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RSSEnergiesprong wins prestigious Gold World Habitat Award
In Europe, plummeting temperatures pose challenges for those in inefficient buildings, especially vulnerable individuals struggling to heat homes. A revolutionary approach to renovating and retrofitting homes has won the prestigious Gold World Habitat Award.
Bringing new LIFE to Finland’s threatened wild reindeer population
During the festive season, a particular group of domestic reindeer were busy, but in Finland a conservation initiative was protecting a threatened subspecies, the wild forest reindeer. A LIFE project has been reintroducing herds to Natura 2000 sites.
LIFE UrbanStorm shows nature-based solutions are key to managing urban floods
When climate scientists predicted annual rainfall across Estonia would increase by nearly 20 per cent over the next few years, city planners realised they had a significant problem. That’s where LIFE UrbanStorm stepped in.
LIFE Programme in the spotlight in leading media outlets
The LIFE Programme, dedicated to environmental and climate action, has recently garnered significant attention from renowned media outlets, including The Guardian, BBC, and Euronews.
LIFE sharing good practices for sustainable forest management
The pioneering GoProFor LIFE project aims to collect and share hundreds of sustainable forest actions, tools and experiences in a unique good practices database for use by forest managers all over Europe.
Hit the slopes in winter with LIFE recycled boots
Every year, over 65 million people and their boots hit Europe’s snowy slopes to ski, hike, and explore. Three LIFE projects are saving boots from landfill, meaning skiers and hikers can head off-piste in more environmentally friendly footwear.
What’s new for LIFE in 2024
Looking ahead to LIFE Programme highlights in the next 12 months.
Celebrating the successes of LIFE projects in 2023
2023 has seen a slew of LIFE projects winning awards and accolades, and featured in articles, films, and events. We round up the year highlighting 10 of these.
Waste not, want not - reducing household plastic waste across Belgium with LIFE C-MARTLIFE
Experience shows the amount of plastic waste generated from gift and food packaging increases significantly over the festive period. A Belgian LIFE project tackles plastic waste from every angle, with an important focus on prevention and recycling.
LIFE project aims to revolutionise Europe’s approach to recycling end-of-life tyres.
Around 300 million used car and truck tyres are discarded each year in the EU, but despite soaring rubber prices, fewer than 13 per cent are reused or recycled. LIFE GREEN VULCAN aims to change that.