Climate software & data funding
Grants and contracts for MRV, climate analytics, decarbonisation platforms, and ESG data infrastructure.
Climate software is the hardest sustainability category to fund non-dilutively, most public-money programmes require capex deployment or hardware, and software-only plays compete in narrower calls. The strongest options are EU Horizon Cluster 4 (Digital), Innovate UK Smart Grants, EIT Climate-KIC, EU Pathfinder, ARPA-E SCALEUP, and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Software. ARIA UK is opening to software-led decarbonisation in 2026.
The richer non-dilutive path for climate software is often procurement contracts rather than grants, large public buyers (NHS, DfE, EU agencies, US GSA) are increasingly procuring carbon-accounting, MRV, fleet-emissions, and ESG-reporting platforms with multi-year contracts. Treat the public-procurement feeds (TED, UK Find a Tender, SAM.gov, UNGM) as a funding source.
Live opportunities
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Enhancing Weather and Climate Data Management Innovation in Tajikistan through an AI and Observation-Based High-Resolution Data Management Platform.
Deadline 4 Sept 2026••••• organisationThis tender procures design and deployment of an AI-powered, high-resolution weather and climate data management platform for Tajikistan, integrating observational networks and advanced analytics. Bidders should have expertise in climate-data systems, AI/ML, meteorological infrastructure, and experience delivering climate-adaptation technology in developing regions.
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Climate Change Scenario Analysis and Portfolio Risk Assessment Tender
Deadline 4 Sept 2026••••• organisationThis tender procures climate change scenario analysis and portfolio risk assessment services, focusing on top-down climate impact modelling across asset classes, sectors, and companies. Bidders should be financial/climate-risk consultancies or fintech firms with expertise in climate scenario analysis, physical/transition risk quantification, and portfolio-level climate stress-testing.
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Climate Technopreneurship Program: Climate Technopreneurship Ecosystem and Implementing Partner - Indonesia
Deadline 5 Sept 2026••••• InstituteThis RFP seeks an implementing partner to establish a climate technopreneurship ecosystem in Indonesia, supporting early-stage climate tech startups through incubation, mentoring, and market linkage services. Bidders should be organizations with experience in startup acceleration, climate technology, and ecosystem development in Southeast Asia.
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Institutional Sustainability & Technology Consultant
Deadline 7 Sept 2026••••• organisationThe funder seeks an Institutional Sustainability & Technology Consultant to advise on organizational sustainability strategy and digital transformation in the Philippines. The role suits consultants with expertise in institutional sustainability frameworks, technology integration, and development programme design.
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Digital enablers and building-blocks for Earth Observation and Satellite telecommunication for Space solutions (Space Partnership)
Deadline 16 Sept 2026••••• organisation• Up to €12,000,000This Horizon Europe call funds research and innovation in digital technologies, Earth observation, and satellite telecommunications to advance space-based solutions for climate, environmental monitoring, and connectivity. It targets consortia of research institutions, companies, and space organizations developing next-generation digital enablers and building-blocks for satellite and EO applications.
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Preparing demonstration missions for Earth Observation and Satellite telecommunication for Space solutions (Space Partnership)
Deadline 16 Sept 2026••••• organisation• Up to €26,000,000This Horizon Europe Innovation Action funds the development and demonstration of Earth Observation and satellite telecommunication missions to advance space-based solutions for climate, environmental monitoring, and digital infrastructure. It targets consortia (industry, research, SMEs) preparing operational demonstration missions with €26M available through 2026.
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Scientific analysis and exploitation of space data
Deadline 16 Sept 2026••••• organisation• Up to €3,920,000This Horizon Europe call funds scientific research and innovation projects that analyze and exploit space-derived data for climate, environmental, and digital applications. It targets research institutions, consortia, and organizations developing space-data analytics, AI-driven insights, and digital solutions aligned with the European Green Deal and digital agenda.
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Consultant Role: National Climate Circumstances Chapter for Central America
Deadline 17 Sept 2026••••• organisationThe funder is seeking an individual consultant to develop a National Circumstances chapter on climate change for El Salvador, likely supporting climate policy, NDC reporting, or climate-risk assessment. The role suits climate/sustainability consultants, policy analysts, or research professionals with expertise in climate science, national climate frameworks, and Central American context.
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Continuous Improvement of two CGE Models
Deadline 18 Sept 2026••••• DepartmentEnvironment and Climate Change Canada seeks on-demand technical support for continuous improvement of two CGE (Computable General Equilibrium) models used to assess climate policy impacts over three years. Bidders must be Canadian or from applicable trading partners with expertise in climate-policy modelling and CGE model development.
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Climate Governance and Information
Deadline 22 Sept 2026••••• organisation• Up to €4,000,000This is a European Union grant programme funding climate governance and information projects under the LIFE Climate Action initiative, with budgets up to €4 million per project. It supports Standard Action Projects that advance climate policy implementation, monitoring, and knowledge-sharing across EU member states and associated countries.
Active funders
Africa Climate Ventures (ACV)
OpenBFA Global Catalyst Fund
OpenClimake
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Frequently asked
Why is software harder to fund with grants than hardware?▾
Most climate grant programmes were designed to de-risk capex, first-of-a-kind plants, demonstration projects, pilot deployments. Software has lower upfront cost and clearer venture-investability, so funders historically left it to VCs. That's shifting (EU Horizon Cluster 4 explicitly funds software, ARIA UK is moving in this direction), but the pool is still 10×–50× smaller than equivalent hardware programmes.
Are carbon-accounting platforms (Watershed, Sweep, Greenly competitors) eligible for any non-dilutive funding?▾
They compete in a few tracks: (1) EIC Accelerator (€2.5M, grant + equity), (2) Innovate UK Smart Grants, (3) EU Horizon Cluster 4, (4) public procurement for compliance-driven buyers. The procurement angle is increasingly the largest pot, CSRD-driven demand from EU member states is putting carbon-accounting on departmental tender plans.
Where can MRV (monitoring, reporting, verification) startups apply?▾
For carbon markets MRV specifically: Frontier (when wrapping CDR delivery), EU Horizon Cluster 5, Innovate UK CDR Programme, DOE V-MRV. For broader compliance MRV: EU CRCF infrastructure programmes, US SBIR Climate, UK Defra Net Zero Innovation. Most successful MRV applications pair a software platform with a hardware sensor or a measurement-science partner.
Do AI/ML-for-climate plays have their own funding track?▾
Increasingly yes. ARIA UK, ARPA-E ENERGYWERX, EU Horizon AI calls, and DoE's Foundation Models for Climate programme are explicitly funding AI-for-decarbonisation. The bar is high, most reviewers expect domain integration, not just "we trained a model on climate data." Pair with a hardware/process partner where possible.
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