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LIFE Awards 2022  

The European Commission selected the 12 finalists for this year’s LIFE Awards. A hybrid ceremony announcing the winners took place on 30 May during EU Green Week. This special anniversary edition of the LIFE Awards honoured excellence in nature protection, environment, and climate action. 

  • award | fund (EU) | climate change | environmental issue
  • Monday 30 May 2022, 16:00 - 17:45 (CEST)
  • Brussels, Belgium

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When
Monday 30 May 2022, 16:00 - 17:45 (CEST)
Where
SQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre 
Mont des Arts, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Languages
English

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LIFE Awards 2022  

LIFE Awards 2022 winners

LIFE Award for Nature:

  • LIFE-KEDROS - enhancing the conservation status and resilience of cedar forests at risk from climate change in Cyprus 

LIFE Award for Environment:

  • Clean Sea LIFE – an awareness-raising project to reduce marine litter along Italian coasts 

LIFE Award for Climate Action:

  • LIFE VinEcoS - boosting biodiversity on vineyards in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, to make them more climate-resilient

The other finalists were:

NATURE PROTECTION 

  • LIFE RE-Vultures - protecting the Griffon and Black vultures in Bulgaria and north-eastern Greece 
  • LIFE Roseate Tern - improving breeding conditions for Europe’s rarest sea bird at core colonies in Ireland and the United Kingdom 
  • LIFE for Minuartia - saving the Minuartia smejkalii flowering plant from extinction in Czechia 

ENVIRONMENT 

  • LIFE EcoSens Aquamonitrix - designing a portable monitoring solution for Europe’s water sector 
  • LIFE Fit for REACH - helping companies in the Baltic States manage chemicals and substitute hazardous substances  
  • LIFE No_Waste – reviving degraded soil at three former mining sites in Portugal 

CLIMATE ACTION 

  • LIFE-DIADEME – demonstrating the energy-saving benefits of an adaptive street lighting system in Italy
  • LIFE - DoppelPlus - helping low-income households in Tirol, Austria become clean energy transition ambassadors
  • LIFE Clinomics - increasing the climate change resilience of territories and economies in Catalonia, Spain 

LIFE CITIZENS’ PRIZE

The LIFE Citizens’ Prize saw the public vote for their preferred project online.

Clean Sea LIFE won the popular vote for its awareness-raising actions that helped reduce marine litter along Italian coastal areas.

The LIFE Awards 2022 jury members comprised:

LIFE Awards 2021 winners