The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) has shared the updated financing guide for the 3 Billion Trees Pledge, prepared by Milieu under the project “Support for implementing the 3 Billion Trees Pledge”.
The 3 Billion Trees Pledge is an EU initiative to promote the planting of at least 3 billion additional trees in the EU by 2030, as set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the EU Forest Strategy for 2030. The guide maps the EU and national funding opportunities that can support tree planting initiatives. These include the European Regional Development Fund, the Common Agricultural Policy, LIFE, Horizon Europe, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and InvestEU, as well as innovative sources such as payments for ecosystem services and carbon farming.
The guide presents fiches on selected EU funding programmes and an overview of advisory services and online platforms. It also summarises the main challenges and barriers to financing, with recommendations for overcoming them. Country-specific chapters provide information on financing sources in all 27 Member States.
Milieu prepared the guide as the leader of a consortium that also includes Ecologic and Stritih.
The guide is intended to help public authorities, companies, organisations and other stakeholders identify suitable funding for tree planting initiatives that contribute to biodiversity and climate objectives.
Further information is available here.
