{"id":22418,"date":"2026-10-21T10:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/?p=22418"},"modified":"2026-10-21T13:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:52:17","slug":"over-eur-390-million-in-135-new-climate-and-environment-life-projects-granted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/over-eur-390-million-in-135-new-climate-and-environment-life-projects-granted\/","title":{"rendered":"Over EUR 390 million in 135 New Climate and Environment LIFE Projects Granted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 18 October 2026,<strong> the European Commission awarded more than EUR 390 million to 135 new projects under the LIFE programme, <\/strong>supporting initiatives that contribute to the EU&#8217;s&nbsp;transition to a clean, circular and resilient economy and its 2050 climate neutrality goal. Read more about the projects at this <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/qanda_26_2185#Czechia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The funding will support projects across four <strong>key areas: nature and biodiversity, circular economy and quality of life, climate adaptation and mitigation and clean energy transition. <\/strong>Together, these projects represent total investment needs of more than <strong>EUR 579 million<\/strong>, with additional funding coming from national, regional and private sources. Among the selected initiatives are projects to restore natural habitats and protect endangered species, improve water and air quality, reduce flood and wildfire risks, develop nature-based carbon removal solutions, and advance innovative low-carbon technologies. Several projects will also support local authorities and communities in implementing sustainable energy investments and improving climate resilience.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement reflects growing interest in EU environmental funding. The 135 projects were selected from a <strong>record 1,095 applications<\/strong> submitted under the 2025 LIFE calls, while annual LIFE funding has increased by 9% compared to last year. Over its 34-year history, the programme has supported more than 6,700 environment and climate projects across Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 18 October 2026, the European Commission awarded more than EUR 390 million to 135 new projects under the LIFE programme, supporting initiatives &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/over-eur-390-million-in-135-new-climate-and-environment-life-projects-granted\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>\u010c\u00edst v\u00edce<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","iawp_total_views":0},"categories":[577],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22439,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22418\/revisions\/22439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}