The European Commission selected the nine finalists for the LIFE Awards 2023. The Awards recognise excellence in nature protection, environment, and climate action.
A hybrid ceremony announcing the winners took place June 6th during EU Green Week 2023 - the key EU environment policy calendar event.
Here is the News Article about the 2023 LIFE Awards.
- award | fund (EU) | climate change | environmental issue
- Tuesday 6 June 2023, 17:45 - 18:45 (CEST)
- Brussels, Belgium
Practical information
- When
- Tuesday 6 June 2023, 17:45 - 18:45 (CEST)
- Where
- Charlemagne Building | Gasperi RoomRue de la Loi 170, 1049 Brussels, Belgium
- Languages
- English
- Website
- https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/eu-green-week-2023-06-06
Description
LIFE Awards 2023 winners
LIFE Award for NATURE
- LIFE Luchs Pfälzerwald: Reintroduction of lynxes in the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve
LIFE Award for ENVIRONMENT
- LIFE Plants for Plants: Introducing new organic biostimulants into conventional agriculture
LIFE Award for CLIMATE ACTION
- LIFE METRO ADAPT: Mainstreaming climate change adaptation strategies and measures in the new territorial plan of the Metropolitan City of Milan
The other finalists were:
NATURE PROTECTION
- LIFE IAS Free Habitats: Improving and maintaining the conservation status of three of the rarest and most vulnerable natural forest and grassland habitat types in Bulgaria
- LIFE Lech: Conserving the natural dynamics of the Lech river system and surrounding riparian landscapes
ENVIRONMENT
- LIFE TECMINE: Improving mine restoration activities in Mediterranean forest areas by testing innovative and highly transferable restoration techniques
- LIFE-FOODWASTEPREV: Changing attitudes to food waste in Hungary
CLIMATE ACTION
- LIFE Peat Restore: Reducing CO2 emissions by restoring degraded peatlands in Northern European Lowland
- U-MOB LIFE: Creating a European Network for Sustainable Mobility at Universities, with 85 members from 11 countries
LIFE CITIZENS’ PRIZE
The LIFE Citizens’ Prize saw the public vote for their preferred project online.
LIFE TECMINE won the popular vote for its commitment to improve mine restoration activities in Mediterranean forest areas by testing innovative and highly transferable restoration techniques.
LIFE AWARDS 2023 – THE JURY
The LIFE Awards jury members are:
- Mihhail Kõlvart, Mayor of Tallinn, European Green Capital 2023 – Website
- Eleonora de Sabata, marine journalist and photographer, communications manager of Clean Sea LIFE - LIFE Awards 2022 Environment and Citizens’ Prize winner – Twitter,Website
- Tony Rinaudo, agriculturalist and natural resources advisor at World Vision Australia, known as The Forest Maker – Twitter,Website