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Best projects and LIFE Awards

At the end of each project, the European Commission assesses the project’s impact based on a set of criteria. 

Finalists 

Every year, the European Commission assess all completed LIFE projects based on various criteria: 

  • contribution to immediate and long-term environmental, economic and social improvements 
  • degree of innovation and transferability 
  • relevance to policy 
  • cost-effectiveness. 

The most successful LIFE projects subsequently become finalists, and compete in the LIFE Awards. 

The LIFE Awards ceremony

The LIFE Awards recognise the most innovative, inspirational and effective LIFE projects in three categories: nature protection, circular economy and quality of life, and climate action. The winners are selected by an expert jury and announced on the day of the ceremony, which takes place during the EU Green Week – Europe’s biggest environmental event. 

The LIFE Citizens’ Prize allows you to vote for your preferred candidate. Discover the projects below and vote for your favourite LIFE project! Winners will be announced at the LIFE Awards 2024 ceremony on 30 May.

LIFE Awards 2024 finalists 

NATURE

  • LIFE AQPOM: Conservation arrangements for Lesser Spotted Eagle in Latvia
  • LIFE Flusserlebnis Isar: Restoration of the river Isar and its floodplains in the region of the lower Isar valley
  • Life+ Nature Guardians: Improving environmental conservation by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of actions against environmental crime

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE

  • LIFE GreenShoes4All: Innovative environmental shoes to address the footwear industry’s excessive waste and CO2 emissions
  • LIFE Planet Farms: Innovative air treatment, hydroponic irrigation and automated systems for the first industrial vertical farm in EU
  • LIFE Waste2Protein: Pilot plant for insect protein production from biowaste as sustainable alternative to fish and soy meal for animal feed

CLIMATE ACTION 

  • LIFE Ad’Apto: Ten initiatives of flexible coastal management
  • LIFE TreeCheck: Green infrastructure minimising the urban heat island effect
  • LIFE UrbanStorm: Development of sustainable and climate resilient urban storm water management systems for Nordic municipalities

More information

If you want to know more about the LIFE Awards 2024, check out the event notice.

Previous editions

Find out more about previous best projects and LIFE Awards winners: 

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