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LIFE & Climate change adaptation

project list
Here is a complete list of LIFE projects that are featured in LIFE and Climate change adaptation. Arranged by theme, the
list highlights more than 130 LIFE projects relevant to climate change adaptation. These are drawn from a total of 24 EU
Member States. For more information on individual projects, visit the online database at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/
life/project/projects/index.cfm

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ACRONYM

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PLANNING

LIFE07 ENV/FIN/000138

CHAMP

Climate Change Response through Managing Urban Europe-27 Platform

LIFE07 ENV/FIN/000141

VACCIA

Vulnerability assessment of ecosystem services for climate change

impacts and adaptation

LIFE07 INF/FIN/000152

CCCRP

Climate Change Community Response Portal

LIFE07 ENV/FIN/000145

Julia 2030

Mitigation of and Adaptation to the Climate Change in the Helsinki

Metropolitan Area - From Strategy to Implementation

LIFE09 INF/PL/000283

DOKLIP

A Good Climate For Counties

LIFE13 INF/PL/000039

LIFE_ADAPTCITY_PL

Preparation of a strategy of adaptation to climate change with use of city

climate mapping and public participation

LIFE08 ENV/IT/000436

ACT

Adapting to climate change in Time

LIFE11 ENV/IT/000119

BLUE AP

Bologna Local Urban Environment Adaptation Plan for a Resilient City

LIFE10 ENV/CY/000723

CYPADAPT

Development of a national strategy for adaptation to climate change

adverse impacts in Cyprus

URBAN
LIFE10 ENV/FR/000215

R-URBAN

R-URBAN / Participative strategy of development, practices and networks

oflocal resilience for European cities

LIFE00 ENV/E/000415

GREEN BELT

A proposal for sustainable territorial planning

LIFE02 ENV/E/000200

GALLECS

Demonstration project on land use and environmental management of

the physical planning in Gallecs as a biological and stable connector in the
fringe space of Barcelona metropolitan area

LIFE12 ENV/ES/000567

LIFE ZARAGOZA NATURAL Creacin, gestin y promocin de la Infraestructura Verde de Zaragoza

LIFE13 ENV/BE/000212

LIFE-GREEN4GREY

Innovative design & development of multifunctional green & blue

infrastructure in Flanders grey peri-urban landscapes

LIFE09 ENV/IT/000074

GAIA

Green Areas Inner-city Agreement GAIA

LIFE10 ENV/IT/000399

EMoNFUr

Establishing a monitoring network to assess lowland forest and urban

plantation in Lombardy and urban forest in Slovenia

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LIFE98 ENV/S/000482

Roof greening

Extensive roof greening

LIFE07 ENV/UK/000936

GRACC

Green roofs against climate change. To establish a UK green roof code to

support climate change mitigation and adaptation.

LIFE12 ENV/ES/000092

LIFE-QUF

Quick urban forestation

LIFE12 ENV/MT/000732

LifeMedGreenRoof

Constructing two demonstration green roofs to illustrate the potential of

meeting environmental and energy targets

LIFE07 ENV/S/000908

GreenClimeAdapt

Green tools for urban climate adaptation

LIFE12 ENV/UK/001133

LIFE Housing
Landscapes

Climate-proofing Social Housing Landscapes

LIFE08 ENV/E/000099

AQUAVAL

Sustainable Urban Water Management Plans, promoting SUDS and

considering Climate Change, in the Province of Valencia

LIFE11 ENV/ES/000538

PLATAFORMA
CENTRAL IBERUM

Sustainable urban development in PLATAFORMA CENTRAL IBERUM

LIFE11 ENV/FI/000911

Urban Oases - Keidas

Shaping a Sustainable Future through Environmentally Functional

Landscape Features

LIFE11 ENV/FR/000746

SeineCityPark

Development of an urban green infrastructure in the Chanteloup loop

A G R I C U LT U R E

LIFE04 ENV/ES/000269

Humedales
Sostenibles

Integrated management of agriculture in the surroundings of community

importance wetlands (sustainable wetlands)

LIFE08 ENV/GR/000570

HydroSense

Innovative precision technologies for optimised irrigation and integrated

crop management in a water-limited agrosystem

LIFE11 ENV/ES/000615

IRRIGESTLIFE

Telemanagement network using free controllers conected to a gis for an

optimized irrigation in vitoria-gasteiz

LIFE10 ENV/ES/000471

Crops for better soil

Profitable organic farming techniques based on traditional crops:

contrasting soil degradation in the Mediterranean

LIFE11 ENV/ES/000535

OPERATION CO2

Operation CO2: Integrated agroforestry practices and nature

conservation against climate change

LIFE05 ENV/E/000288

ALMOND PRO-SOIL

Soil protection in Mediterraanean areas through cultivation of new

varieties of almond tree

LIFE11 ENV/GR/000942

oLIVE-CLIMA

Introduction of new olive crop management practices focused on climate

change mitigation and adaptation

LIFE12 ENV/ES/000426

LIFE RegaDIOX

Fixation of atmospheric CO2 and reduction of greenhouse emissions by

sustainable management of irrigation agriculture

LIFE13 ENV/FR/001512

Life ADVICLIM

ADapatation of VIticulture to CLIMate change : High resolution observations

of adaptation scenarii for viticulture

LIFE08 ENV/E/000129

LIFE+AGRICARBON

Sustainable agriculture in Carbon arithmetics

LIFE13 ENV/ES/000541

Life+ ClimAgri

Best agricultural practices for Climate Change: Integrating strategies for

mitigation and adaptation

LIFE12 ENV/IT/000578

LIFE HelpSoil

Helping enhanced soil functions and adaptation to climate change by

sustainable conservation agriculture techniques

LIFE06 ENV/F/000132

CONCERTEAU

Collaborative Technological Plateform for implementation for WDF within

agricultural context

LIFE08 ENV/IT/000406

REWETLAND

Widespread introduction of constructed wetlands for a wastewater

treatment of Agro Pontino

LIFE11 ENV/ES/000579

REAGRITECH

Regeneration and reuse of runoff and drainage water in agricultural plots

by combined natural water treatment systems

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LIFE12 ENV/SE/000800

SOLMACC Life

Strategies for Organic- and Low-input-farming to Mitigate and Adapt to

Climate Change

LIFE13 ENV/FR/001315

PTD LIFE

Dynamic rotational grazing

LIFE13 ENV/LT/000189

LIFE Viva Grass

Integrated planning tool to ensure viability of grasslands

LIFE09 ENV/ES/000456

AG_UAS

Sustainable water management at regional scale through Airborne

Remote Sensing based on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

LIFE11 ENV/IT/000035

WSTORE2

Reconciling agriculture with environment through a new water governance

in coastal and saline areas

LIFE08 ENV/E/000114

POWER

Project for Optimisation of Water and Emissions Reduction

LIFE11 ENV/ES/000621

IES

Irrigation expert simulator

LIFE09 ENV/ES/000447

The Green Deserts

The Green Deserts: new planting techniques for tree cultivation in

desertified environments to face Climate Change

LIFE12 ENV/ES/000536

LIFE MEDACC

Demonstration and validation of innovative methodology for regional

climate change adaptation in the Mediterranean area

LIFE13 ENV/IT/001258

LIFE SEMENte parTEcipata

Modelli di selezione vegetale e di tecniche agronomiche adatti alle

condizioni pedo-climatiche locali

LIFE07 ENV/GR/000266

EcoPest

Strategic plan for the adaptation and application of the principles for the
sustainable use of pesticides in a vulnerable ecosystem

LIFE07 INF/E/000852

CHANGING THE CHANGE

LIFE+campaign Changing the change. The Galician agriculture and forest

sector facing climate change.

LIFE09 ENV/ES/000441

AgriClimateChange

Combating climate change through farming: application of a common

evaluation system in the 4 largest agricultural economies of the EU

FORESTS
LIFE11 ENV/IT/000215

RESILFORMED

Resilience to Climate change in Mediterranean forests

LIFE10 ENV/FR/000208

FO3REST

Ozone and Climate Change Impacts on French and Italian Forests:

Refinement of criteria and thresholds for forest protection

LIFE13 ENV/PL/000048

LIFE+ ForBioSensing PL

Comprehensive monitoring of stand dynamics in Biaowiea Forest

supported with remote sensing techniques

LIFE12 ENV/FI/000409

LIFE MONIMET

Climate change indicators and vulnerability of boreal zone applying

innovative observation and modeling techniques

LIFE13 ENV/SI/000148

LIFEGENMON

LIFE for EUROPEAN FOREST GENETIC MONITORING SYSTEM

LIFE11 ENV/GR/000975

FLIRE

Floods and fire risk assessment and management

LIFE12 ENV/ES/000730

LIFE+ DEMORGEST

Life+ Cost-efficient integration of megafire prevention into forest

management in the Mediterranean

LIFE13 BIO/ES/000094

LIFE MONTSERRAT

Integrated silvopastoral management plan: An innovative tool to preserve

biodiversity and prevent wildfires

LIFE13 ENV/ES/000255

Life+ SUBER

Life+ SUBER: Integrative management for an improved adaptation of cork

oak forests to climate change

LIFE13 ENV/ES/000660

LIFE ENERBIOSCRUB

Sustainable management of shrubs formations for energy purposes

LIFE13 NAT/ES/000724

Life+ Pinassa

Sustainable management for conservation of Black pine (Pinus nigra subsp.

salzmannii var pyrenaica) forests in Catalonia

LIFE07 ENV/E/000824

LIFE+BOSCOS

Sustainable forestry management of Menorca in a context of climate

change

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TITLE

LIFE09 ENV/FI/000571

Climforisk

Climate change induced drought effects on forest growth and vulnerability

LIFE08 ENV/GR/000553

Forest Cities

Local Authorities Alliance for Forest Fire Prevention

LIFE08 INF/EE/000260

FFPE

Raising awareness for forest fires and training of forest fire agents and
volunteers in Estonia

LIFE08 ENV/GR/000554

AdaptFor

Adaptation of forest management to climate change in Greece

WATER MANAGEMENT

LIFE04 ENV/IT/000500

CAMI

Water-bearing characterization with integrated methodologies

LIFE07 ENV/E/000845

WATER CHANGE

Medium and long term water resources modelling as a tool for planning
and global change adaptation. Application to the Llobregat Basin.

LIFE07 ENV/IT/000475

TRUST

Tool for regional scale assessment of groundwater storage improvement

in adaptation to climate change (TRUST)

LIFE12 ENV/ES/001140

LIFE SEGURA
RIVERLINK

RIVERLINK

LIFE06 ENV/IT/000255

A.S.A.P.

Actions for systemic aquifer protection: implementation and

demonstration of a Protocol to scale down groundwater vulnerability to
pollution due to overexploitation

LIFE11 ENV/FR/000745

MAC EAU

Reducing Consumption of Drinking Water: Implementation and Evaluation

of Integrated Measures in Gironde (France)

LIFE10 ENV/IT/000394

WARBO

Water re-born - artificial recharge: innovative technologies for the

sustainable management of water resources

LIFE10 ENV/IT/000380

AQUOR

Implementation of a water saving and artificial recharging participated

strategy for the quantitative groundwater layer rebalance of the upper
Vicenzas plain

LIFE07 INF/UK/000932

RENEW

Regional Environmental Networks for Energy & Water

LIFE10 INF/MT/000091

Investing in Water

Achieving Reduction in Water Consumption by Business in Malta

LIFE11 ENV/SK/001019

Hydro-climate recovery

Revitalisation of the climate in dried-out communities in Eastern Slovakia

via hydro-climate recovery

LIFE04 ENV/GR/000099

Water Agenda

Development and implementation of integrated water resources

management policy to a river basin, through the application of a social
wide local agreement, based on the principles of Agenda

LIFE08 ENV/E/000117

ENSAT

Enhancement of Soil Aquifer Treatment to Improve the Quality of

Recharge Water in the Llobregat River Delta Aquifer

LIFE08 INF/IT/000308

WATACLIC

Water against climate change. Sustainable water management in urban

areas

LIFE09 ENV/FI/000569

GISBLOOM

Participatory monitoring, forecasting, control and socio-economic impacts

of eutrophication and algal blooms in river basins districts

LIFE12 ENV/AT/000128

LIFE-URBANLAKE

Integrated Lake Management of the Urban Lake Alte Donau

LIFE06 ENV/D/000461

FLOODSCAN

LArge scale adjustment of new technology for fast, precise and cost-efficient
hydraulic 2d-modelling of flood (hazard) areas by combining laser scanning
with remote sensing data

LIFE11 ENV/GR/000975

FLIRE

Floods and fire risk assessment and management

LIFE11 ENV/DK/000889

Stream of Usserd

Intermunicipal cooperation on Water Management and Climate Change

Adaptation for The Stream of Usserd

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ACRONYM

TITLE

LIFE08 NAT/D/000013

Elbauen bei
Vockerode

Improvement and Long-Term Safeguarding of the Natura 2000 Site

Dessau-Wrlitz Elbe Floodplain

LIFE10 NAT/DE/000010

Emmericher Ward

River and floodplain improvement Emmericher Ward within the EU Bird Area
Unterer Niederrhein

LIFE11 ENV/IT/000243

RII

LIFE hydrological and environmental integrated restoration of brooks in the

piedmont area of Emilia Romagna

LIFE11 NAT/NL/000771

Floodplain
development

Nature development in the Natura2000 upper floodplains of the river IJssel

LIFE07 NAT/UK/000948

Anglesey and Lleyn Fens

Restoring Alkaline and Calcareous Fens within the Corsydd Mon a Llyn
(Anglesey & lleyn Fens) SACs in Wales

LIFE13 ENV/IT/000169

LIFE RINASCE

Naturalistic Restoration for the integrated hydraulic-environmental

Sustainability of the Emilian Canals

LIFE13 NAT/NL/000079

Life+GP

More water, more raised bogs in the Groote Peel

LIFE98 NAT/A/005422

Donauauen

Restoration and management of the alluvial flood plain of the River Danube
(Alluvial Zone National Park)

LIFE02 ENV/A/000282

LiRiLi

Living River Liesing - Demonstrative Ecological Reconstruction of

a Heavily Modified Waterbody in an Urban Environment

LIFE03 NAT/A/000009

WACHAU

WACHAU

LIFE06 NAT/RO/000177

GREENDANUBE

Conservation and integrated management of Danube islands Romania

LIFE07 ENV/B/000038

WALPHY

Design of a decision tool for hydromorphological restoration of water bodies

in Walloon Region

LIFE08 NAT/D/000007

Nebenrinne
Bislich-Vahnum

Restoration of a side channel of the river Rhine near Wesel

LIFE99 NAT/A/006055

Obere Drau

Combine of the flood plain-forests of the Upper Drau-river valley

(Krnten)

LIFE06 NAT/A/000127

LIFE Obere Drau II

Life in Upper Drau River

LIFE05 NAT/DK/000153

Houting

Urgent actions for the endangered Houting Coregonus oxyrhunchus

LIFE07 NAT/EE/000120

HAPPYFISH

Saving life in meanders and oxbow lakes of Emajgi River on Alam-Pedja

NATURA2000 area

LIFE09 INF/UK/000032

RESTORE

RESTORE - Rivers: Engaging, Supporting and Transferring knOwledge for

Restoration in Europe

LIFE13 NAT/SE/000116

LIFE-TripleLakes

Triple Lakes Catchment restoration and preventive action for aquatic

habitats in a climate change perspective

LIFE08 ENV/LV/000451

HydroClimateStrategyRiga

Integrated Strategy for Riga City to Adapt to the Hydrological

Processes Intensified by Climate Change Phenomena

COASTAL
LIFE05 NAT/LV/000100

Baltic MPAs

Marine protected areas in the Eastern Baltic Sea

LIFE12 NAT/UK/000869

LIFE Little Terns

Improving the conservation status of the little tern in the UK through

targeted action at the most important colonies

LIFE07 ENV/IT/000497

SALT

Sustainable management of the Esino river basin to prevent

saline intrusion in the coastal aquifer in consideration of climate
change

LIFE05 NAT/IT/000037

DUNETOSCA

Conservation of ecosystems in northern Tuscany

LIFE13 ENV/ES/001182

LIFE EBROADMICLIM

Adaptation and mitigation measures to climate change in the Ebro Delta

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LIFE13 NAT/IT/001013

SOSS DUNES LIFE

Safeguard and management Of South-western Sardinian Dunes A project for the pilot area of Porto Pino

LIFE04 NAT/ES/000031

Dunas Laida

Dune regeneration on Laida beach (Urdaibai)

LIFE07 ENV/FIN/000141

VACCIA

Vulnerability assessment of ecosystem services for climate change

impacts and adaptation

LIFE09 NAT/IT/000608

Re.S.C.We.

Restoration of Sentina coastal wetlands

LIFE05 NAT/D/000152

BALTCOAST

Rehabilitation of the Baltic coastal lagoon habitat complex

LIFE08 NAT/UK/000199

Alde-Ore

The Alde-Ore Estuary - Securing a sustainable future for wildlife

LIFE07 NAT/UK/000938

TaCTICS

Tackling Climate Change-Related Threats to an Important Coastal SPA in

Eastern England

LIFE09 NAT/ES/000520

Delta-LAGOON

Restauracin y gestin del hbitat en dos lagunas costeras del Delta del
Ebro: Alfacada y Tancada

LIFE03 ENV/UK/000611

Response

Responding to the risks from climate change developing sustainable

strategies for management of natural hazards in coastal areas taking
account of the impacts of climate change

LIFE12 ENV/IT/001054

LIFE + IMAGINE

Integrated coastal area Management Application implementing GMES,

INspire and sEis data policies

LIFE13 NAT/ES/001001

LIFE-PLETERA

De-urbanizing and recovering the ecological functioning of the coastal

systems of La Pletera

BIODIVERSITY

LIFE03 NAT/S/000073

Arctic Fox Northern Sweden and Finland

Saving the endangered Fennoscandian Alopex lagopus (SEFALO+)

LIFE12 NAT/BE/000166

Life OZON

Restoration of natural habitats for critically endangered species by

defragmentation of the Sonian Forest.

LIFE12 NAT/ES/000192

LIFE BEAR
DEFRAGMENTATION

Habitat defragmentation for brown bear in the Cantabrian mountains

LIFE12 NAT/IT/000370

SPIN4LIFE

SPIN Strategy for the Implementation of Natura 2000 in Sicily

LIFE09 NAT/CY/000247

ICOSTACY

Improving the Conservation Status of Fauna Species in Cyprus: from

microhabitat restoration to landscape connectivity

LIFE10 NAT/IT/000241

TIB - TRANS INSUBRIA

BIONET

Habitat connection and improvement along the Insubria ecological corridor

between the Alps and the Ticino valley

LIFE13 NAT/GR/000909

LIFE ElClimA

Conservation measures to assist the adaptation of Falco eleonorae* to

climate change

LIFE13 BIO/UK/000428

EcoCo LIFE Scotland

Implementation of integrated habitat networks to improve ecological

coherence across the CSGN

LIFE13 NAT/SE/000116

LIFE-TripleLakes

Triple Lakes Catchment restoration and preventive action for aquatic

habitats in a climate change perspective

LIFE07 NAT/P/000654

Esteprias

Conservation of Great Bustard, Little Bustard and Lesser Kestrel in the

Baixo Alentejo cereal steppes

LIFE08 NAT/UK/000199

Alde-Ore

The Alde-Ore Estuary - Securing a sustainable future for wildlife

LIFE09 NAT/SI/000376

MANSALT

Man and Nature in Secovlje salt-pans

LIFE13 NAT/ES/000724

Life+ Pinassa

Sustainable management for conservation of Black pine (Pinus nigra subsp.

salzmannii var pyrenaica) forests in Catalonia

LIFE12 NAT/FI/000367

LIFE Saimaa Seal

Safeguarding the Saimaa Ringed Seal