LIFE
R&D PROGRAMMES
R&D PROGRAMMES
LIFE
Description
The LIFE Programme is the only financial instrument of the European Union dedicated exclusively to the environment. Its general objective for the period 2004-2020 is to contribute to sustainable development and to the achievement of Europe 2020 Strategy objectives and goals and Union’s relevant strategies and plans in the field of environment and climate.
CARTIF participation
CARTIF’s experience in the LIFE programme has been very important since 2005, coordinating this type of projects up to 16 occasions. During 2012 it managed to approve 7 proposals, being the coordinator of 6 of them. In 2013, 3 proposals (1 as coordinator); in 2014, 2 proposals (1 as coordinator); in 2015 3 proposals (1 as coordinator); in 2016, 4 proposals (3 as coordinator); in 2017, 2 proposals (1 as coordinator) and one in 2018.
Program summary sheet
Summary file in PDF format
DownloadThematic blocks:
Environment Sub-program
Short description:
Includes the following priority areas: Environment and Resource Efficiency, Nature and Biodiversity, Environmental governance and information
Link to the knowledge area with which it is related:
FOOD, BIOTECHNOLOGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, CIRCULAR ECONOMY,ENERGY EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGIES, SMART CITIES, ENERGY POLICY
Climate Action Sub-program
Short description:
Includes the following priority areas: Climate Change Mitigation, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Governance and Information
Link to the knowledge area with which it is related:
BIOTECHNOLOGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, CIRCULAR ECONOMY,ENERGY EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGIES, SMART CITIES, ENERGY POLICY
Responsible
Paloma Gatón Garnica
R&D Programmes Department
Some figures:
Coordinated projects
Projects executed
Related projects
LIFE EUCALYPTUS ENERGY
The LIFE EUCALYPTUS ENERGY Project consists of the pyrolysis of eucalyptus biomass for the production of electricity and biochar. It is intended to make use of the residual biomass of eucalyptus forest exploitation.
LIFE RESCATAME
RESCATAME represents a new system for the sustainable management of traffic through the use of models that predict pollution levels, which are supported by data collected by the network of air quality sensors, and that can help to execute a rapid action.