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Zero pollution and Biodiversity: First ever EU-wide limits for underwater noise
EU experts have adopted recommendations on maximum acceptable levels for impulsive (for example from oil and gas exploration and extraction) and continuous (such as from shipping) underwater noise.
Advancing towards Zero-Pollution: EU joins call for ambitious global agreement to end plastic pollution by 2040
The EU is today joining the “High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution”, confirming its commitment to aim high in the intergovernmental negotiations for a global agreement to end plastic pollution by 2040.
LIFE Programme: €380 million for 168 new green projects all around Europe
Today, the Commission has approved more than €380 million of funding for 168 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Programme for the environment and climate action.
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Success stories
Street LIFE: helping EU cities cope with extreme weather
Sustainable climate adaptation solutions can help protect cities against the devastating effects of climate change. Rotterdam is leading the way through the LIFE URBAN-ADAPT project.
- Project locations
- Netherlands
‘Olives for life’ connect agriculture and biodiversity
The LIFE Olivares Vivos project developed an innovative model of olive growing that can be used elsewhere in Europe.
- Project locations
- Spain
How LIFE is protecting Europe's degraded peatlands
Restoring and managing peatlands improves water retention and quality, stores carbon, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases biodiversity. Since 1992 LIFE has been working hard on this.
- Project locations
- Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland
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