Sustainability funding by sector
Live grants, contracts, and active funders across 32 sustainability sectors, refreshed daily from 130+ funder, government and procurement sources.
Flagship sectors
Carbon capture funding
Grants, contracts, and offtake purchases for CO₂ capture from point sources and direct air capture.
Energy storage funding
Grants and procurement contracts for battery, long-duration, and grid-scale storage.
Regenerative agriculture funding
Grants and contracts for soil carbon, cover cropping, agroforestry, and farm-system transitions.
Circular economy funding
Grants and contracts for material reuse, recycling, design-for-disassembly, and product-as-a-service models.
Renewable energy funding
Grants, contracts, and offtake commitments for solar, wind, geothermal, and other zero-carbon generation.
Hydrogen & e-fuels funding
Grants, contracts, and offtake commitments for green hydrogen, electrolysers, ammonia, and synthetic fuels.
Industrial decarbonization funding
Grants and contracts for heavy-industry transition, steel, cement, chemicals, refining, glass, and pulp & paper.
Electric mobility funding
Grants, contracts, and procurement for EVs, charging infrastructure, electric trucks, buses, and 2-wheelers.
Carbon removal funding
Grants, prepurchases, and offtake commitments for engineered and nature-based CO₂ removal.
Climate software & data funding
Grants and contracts for MRV, climate analytics, decarbonisation platforms, and ESG data infrastructure.
All sectors
Grid Modernization
Funding for transmission, distribution, smart-grid and interconnection upgrades that let more clean power onto the system. The active cheques come from the US DOE Grid Deployment Office, the EU Connecting Europe Facility, UK Ofgem and network-operator innovation funds, and the multilateral development banks.
Fusion and Nuclear
Grants and milestone-based programmes for fusion, advanced fission and small modular reactors. Led by the US DOE (Milestone-Based Fusion Development, ARPA-E), the UK Atomic Energy Authority and STEP, ARIA, and EU Horizon Euratom calls.
Energy Efficiency
Programmes for industrial efficiency, building retrofits, heat recovery and demand reduction. Typical funders are UK DESNZ and the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, the US DOE, EU LIFE and Horizon, and utility efficiency-obligation schemes.
Methane and Super Pollutants
Funding to detect and cut methane, HFCs and other short-lived climate pollutants. Backed by the US EPA and DOE, the Global Methane Hub and aligned philanthropy, the EU, and oil-and-gas decarbonisation programmes.
Carbon Markets and MRV
Grants and contracts for measurement, reporting and verification, registries and carbon-market infrastructure. Active funders include the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework, US DOE V-MRV, Innovate UK, and the standards bodies and buyers underpinning the voluntary market.
Low-Carbon Materials
Funding for low-carbon cement, steel, chemicals and novel building materials. The large pots are the EU Innovation Fund, the US DOE Industrial Demonstrations Program and UK IETF, plus corporate offtake from construction and manufacturing buyers.
Waste Reduction
Grants and procurement for waste prevention, sorting, recycling and recovery. Typical sources are EU LIFE and Horizon, UK DEFRA, national environment agencies, and local-authority waste contracts on the public-tender feeds.
Alternative Proteins
Funding for plant-based, fermentation and cultivated proteins and their supply chains. Active funders include the Bezos Earth Fund and Good Food Institute-aligned philanthropy, the USDA and EU Horizon, Innovate UK, and Singaporean and Israeli food-tech programmes.
Food Systems
Grants and contracts for sustainable food production, supply-chain resilience and nutrition. Funded by the USDA, EU CAP and Horizon Cluster 6, the World Bank and IFAD, and food-systems philanthropy such as the Rockefeller and Bezos Earth funds.
Forestry and Reforestation
Funding for afforestation, reforestation, avoided deforestation and forest-carbon projects. The money comes from the World Bank (PROGREEN), bilateral climate finance, the UK and EU, and large nature-focused foundations and corporate buyers.
Biodiversity and Nature
Grants for nature restoration, habitat protection and biodiversity-positive business. Typical funders are the Global Environment Facility, EU LIFE and Horizon, national environment ministries, and conservation philanthropy.
Ocean and Blue Economy
Funding for ocean health, sustainable fisheries, aquaculture and the blue economy. Backed by the World Bank PROBLUE, EU EMFAF and Horizon, the Benioff and Packard foundations, and national marine programmes.
Water
Grants and contracts for water supply, treatment, reuse and resilience. The active funders are the World Bank and regional development banks, EU LIFE and Horizon, the US EPA, and water utilities procuring through the public-tender feeds.
Sustainable Aviation
Funding for sustainable aviation fuels, electric and hydrogen aircraft and airport decarbonisation. Led by the UK Advanced Fuels Fund, the US SAF Grand Challenge and FAA, EU ReFuelEU and Clean Aviation, and airline and airport offtake.
Shipping and Maritime
Grants and contracts for zero-emission vessels, green fuels and port decarbonisation. Typical sources are the EU Innovation Fund and Horizon, the IMO and bilateral programmes, US MARAD, and corporate shipping offtake for green ammonia and methanol.
Sustainable Buildings
Funding for low-carbon construction, deep retrofits and building performance. Active funders include UK DESNZ and the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, the US DOE, EU LIFE and Horizon, and local-authority retrofit procurement.
Heating and Cooling
Grants and schemes for heat pumps, district heating and clean cooling. The cheques come from UK DESNZ (heat networks and the Boiler Upgrade Scheme), the US DOE, EU LIFE and Horizon, and utility and municipal heat programmes.
Climate Adaptation
Funding for resilience, flood defence, drought and climate-proofing infrastructure. Backed by the Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund, the World Bank and regional banks, the EU, and national adaptation programmes.
Climate Health
Grants for the health dimensions of climate: heat, air quality, disease and resilient health systems. Typical funders are the Wellcome Trust, the Gates Foundation, the WHO and bilateral aid, EU Horizon, and national research councils.
Climate Fintech
Funding for carbon accounting, climate risk, green finance and disclosure-data platforms. The non-dilutive routes are the EIC Accelerator, Innovate UK, EU Horizon Cluster 4, and increasingly public procurement driven by reporting rules.
Environmental Justice
Grants for community-led environmental and energy-equity work. Active funders include the US EPA Environmental and Climate Justice programme, foundations such as the Bezos Earth Fund and Kresge, US community foundations, and EU Just Transition instruments.
Air Quality
Funding for air-pollution monitoring, clean-air zones and emissions reduction. Typical sources are the US EPA, EU LIFE and Horizon, UK DEFRA, the WHO and the Clean Air Fund, and city-level programmes.