LIFE Climate Action - Standard Action Projects (SAP)

Home Funding Calls for proposals Climate Governance and Information Climate Governance and Information LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-GOV Topic Call for proposal Internal navigation General information Topic description Topic updates Conditions and documents Budget overview Partner search announcements Start submission Topic Q&As Get support General information Programme Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) Call LIFE Climate Action - Standard Action Projects (SAP) (LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA) Type of action LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants Type of MGA LIFE Action Grant Budget-Based [LIFE-AG] Open For Submission Deadline model single-stage Opening date 21 April 2026 Deadline date 22 September 2026 17:00:00 Brussels time Topic description Expected Outcome: Efficient delivery of the quantified objectives by the end of the project. Objective: LIFE Climate Change Governance and Information aims at supporting the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of the Union legislation and policy on climate change, contributing to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation. This includes improving governance through enhancing the capacities of public and private actors and the involvement of civil society. Scope: Areas of Intervention: Raising awareness, incentivising behavioural change and supporting the activities of the European Climate Pact; Green skills & capacity building to implement climate mitigation and adaptation policies; Building capacity, raising awareness among end-users and the equipment distribution chain of fluorinated greenhouse gases; Support to the development, update and implementation of national, regional or local climate and energy strategies and plans; Activities linked to the implementation of Sustainable Finance actions; Greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting; Development of geographically-explicit inventories for the LULUCF sector, creation of carbon removal registries and certification schemes and organisation of capacity building activities and advisory services; Knowledge sharing and capacity building on the EU Emissions Trading System; Climate policy monitoring, assessment and ex-post evaluation. Show more Topic updates 21 April 2026 The submission session is now available for: LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-GOV, LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-CCA, LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-CCM Show more Topic conditions and documents 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 Show more Budget overview Topic Budget year : 2026 Stages Opening date Deadline Contributions Indicative number of grants LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-CCA - LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants 28 000 000,00 € Single-stage 21 April 2026 22 September 2026 LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-CCM - LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants 28 000 000,00 € Single-stage 21 April 2026 22 September 2026 LIFE-2026-SAP-CLIMA-GOV - LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants 4 000 000,00 € Single-stage 21 April 2026 22 September 2026 Items per page: 10 50 100 Showing 1–3 of 3 Partner search announcements 117 Searches of partners to collaborate on this topic View / Edit LEARs, Account Administrators or self-registrants can publish partner requests for open and forthcoming topics after logging into this Portal, as well as any user having an active public Person profile. Start submission Need help? 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. Please select the type of your submission: LIFE Project Grants [LIFE-PJG], LIFE Action Grant Budget-Based [LIFE-AG] Start submission Topic Q&As0 item(s) found General FAQ Get support Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application. Consult the FAQs in LIFE website Get in touch with your National 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 evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.