LIFE Programme Subprogramme Climate Action Climate Change Adaptation Bernd Decker EASME 18 Sep 2019

Climate Change Adaptation 2014-2018 68 traditional projects and 4 integrated projects Total investments: EUR 265 Mio Requested EU co-funding: EUR 140 Mio

Local authorities participating in urban climate action LIFE projects ~ 40 projects; more than 100 cities; EUR 100 Mio investment; EUR 50 Mio co-funding Cooperating with H2020 on nature based solutions Cooperating with Covenant of Mayors and other city networks Need for strengthening implementation of SECAPs Map status 2017

Blue-green infrastructure Adaptation technologies Blue-green infrastructure Planning, participating and financing

LIFE 2014-2020 – Focus of climate action calls 22/10/2019 LIFE 2014-2020 – Focus of climate action calls Implementing pilot and demonstration projects Sustainability, replicability and transferability Local and transnational projects Larger scale projects Results indicators

Submission and selection of proposals (single stage) Selecting excellent projects Moti-vating appli-cants Best use of budget Per year 130-160 proposals: CCM: ~45% CCA: ~45% GIC: ~10% Indicative budget 2019 CCM: 29.5 Mio CCA: 24.0 Mio GIC: 4.2 Mio Selected: 35-40 projects; Urban adaptation: ~ 10 projects EU Co-funding: 55%