Climate Adaptation grants — page 17
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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. Listed below are the open climate adaptation grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
Adaptation money is overwhelmingly development finance: the Green Climate Fund, the Adaptation Fund, the World Bank and the regional banks, bilateral aid programmes, and health funders including Wellcome and the Gates Foundation on the health side. Awards are usually made to or through an organisation registered in the country where the work happens, so partnership structure tends to matter more to eligibility than technical merit does.
This page lists open climate adaptation grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 1,462 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is climate adaptation work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing climate adaptation grants here include European Investment Bank (EIB), B Capital Group, Clean Cooling Collaborative, among 2 others. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls.
Geographic coverage on this page spans EUROPE, GLOBAL, ASIA, OCEANIA, AFRICA. Eligibility is usually tied to where the work happens or where the applying organisation is registered, and the two are not always the same — worth checking before investing time in an application.
Loans for the Private Sector
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The European Investment Bank offers direct loans to private sector companies for investment projects in climate, innovation, and regional development. This is a debt-financing instrument for eligible businesses undertaking projects aligned with EIB's sustainability and development priorities.
Loans for the Public Sector
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The European Investment Bank offers direct lending and framework loans to public sector entities for infrastructure, climate, and development projects across EU and partner countries. This is a debt-financing instrument targeting large-scale public infrastructure with climate and energy transition components.
Growth to Late Stage Fund
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The funder's Growth to Late Stage Fund invests in scaling and globally expanding established companies in Technology, Healthcare, and Energy & Resilience sectors. The fund targets growth and late-stage portfolio companies seeking capital for expansion.
Early Stage Fund
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The funder's Early Stage Fund invests equity capital in early-stage companies building solutions across Technology, Healthcare, and Energy & Resilience sectors. The fund backs founders throughout the early company-building lifecycle, from formation through Series A.
Efficient Cooling Initiative Portfolio
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This grant portfolio funds global initiatives to accelerate clean cooling adoption, improve energy efficiency in cooling systems, and expand access to cooling for vulnerable populations facing extreme heat. It targets philanthropic and market-transformation efforts across the cooling sector, including refrigerant alternatives and technology deployment.
Environmental Resilience
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This grant funds projects that build resilience to environmental and climate-related challenges across Asia and the Pacific region. It supports organizations working on climate adaptation and environmental sustainability interventions in the region.
Agribusiness Programme
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This is a challenge fund competition investing in innovative small and medium enterprises across African agribusiness value chains, offering grants and concessional financing to promote agricultural resilience and transformation. It targets early-stage and growth-stage agribusinesses seeking to scale sustainable and climate-resilient agricultural solutions.
Renewable Energy and Climate Adaptation Technologies (REACT)
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REACT is a challenge fund supporting private sector companies to deploy renewable energy and climate adaptation technologies in rural Africa, with a specific household solar component targeting 300,000 people across Malawi, Sierra Leone, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Eligible applicants are businesses seeking to accelerate market access and scale of clean energy and climate-resilient solutions in underserved rural communities.
Technical Assistance for Climate-Resilient SMEs
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This grant provides technical assistance to help small and medium enterprises in vulnerable landscapes develop climate-resilient business models and access private capital. It targets SMEs operating in agriculture, forestry, and related sectors seeking to adapt to climate impacts.
Climate Adaptation Finance for Smallholder Farmers
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This grant funds climate adaptation projects that strengthen the resilience of smallholder farmers and forestry supply chains in developing countries, with a focus on vulnerable landscapes and communities. Eligible projects support sustainable agriculture and forestry practices that help farmers adapt to climate impacts.
Cities & Territories
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FFEM funds innovative environmental projects addressing urban and territorial sustainability challenges in developing countries. The grant targets organizations working on land-use and urban environmental solutions in the Global South.
A climate resilience impact fund for African climate startups
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Seed-stage impact fund investing in African startups developing scalable climate-resilience solutions, with emphasis on agri-food tech and nature-based economy approaches. Targets climate-smart transformation of Africa's food systems to build resilience against climate shocks.
Funds
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The funder provides finance and non-financial support to social enterprises working to end poverty and address the climate crisis. The fund targets social businesses across Brazil, Colombia, East Africa, and India.
The African Planet Prize (APP)
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The African Planet Prize recognises outstanding contributions to African environmental and planetary science through a prize programme. It is open to scientists and researchers whose work advances environmental and planetary science across Africa.
Supporting and Developing Widening Strategies to Tackle Hydroclimatic Extreme Events (SD-WISHEES)
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SD-WISHEES is a research funding programme by the African Academy of Sciences supporting science that addresses hydroclimatic extreme events (droughts, floods, storms) across Africa. It targets researchers and institutions developing adaptation and disaster-risk reduction strategies in response to climate-driven water and weather hazards.
Community Empowerment
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This grant supports community-driven agricultural and climate resilience programs, including community gardens, farmer mental health initiatives, and climate emergency relief. It targets nonprofits, community groups, and local organizations working on food security and climate adaptation at the grassroots level.
Strengthen Movements, Narratives & Collective Action
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This grant supports the development of resilient, inclusive movements and collective action focused on forest protection, regeneration, climate resilience, and justice/rights outcomes. It funds civil-society organizations and coalitions working on narrative change, movement-building, and coordinated climate and land-use advocacy.
Crops of the Future
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This grant funds collaborative research to identify and develop crop traits that enable agriculture to adapt to climate change and environmental pressures. It targets public-private partnerships advancing crop science and food-systems resilience through trait discovery and knowledge expansion.
AI for Climate Resilience Program
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This grant funds innovators developing AI and data-driven solutions for climate resilience, including early warning systems, climate-adapted agriculture, and resilient health infrastructure in vulnerable communities. Applicants receive funding, networks, and technical support to scale their climate adaptation technologies.
Habitat / Water
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This grant funds projects that improve access to potable water as a foundational resource for sustainable livelihoods in Palestine. It targets water supply, treatment, and access initiatives that enable economic and social resilience in the region.
Disaster Prevention
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International disaster prevention and risk reduction programme funded by the funder, delivered through partnerships with global organisations. Supports projects that build resilience and reduce vulnerability to natural hazards and climate-related disasters.
Climate Equity Collaborative Fund
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A $50 million collaborative philanthropy fund supporting 13 organizations working at the intersection of climate change, Indigenous land rights, gender equity, and poverty. The fund prioritizes land and water stewardship, climate-resilient infrastructure and employment, sustainable agriculture, and hyperlocal regranters.
SCP – Green Villages Central Asia
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This grant funds sustainable consumption and production programmes that promote green village models across Central Asia, with a focus on water, sanitation, and rural sustainability. It targets organizations working to implement sustainable development practices in rural communities throughout the Central Asian region.
Gender Just Climate Solutions
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GJCS funds gender-just approaches to climate solutions, integrating gender equity into climate mitigation and adaptation work. The programme supports organizations and projects that advance both climate action and gender justice outcomes.
FITTER: A feminist climate action programme addressing gender-just climate solutions
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FITTER is a feminist climate action programme by the funder that funds gender-just climate solutions and interventions. The grant supports organizations working at the intersection of climate mitigation/adaptation and gender equity, prioritizing women-led and feminist approaches to climate action.
Ecofeminist Movement Building Fund
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This fund supports ecofeminist organisations and initiatives that integrate gender justice with environmental solutions, providing both direct funding and capacity strengthening through mentoring and training. It targets partners working on ecofeminist approaches to climate and environmental challenges.
Community Land Rights Grants and Technical Assistance
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This grant provides direct funding and technical assistance to Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, and local communities to secure land tenure and advance land reform, with explicit focus on climate mitigation, conflict reduction, and gender equality. Applicants can be communities themselves or their partner organizations working on land rights and forest conservation.
Protect Wild Ecosystems Effectively
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This grant funds technology-driven solutions and strategic partnerships to combat invasive species and improve protected area management, with the goal of protecting 30% of land and water by 2030. It targets organizations working on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem protection through innovation and collaborative approaches.
Dry Farming im Niger
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This grant supports dry farming initiatives in Niger to enhance food security and improve livelihoods for local communities through sustainable agricultural practices. It targets organizations working on agricultural development and climate adaptation in West Africa.
SMF Projects: Small and medium-sized funding projects under the Interreg programme for transnational cooperation in the Danube region
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Small and medium-sized transnational cooperation projects funded under the Interreg Danube Region Programme, supporting climate, innovation, environment, social inclusion, and governance initiatives across the Danube region. Eligible applicants include public authorities, nonprofits, research institutions, and other organizations working on cross-border sustainable development.
Regional Cooperation Funding Programme
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This grant funds projects that implement the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), aligned with climate, innovation, environment, social inclusion, and governance priorities. It is open to organizations across the Danube region working on these cross-cutting themes.
Regular Projects from a transnational regional cooperation programme
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This is an open call for transnational cooperation projects across the Danube Region (2021-2027) that fund initiatives in climate, innovation, environment, social inclusion, and governance. Eligible applicants include public authorities, nonprofits, universities, and private entities working on cross-border sustainability and development challenges.
Green-Focused Climate Foundation
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Futura Green funds research and initiatives addressing climate change and environmental innovation across a broad portfolio. The programme is open to projects that advance climate mitigation, adaptation, and environmental solutions, though specific sectoral priorities and eligibility criteria are not detailed in the available description.
Catalytic Capital
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Catalytic capital programme that deploys strategic resources to strengthen businesses and initiatives with positive socio-environmental impact through collaborative investment. Eligible for organizations and ventures demonstrating measurable social and environmental outcomes across sectors.
Direct private equity investments in environmental and social impact sectors, supporting innovative companies
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The funder provides direct private equity investments in environmental and social impact businesses focused on climate solutions and underserved population support across emerging and developed markets. The fund targets innovative companies in climate-tech, clean energy, financial inclusion, healthcare, education, and agriculture sectors.
National Lottery Awards for All England – Environment
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This grant funds community-led projects in England that address climate and nature emergencies, improve local environments, and increase public engagement with nature. It is designed for grassroots organizations and community groups working on environmental and biodiversity outcomes.
Aligned Project Funding
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The funder offers restricted grants for specific rainforest conservation and climate projects in partnership with indigenous communities across Peru, Papua New Guinea, and Cameroon. Applicants must align with the funder's priorities in forest protection, climate mitigation, and indigenous-led conservation.
Unrestricted Funding
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The funder offers flexible, unrestricted grants from trusts and foundations to support its mission of protecting rainforests and combating climate change through community-centered approaches. The funding is available to organizations aligned with the funder's overall conservation and climate goals, with no specific project restrictions.
Conserving and Restoring Nature
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The funder provides multi-year, large-scale grants to support solutions addressing global biodiversity loss and climate change through nature conservation and restoration. The fund targets organizations working on conservation interventions at scale to help nature survive and flourish.
Second Call for Proposals – Adaptation and Climate Finance Access
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This grant funds small-scale climate adaptation projects and direct access to climate finance for African governments, regional organizations, NGOs, and research institutions, with project budgets between $250,000–$1 million aligned with African Development Bank priorities. Applicants submit concept notes for adaptation initiatives that build climate resilience across the continent.
Land, Water and Climate Justice Fund
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This grant supports grassroots civil society organisations, groups, individuals and movements in Uganda working on land rights, water access and climate justice. It prioritises frontline communities most impacted by climate change and applies feminist grantmaking principles.
Structural Initiatives
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Structural initiatives that collaboratively address climate, sustainability, and land-use challenges with measurable, scalable impacts over medium to long-term horizons. This grant supports organizations and consortia building transformative solutions in these domains.
Connecting with Community for our Common Home
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This grant funds programs that address environmental injustices in Florida by integrating community voices into climate communications, interventions, and policy development. It targets organizations working at the intersection of climate justice and community engagement to advance equitable climate solutions.
Sustainability-Focused Investment Programme
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Wavemaker Impact is a climate and impact-focused investment programme that provides capital to Southeast Asian startups addressing environmental and social challenges. The fund targets early-stage companies developing solutions in climate mitigation, adaptation, and sustainability across the region.
Engagement, Change Makers and Climate Governance
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This grant strengthens civil society engagement in climate justice and social equity agendas by funding training, leadership development, and collective organizing around climate governance. It targets grassroots organizations and emerging climate leaders seeking to amplify diverse voices in climate policy and action.
Impact-Focused Venture Capital
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The funder invests equity in growth-stage companies generating measurable social impact across education, climate, behavioral health, and basic needs. Eligible companies must have at least $1mm in revenue and demonstrate exponential growth trajectory.
Early-stage venture fund investing in education, climate, and care sectors at seed and pre-seed stages
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City Spark invests in early-stage companies (seed and pre-seed) operating in education, climate, and care sectors, with the goal of identifying promising ventures for future Series A funding. The fund targets founders building solutions across these three impact areas.
Nature and Environmental Protection
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This grant funds education initiatives and sustainable projects that combat environmental destruction and advance climate protection globally. It supports organizations working on climate mitigation and environmental conservation worldwide.