EJ4Climate Grant

For this grant cycle, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is calling for project proposals that will integrate community-led education programs in support of environmental justice and climate adaptation. Education, whether formal or informal, is crucial to advance environmental justice, especially in cases where community members are not aware of the injustices (or the causes and impacts of the injustices) they face and how to address them, because they lack access to information and knowledge.

Potential projects supported under this grant program could promote the acquisition of climate adaptation knowledge related to the following themes: extreme weather impacts, transition to clean energy sources, conservation or restoration initiatives, traditional ecological knowledge to address climate change impacts and/or food sovereignty.

Eligible applicants include nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, civil society groups, environmental groups, community-based associations, faith-based organizations, tribal nations, and Indigenous Peoples and communities.

Projects are funded for a duration of 12 (twelve) to 24 (twenty-four) months. The CEC encourages applicants to submit proposals up to C$175,000. The CEC recognizes that a project
can have a great impact at a low cost; therefore, no minimum grant amount has been established.