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.
Verdon is a traditional folk song from France, sung as a nursery rhyme and at Christmas
In Spain, a LIFE project is slowing the flow of the river Ebro to protect the 62 towns bordering its waters.
Discover the Derrycourt success story on how the EU Ecolabel brightens the Irish cleaning company’s image.
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RSSVerdon is a traditional folk song from France, sung as a nursery rhyme and at Christmas
In Spain, a LIFE project is slowing the flow of the river Ebro to protect the 62 towns bordering its waters.
Discover the Derrycourt success story on how the EU Ecolabel brightens the Irish cleaning company’s image.
Discover Cosmopak's success story and learn about how luxury EU Ecolabel cosmetics inspire greener hotels.
The Dutch Dune Revival project restored nearly 190 hectares of white dune, grey dune and dune slack habitats.
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.
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.
The LIFE Olivares Vivos project developed an innovative model of olive growing that can be used elsewhere in Europe.
With more than 650 events across Europe, World Wetlands Day is one of the biggest celebrations of nature in the calendar - and two current LIFE projects are making a splash!
The team behind Rivers of LIFE are improving water courses in Voxnan, Gimån and Ljusnan in the counties of Gävleborg and Jämtland.