Deadline: 30 January 2015
The Nordic Climate Facility (NCF) invites proposals from Nordic Countries’ organizations to implement projects in developing countries facing climate change. Organizations in developing countries are strongly encouraged to find a partner organization in Nordic Country who can apply for the grants to work with them for 30 months on climate issues.
Theme: Climate Resilience in Urban and Private Sector Contexts
NCF will grant EUR 250,000 to 500,000 to the applicant. Applications can be made by a single organization or in consortium.
Possible project ideas
- People-oriented cities, smart cities, green planning, urban agriculture, waste and sanitation, food and water security.
- Renewable energy generation for densely populated areas, energy efficiency through development of smart grids and energy-efficient buildings that reduce costs, energy demand and emissions.
- Transportation, low-carbon transport systems, modal switch, fuel switching, vehicle efficiency, improving conditions for public transportation, pedestrians and cycling.
- Empowerment of women in climate actions and related business development.
- Identification of business opportunities related to climate change adaptation and mitigation, resilience solutions that can be replicated and disseminated globally.
Project proposals should
- Be innovative, i.e. provide innovative solutions or products or innovative financing mechanisms; provide tangible results and preferably generate concrete investments as expected outcomes; disseminate results and have potential for interregional cooperation; and be economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.
- Empower women in climate change adaptation and mitigation activities and business development; have positive and measurable development impacts, reduce poverty, and have a high number of final beneficiaries with due consideration to cross-cutting issues and the involvement of final beneficiaries.
- Apply best practices from the Nordic region; include climate change mitigation actions and generate a quantifiable volume of emission reductions (where applicable).
