Here you will find a series of inspiring environmental success stories - from protecting and restoring nature, to reducing waste and pollution, and acting on the climate crisis.
With the help of EU funding, these projects are helping to implement the European Green Deal on the ground. They contribute to the shift towards a circular, energy efficient, climate-neutral Europe and help protect and improve the quality of the environment.
The European Union funds projects that protect and restore the environment, across Europe and beyond. The LIFE programme, for example, is the EU's funding instrument entirely dedicated to environmental, climate and energy objectives. It has already written thousands of success stories since 1992.
Discover a variety of these successful projects below.
How the LIFE BEAVER project is promoting human - beaver coexistence, and inspiring others to follow suit.
Mercury pollution is a critical problem worldwide, with large socio-economic, environmental and health impacts. By utilising bacteria, we might have a solution.
The Galway Atlantaquaria embraced the WaterWiseEU campaign, to learn more about Galway's unique freshwater systems.
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RSSThe LIFE Plants for Plants project aimed to introduce new organic biostimulants into conventional agriculture. The goal was to prove that biostimulants can reduce irrigation and chemical use to boost crop production.
The LIFE Dutch Dune Revival project has restored 190 hectares of dunes - a natural defence against the risk of coastal flooding - with the support of EU funding.