Climate Change Adaptation

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Details

Location:

EU 27

Funding agency:

European Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships (EuropeAid HQ)

Contracting authority: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

Contracting authority type:Development Institution

Status:Awarded

Budget: EUR 28,500,000

Award ceiling:N/A

Award floor:N/A

Sector:Environment & NRM, Health, Water & Sanitation, Agriculture

Languages:English

Eligible applicants:Unrestricted / Unspecified

Eligible citizenships:

EU 27, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, ...
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EU 27, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern Territory, Greenland, Iceland, Moldova, Montserrat, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Turks and Caicos, Ukraine, Wallis and Futuna

Date posted: Apr 18, 2024

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Description

Climate Change Adaptation

TOPIC ID: LIFE-2024-SAP-CLIMA-CCA

Type of grant: Call for proposals

General information

Programme: Programme for Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)

Call: LIFE Subprogramme Climate Action (LIFE-2024-SAP-CLIMA)

Type of action: LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants

Type of MGA: LIFE Action Grant Budget-Based [LIFE-AG]

Status: Open for submission

Deadline model: single-stage

Opening Date: 18 April 2024

Deadline dates: 17 September 2024 17:00 (Brussels time)

Topic description

ExpectedOutcome:

Efficient delivery of the quantified objectives by 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;
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: 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 of the call document

3. Other eligibility conditions:described in section 6 of the call document

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion:described insection 7 of the call document

5.Evaluation and award:

Award criteria, scoring and thresholds:described in section 9 of the call document

Submission and evaluation processes:describedsection 8 of the call document and theOnline Manual

Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement:described in section 4 of the call document

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants:describedin section 10 of the call document

Start submission

To access the Electronic Submission Service, please click on the submission-button next to the type of action and the type of model grant agreement that corresponds to your proposal. You will then be asked to confirm your choice, as it cannot be changed in the submission system. Upon confirmation, you will be linked to the correct entry point.
To access existing draft proposals for this topic, please login to the Funding & Tenders Portal and select the My Proposals page of the My Area section.

Get support

Consult theFAQs in LIFE website
Get in touch with yourNational Contact Point (NCP).We want also to draw your attention on the possibility to get support from your NCP. To facilitate such support, it would be beneficial to add your NCP under the “Participants” step of the application, by clicking on “Add contact”. Then, Under “Project role”, use the option “Contact person” and add your NCP’s data.
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ– Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk– Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual– Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and submission to reporting on your on-going project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.