Shifting the financial system Grant
In context
This call is open to non-profits, consultancies and professional-services firms and research institutions and 2 others. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: the European Union and Europe. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.
This is one of eight strategic 'big bets' by the European Climate Foundation aimed at realigning financial systems and capital flows to support climate goals. The grant funds organizations and initiatives working to shift financial institutions, markets, and mechanisms toward climate-aligned investment and sustainable finance.
About this grant
This grant supports organisations working to realign financial markets, banking institutions and investment practices with net-zero climate objectives and climate risk transparency requirements. The call targets actors and intermediaries within the financial system that drive climate-conscious capital deployment and enhanced disclosure. Nonprofits, social enterprises, research institutions and consortia may apply from EU and global locations, at any development stage. Applicants should demonstrate capacity to influence financial-system participants or shape policy outcomes. A collaborative or partnership-based approach is preferred. Work must centre on channelling private investment towards climate solutions and ensuring financial flows support the net-zero transition.
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Key requirements
- ✓Work must align financial flows and systems with climate goals
- ✓Part of ECF's strategic 'big bets' portfolio on financial-system transformation
- ✓Likely requires demonstrated capacity in financial-system change, policy, or market infrastructure
Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Shifting the financial system?
- Eligibility covers organisations in EU, EUROPE; nonprofit, consultancy, research-institution, social-enterprise, consortium.
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Climate fintech funding backs financial products and infrastructure that move capital to climate solutions, from green lending platforms to risk and disclosure tools. Support comes from innovation programmes, development finance and investors. Applicants are usually asked about regulatory approval, data sources and how the product reaches its users.
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