnerability, in line with the Paris Agreement and the European Climate Law.

Scope:

Areas of Intervention:

- Support to the implementation of climate adaptation policies and the revision of national, regional or local climate adaptation strategies and plans; - Implementing state-of-the-art tools for climate risk assessments or selection of cost-effective adaptation measures for dealing with climate threats and solutions for adaptation; - Development and implementation of nature-based solutions for different types of areas (rural, urban and coastal); - Climate-proofing and resilience of infrastructure and buildings; - Adaptation solutions for agriculture and forestry; - Water management; - Climate adaptation and health; - Preparedness for compound risks and cascading risks; - Financial instruments, innovative solutions and public private collaboration on insurance and loss data.

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:

Call document

Standard application form — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System

Mandatory Annexes to the application form:

- Detailed budget table (LIFE) - Participant information (LIFE)

Optional Annexes:

- Letters of support - Maps (LIFE) - Description of sites (LIFE) - Other Annexes (for example: Lifecycle analysis, Business plans etc.

Additional documents:

FAQs in LIFE website

LIFE Reference Documents

LIFE General MGA v1.0

Annotated Grant Agreement

LIFE Regulation 2021/783

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

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

Aktuality k téme: - 2026-04-21: The submission session is now available for: LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-GOV, LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-CCA, LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-CCM