Energy and climate change

Key facts

Programme Operator:

Ministry of Climate and Environment

Programme ID:

PL-CLIMATE

Programme Donors

NEA | NVE | OS

Date of approval:

07 Dec 2020

Total amount:

€146,042,000

EEA Grants fund:

€146,042,000

Programme areas:

Environment and Ecosystems

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Programme Summary

Objective

Climate change mitigated and vulnerability to climate change reduced

Programme summary

Programme Concerns

Approximately 19% of the total eligible expenditure shall be allocated to the programme area ‘Environment and Ecosystems’.

Approximately 9% of the total eligible expenditure shall be allocated to the programme area ‘Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation’.

No less than 72% of the total eligible expenditure shall be allocated to the programme area ‘Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security’.

Special concern shall be given to achieving significant and cost-efficient reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

Special concern shall be given to hydroelectric power and geothermal energy as sources of renewable energy.

The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management shall be actively involved in and effectively contributing to the development and implementation of the programme. The details of cooperation between the Ministry of Environment (Programme Operator) and the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management shall be defined during the concept note phase.

The possibility for the use of financial instruments shall be explored when developing the concept note.

The possibility of predefining project(s) shall be explored when developing the concept note.

Bilateral Ambitions

€ 900,000 shall be allocated to the programme from the fund for bilateral relations. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme.

Information on the projects funded by the EEA and Norway Grants is provided by the Programme and Fund Operators in the Beneficiary States, who are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of this information.