Climate Adaptation grants — page 20
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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 ULI Foundation, The Community Foundation for the Csra, Tahoe Fund, 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 GLOBAL, AFRICA, NORTH-AMERICA, LATAM, ASIA. 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.
California–Nevada Technical Assistance Leadership Exchange
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The funder-supported technical assistance initiative helping seven public agencies in California and Nevada address land use planning and climate resilience challenges. Eligible applicants are public sector agencies seeking expert guidance on sustainable development and climate adaptation.
Hurricane Helene Response
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This grant funds response and recovery efforts in the CSRA region following Hurricane Helene, supporting organizations addressing immediate and longer-term disaster impacts. Eligible applicants likely include nonprofits, local authorities, and community groups working on relief, rebuilding, and resilience in the affected area.
Smartest Forest Fund
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This grant funds innovation in forest management and wildfire resilience projects in the Lake Tahoe region, supporting fire-smart community pilots and forest health initiatives. It targets organizations working on forest conservation and climate adaptation through practical, place-based interventions.
Grantee Support
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The funder provides non-financial support to grantees including communications infrastructure, video production, solar generators, water purification systems, and technology solutions to amplify climate and clean energy work. This is a capacity-building and in-kind support programme for organizations already engaged in climate solutions.
Fighter Fund: A rapid response fund recognized by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy's Impact Award in…
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The Fighter Fund is a rapid-response emergency grant program that provides financial support to frontline climate justice and environmental justice organizations working on the frontlines of climate action. It is designed for nonprofits and grassroots groups engaged in climate justice advocacy and community-based environmental work.
Justice 40 Accelerator
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The Justice 40 Accelerator is an ecosystem fund supporting climate justice innovation, co-developed with frontline leaders to advance equitable clean energy and climate solutions. It targets early-stage ventures and organizations working at the intersection of climate action and environmental justice.
Farm, Farmer, & Farmworker Safety Resources
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This grant provides resources and information to help farms, farmers, and farmworkers protect themselves from climate-related threats, particularly extreme heat and other climate catastrophes. It targets agricultural stakeholders seeking climate adaptation and resilience support.
Caring for our Coasts
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RAE's national program provides grants to support local coastal restoration projects across the United States. The fund targets nonprofit organizations, local authorities, and community groups working to restore estuaries and coastal ecosystems.
Great Lakes Restoration Community Grant Program
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This grant funds community-based projects that restore and protect the Great Lakes ecosystem while building resilient local communities. Eligible projects focus on water quality improvement, coastal habitat restoration, and community engagement throughout the Great Lakes region.
Gulf Regional Oyster Network
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This grant funds oyster habitat restoration and coastal protection projects in the Gulf region through partnerships with Gulf-based organizations. It targets nonprofits and community groups working on estuarine restoration and coastal resilience.
NEP Coastal Watersheds Grant Program
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This EPA grant funds coastal and estuarine restoration projects in specific US geographic areas, prioritizing water quality and ecosystem health. Eligible applicants can pursue restoration work aligned with the program's coastal watershed priorities.
NEP Watersheds Grant
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This grant funds restoration projects within National Estuary Program boundaries in partnership with the EPA, focusing on coastal and watershed restoration to improve water quality. Eligible applicants are organizations working on estuary and coastal ecosystem restoration in designated NEP areas.
SNEP Watershed Implementation Grant
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This grant funds watershed-level restoration projects that improve water quality and ecosystem health in Southeast New England. It is designed for organizations working on coastal and freshwater ecosystem restoration.
Long Island Sound Community Impact Fund (LISCIF)
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This grant supports coastal communities in the Long Island Sound Watershed to implement local restoration projects and community engagement initiatives. It targets organizations working on ecosystem restoration, water quality improvement, and building community resilience in estuarine environments.
Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee
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This grant supports collaborative adaptive management and ecosystem restoration of the Missouri River, with 247 approved recommendations for implementation. It is designed for organizations working on river recovery, water management, and ecosystem restoration in the Missouri River basin.
Mission Critical
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This grant funds projects that align critical minerals extraction—essential for clean energy and technology—with climate mitigation, biodiversity protection, and social responsibility goals. It targets organizations working to make mining operations compatible with environmental and community outcomes.
Sustainable Schools, Resilient Communities
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This grant programme funds initiatives that make schools and communities more sustainable and resilient to climate change impacts. It targets educational institutions and community organizations seeking to implement climate adaptation and sustainability measures.
Environmental Journalism Network
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The funder Africa Bureau funds original multilingual journalism and reporting on conservation, wildlife, natural resources, and climate change across Africa. The grant supports media organizations and journalists producing investigative coverage of environmental and development issues on the continent.
Disaster Relief & Rehabilitation
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This grant provides emergency relief and rehabilitation funding to communities in India affected by natural disasters, particularly floods. It supports both immediate response and longer-term recovery efforts for disaster-impacted populations.
Westside Resilience Corridor
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This grant funds infrastructure strengthening and climate resilience work led by a coalition of churches in historic Westside Atlanta, with a specific focus on career pre-employment training in renewable energy fields. The programme is designed to build local capacity and economic opportunity in an underserved community.
Southeast Rural Power
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This grant funds energy affordability and community resilience in rural America through resilience hubs, community solar, energy-efficient home upgrades, workforce training, and small business support. It targets rural communities and local utilities seeking to build clean energy infrastructure and economic opportunity.
SOUL® (Save On Utilities Long-term)
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SOUL® provides grants to cover the full cost of home energy efficiency upgrades and safety repairs for low-income families and seniors, reducing utility bills and building climate resilience. The program targets hardworking households to lower energy consumption and improve weatherization against extreme weather events.
Community Resilience Hubs
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The funder funds the installation of solar- and battery-powered resilience hubs at community anchor institutions like churches and community centers to provide emergency power during outages. The grant supports nonprofits and community organizations building climate-resilient infrastructure that protects vulnerable populations.
Partners for Places
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A matching-grant programme that pairs local government sustainability offices with philanthropic funders to support community sustainability and livability projects. Eligible applicants are local governments with sustainability mandates seeking co-funding for environmental and urban resilience initiatives.
Connected Communities: Green Space Connections
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This grant funds resident-led participatory design projects that transform open spaces in public housing communities to improve health, safety, resilience and sustainability outcomes. It targets nonprofit organizations and community groups working directly with public housing residents.
Resident Climate Action Grants
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This grant funds community-led climate action and sustainability projects initiated by NYCHA residents in New York City. It supports grassroots environmental initiatives that advance climate resilience and sustainability within public housing communities.
A Built Environment Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage startups developing technologies and solutions that transform the built environment, including construction tech, proptech, robotics, advanced materials, and climate-focused retrofitting. The fund supports companies from ideation through global scale across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
Conserve Land
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This grant funds land and water conservation projects in the Chesapeake region aimed at protecting 30% of lands and waters by 2030 to advance climate resilience, biodiversity, and water quality. Eligible applicants can pursue conservation work that also ensures public access to protected lands.
Landscape Connectivity Platform
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NatureConnect provides a suite of services, tools, and products to help conservation partners achieve landscape connectivity and ecosystem goals through planning, implementation, and monitoring support. The grant is designed for organizations working on large-scale land conservation and biodiversity protection.
U.S. Connectivity
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This grant funds wildlife crossing infrastructure and habitat connectivity planning projects across the United States, with emphasis on major highway interventions and local land-use coordination. It targets organizations working to advance ecological connectivity and reduce human-wildlife conflict through smart infrastructure and planning.
One Health: Communities & Forests
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This grant funds integrated One Health approaches that link human, animal, and ecosystem health in the Amazon, with a focus on community well-being and forest conservation. It targets organizations working at the intersection of health, biodiversity, and indigenous rights in Amazonian contexts.
Ancestral Tides
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Ancestral Tides funds coastal and wetland ecosystem conservation projects that protect critical habitats and species while supporting dependent communities. The program prioritizes biodiversity protection and indigenous rights in these landscapes.
Pre-announcement: FOREST Pathways, 2027 edition "Developing knowledge and solutions for resilient forests and a sustainable future based on forests"
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A €40M+ joint European research call funding forest resilience, adaptive management, wood-based innovation, and forest value chains across 28 countries. Open to research organizations, universities, and consortia addressing climate-resilient forestry and sustainable forest-based solutions.
OCPP Ghana
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This grant supports Ghana's capacity to manage human activities affecting the marine environment and sustainably benefit from ocean resources. It funds environmental management, education, and training initiatives focused on marine conservation and blue economy development.
Philippine Rise Integrated Conservation for Enduring Legacies through Ecosystem Support Services (PRICELESS)
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This grant funds conservation and sustainable management of the Philippine Rise Marine Resource Reserve (352,390 hectares) to protect globally significant biodiversity while enabling sustainable marine resource use and community livelihoods by 2027. It is for organizations working on marine ecosystem protection, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable blue economy in the Philippines.
OCPP Maldives
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This grant supports the Maldives in developing capacity and capability to manage human activities affecting the marine environment sustainably. It funds environmental management and marine resource governance to enable long-term sustainable use of ocean resources.
North York Moors wildfire recovery funding
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Up to £3.2 million in government funding to restore peatland and moorland ecosystems damaged by the 2025 Fylingdales wildfire in North York Moors. Eligible organizations can apply to undertake habitat restoration and ecological recovery work on affected land.
A UK national lottery community-grants programme – Environment
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This grant funds community-led environmental projects in England that address climate and nature emergencies through local action, including habitat protection, nature connection activities, and one-off environmental events. Eligible organisations can use funding to launch new initiatives, sustain existing programmes, adapt to challenges, or run discrete projects with clear environmental benefits.
Open Call for Expression of Interest for the Wash, Climate Action and Environment Programme
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The funder is calling for expressions of interest from organizations to implement a Wash, Climate Action and Environment Programme in Uganda, with funding up to €1.0M available. This grant supports integrated water, sanitation, hygiene, climate resilience, and environmental initiatives targeting vulnerable populations in Uganda.
A Major Global Environmental Prize 2026
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The Volvo Environment Prize 2026 is a global award offering up to €1.0M to recognize and support environmental innovation and sustainability solutions. The prize targets organizations and individuals advancing environmental protection and climate action worldwide.
Nexus Between Climate Change and Health
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This grant funds research and interventions at the intersection of climate change and human health impacts in West and Central Africa and the UK. It targets climate-driven health outcomes such as heat-related illness, air quality, water-borne disease, and health-system resilience in vulnerable regions.
Climate & Biodiversity Initiative
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This grant funds international scientific research teams investigating the interactions between climate change and biodiversity loss, with a 2026-2028 focus on ocean and coastal ecosystems. It is one of France's largest environmental research programmes, supporting 46 teams globally with €31 million in total funding.
Emerging Climate Champions Award
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A $25 million award supporting emerging leaders and organizations advancing climate justice initiatives. The grant targets early-stage climate actors working on equitable climate solutions, though specific sectoral focus and eligibility criteria require review of the funder's website.
Climate Justice
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This grant empowers local communities disproportionately affected by climate change by providing resources, training, and tools to build climate resilience and environmental protection. It targets grassroots and community-led climate action.
Creating Hope in Conflict: A Humanitarian Grand Challenge
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This grant funds and accelerates life-saving or life-improving innovations to help vulnerable populations affected by conflict-driven humanitarian crises, with support from UK FCDO, Global Affairs Canada, and Grand Challenges Canada. It operates through Proof of Concept and Transition to Scale funding stages across health, water-sanitation, energy, and inclusive learning sectors.
Mangroves / GAGGA
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This grant supports mangrove conservation and restoration projects in the Mesoamerican region, with explicit integration of gender equity through the GAGGA (Girls and Gender Alliance for Green Action) initiative. Eligible applicants likely include nonprofits, community groups, and research institutions working on coastal ecosystem protection and nature-based climate adaptation.
Reef Rescue Initiative
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This grant funds climate-driven coral reef rescue and restoration projects in the Mesoamerican Reef region, supporting ecosystem recovery from climate impacts. It targets organizations working on marine conservation and reef restoration as primary climate adaptation and biodiversity interventions.
Re-Granting with a Major Foundation
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A re-granting mechanism channeling Oak Foundation funds through the Mesoamerican Reef Fund to support conservation organizations protecting the Mesoamerican Reef region's marine ecosystems. Eligible applicants are conservation nonprofits and organizations working on coastal and marine conservation in Central America and the Caribbean.