LIFE25 Welcome Meeting
Climate Action
Thematic Session: 14 October 2026
Comet Meetings Louise, Place Stéphanie 20, 1050 Brussels
| Time | Topic / Content | Speaker |
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| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration of participants & Networking breakfast (ground floor) | |
| Plenary room | ||
| 09:00 - 09:05 | Moderation: Agenda and structure of the meeting, housekeeping rules | Bernd Decker, CINEA |
| 09:05 - 09:15 | Welcome to the LIFE Programme | Hans RHEIN, CINEA |
| 09:15 - 09:45 | Climate Action Policy context, Climate Change Mitigation & Climate Change Adaptation Policies | Gianmarco Italia, DG CLIMA |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Meet your Project Advisor and the External Monitoring Team |
Boyana VASILEVA, CINEA Ludovico Susani, ELMEN |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Getting off to a good start – Experienced project coordinators |
Mr Gianni della Rocca, LIFE POSTFIRE Mr Stanislas Ray, LIFE Co-Pilot Ms Alba Oliver Crivillers, LIFE CLIMARK4SOCIETY |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Q & A | Bernd Decker, CINEA |
| 10:45 - 11:15 |
Moving to Break-out rooms (split into Thematic sessions with tour the table of the projects representatives - see below) Networking coffee break |
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| 11:15 – 12:00 |
Thematic group discussions Project presentations; session and discussion by facilitators |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 | Networking lunch and coffee | |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Thematic Group discussions (cont.) | |
| 14:15 - 14:45 | Networking coffee break | |
| 14:45 – 15:45 |
Thematic Group discussions (cont. if necessary) Group photo for each Group sessions |
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| 15:45 – 16:15 | Financial questions session (Q&A) 10 min slots – book a slot with Financial Officer | |
* If group discussions finish, project representatives are free to stay in COMET (up until 17:00) to further network with CINEA staff and external monitors till their departure time for airport/train station
PROJECT DISTRIBUTION TO WORKING GROUPS FOR THE THEMATIC SESSIONS
WORKING GROUP A1: Resilient Cities & Urban Adaptation
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisers: Diana Oancea and Mirjam Witschke
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Lorenzo Mengali
| Project reference and title | |
|---|---|
| LIFE25-GIC-EL-LIFE-RENEW | From Post-disaster Recovery to Sustainable Reconstruction – Building Back Better for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation |
| LIFE25-CCA-IE-FLOW | (Future Landscapes for Optimised Water): Integrated Nature-Based Systems for Resilient Inland–Coastal Landscapes in Galway |
| LIFE25-CCA-DE-LIFE KeepWater4Later | Innovative multi-sectoral pilot actions for water retention and water balance in the landscape of a rural district in northern Bavaria |
| LIFE25-CCA-FR-SURFREEF LIFE | Solution for Usage-diversified and Resilient Framework for Reducing coastal Erosion and Ecological degradation in shallow coastal Foregrounds |
| LIFE25-CCA-IT-BEAVER4LIFE | Brief Analysis of Vulnerability for Embankment Reinforcement |
| LIFE25-CCA-EL-LIFE NURTURE | Enhancing urban resilience through community-based climate shelters |
| LIFE25-CCA-BE-LIFE CO-ACT | Co-ordinated Action Roadmap for Climate Resilient Neighbourhoods |
WORKING GROUP A2: Resilient Agriculture, Land use & Forestry
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisers: Boyana Vasileva and Claudia Guerrini
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Carlo Ponzio
| Project reference and title | |
|---|---|
| LIFE25-CCA-IT-LIFE POSTFIRE | Integrated recovery of forest areas affected by wildfires in the Mediterranean area |
| LIFE25-CCA-ES-LIFE RuralPower | Empowering Resilient Rural Communities in Climate-Stressed Drylands through AgriVoltaics and Soil Regeneration |
| LIFE25-CCA-IT-ART for LIFE | Adapted and Resilient Trees for Life |
| LIFE25-CCA-ES-LIFE RESIFIRE | Resilient Peri-urban strategies for wildfire prevention and climate adaptation |
| LIFE25-CCA-ES-LIFE CLIMARK4SOCIETY | A High-Integrity Climate Credit System for Promoting Resilient Mediterranean Landscapes and Advancing Climate and Nature Restoration Goals |
| LIFE25-PRE-NL-LIFE NATURECDR | An integrated and circular approach for private financing of the urban green transition, through nature carbon dioxide removal credits from innovative applications of biochars |
| LIFE25-CCA-IT-LIFE BeAdapt | Boost climate rEsilience through ADAPTive financial tools and advanced technologies |
WORKING GROUP M1: Carbon sequestration & storage
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisers: Sergi Costa and Hana Mandelikova
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Stefan Niederhafner
| Project reference and title | |
|---|---|
| LIFE25-CCM-ES-LIFE CHESTNUTRAP | Regenerative Chestnut agroforestry management for maximizing carbon dioxide sequestration by promoting carbon credit business models and habitats restoration in Iberian environments |
| LIFE25-CCM-IT-LIFE ERICE | biogenic carbon stored in Eco Rice insulation coats for EU buildings |
| LIFE25-CCM-DE-CARENA LIFE | CArbon REmoval in NAture parks |
| LIFE25-CCM-NL-REWETPeat4LIFE | Rewetting Peat and Climate Mitigation - Assessing GHG and long-term carbon sequestration impact of rewetting fens at Natura2000 Weerribben |
| LIFE25-GIC-FR-EARTH-LIFE | Engaging Actors for Resilience Through Healthy-soils |
| LIFE25-CCM-ES-Carbon-4-LIFE | Next Generation Biomethane: Fully Circular and Carbon-Negative Renewable Energy with Soil Regeneration |
WORKING GROUP M2: Decarbonising Industry & SMEs
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisers: Agata Zmijewska and Elisabetta Scialanca
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Elias Demian
| Project reference and title | |
|---|---|
| LIFE25-CCM-AT-FGasFreeLIFE | Efficient, scalable, F-Gas-free transport refrigeration |
| LIFE25-CCM-IT-LIFE N ICE CREAM | New Eco-Friendly and Safe Technology for Sustainable Ice Cream |
| LIFE25-CCM-IT-LIFE AGHETA | Anthropic Green House gas Emission Transformation and Abatement |
| LIFE25-CCM-FI-CCC-BUILD | Carbon Capture & Construction (CCC): Demonstrating the World’s Most Carbon Storing Bricks, Interior Panels and Aggregates for Low-Carbon Concrete |
| LIFE25-CCM-ES-ODYSSEY | Odour and greenhouse gas mitigation through smart systems for emissions control in wastewater treatment plants |
| LIFE25-GIC-FR-Life Co-Pilot | COoperative Platform to Implement Large-scale and Open-data Transition |
WORKING GROUP SIP: CLIMA Strategic integrated projects
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisers: Fabio Dalan and Boyana Vasileva
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Ludovico Susani
| Project reference and title | |
|---|---|
| LIFE25-IPC-LV-LIFE IP NECP Local | Local and Regional Action for Latvia’s Energy, Transport, and Adaptation Goals |
| LIFE24-IPC-FR-LIFE ADAPT EST | Déploiement de la feuille de route régionale d’accélération de l’adaptation au changement climatique en Grand Est |
| LIFE25-IPC-IS-IceNAP | Boosting Iceland’s climate resilience by implementing the Icelandic National Adaptation Plan |
| LIFE24-IPC-SK-NatAdaptSK | Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation in Slovakia |
| LIFE25-IPC-PL-PEARL | New Paradigm of Emission-free Advancements and Resourceful Lifestyles in Poland |