Strategic Integrated Projects - Climate Action

Type

LIFE Project Grants (two-stage procedure)

About the call

The same concept as SIP Environment, but for climate plans. Call budget: EUR 30 million, grant size EUR 10-30 million. Key requirement: the project must ensure real implementation of the plan on the ground, not produce yet another document.

Which plans are eligible

• National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs).
• National and regional climate change adaptation strategies and plans.
• Long-term low-carbon strategies (LTS).
• Climate neutrality plans.
• Urban or community action plans leading towards a climate-neutral and resilient society - including climate-neutral city plans in the context of the EU mission 'Climate-neutral and smart cities' and sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs).
• National, regional or sectoral greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies and roadmaps.

Objectives

• Achieve full or substantial implementation of the target plan or strategy.
• Launch a process and mobilise additional commitments and funding that will lead to full implementation in due course.

Mandatory elements

• Multilevel governance - coordination across levels of government and sectors.
• Engagement of key stakeholders - both in the design and implementation of the project, where possible as associated beneficiaries.
• Complementary funding - mobilisation of other EU, national or private sources.
• Building the strategic capacity of competent authorities so they can act as co-implementers of the plan after the SIP ends.

Conditions

• Call budget: EUR 30 million
• Grant size: EUR 10-30 million
• Co-financing rate: up to 60%
• Implementation in phases (each typically at least 3 years)

Deadlines

• Concept notes: 3 September 2026, 17:00 CEST
• Full proposals: 4 March 2027, 17:00 CET