The CBF is happy to open its first Call for Proposals, through the Ecosystem-based Adaptation Facility (the EbA Facility). The EbA Facility is requesting project proposals with a focus on EbA actions that help people adapt to adverse effects of climate change, reduce disaster risk, and build resilient ecosystems and economies.
The Facility will distribute grants from 250 thousand up to 2 million US dollars, directly to local, national, regional and international institutions, including civil society organizations, government agencies, universities/research organizations, and community-based organizations in eligible countries.
The EbA Facility resources are a contribution of the German government through KfW, the German development bank.
- Opening date: October 31, 2018.
- Closing date: December 15, 2018 - 11:59 pm UTC-5.
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Grant size:
Medium grants between USD 250,000 and USD 1 million and large grants between USD 1 million and USD 2 million
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Eligible countries:
Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines
These multi-country projects could benefit the following additional insular countries: The Bahamas, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Trinidad and Tobago.
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Eligible languages:
The EbA Facility accepts concept notes in English, French and Spanish.
Resources
- EbA Logical Framework
- CBF Environmental and Social Policy and Exclusion List
- E-Learning Course – Ecosystem-based Adaptation – Working with nature to adapt to a changing climate
- Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA) – EbA Criteria
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – Making Ecosystem-based Adaptation Effective
- United Nations Environment Program – Ecosystem-based Adaptation
- GIZ, IUCN, and IISD-produced 25min EbA e-learning video
- Project flyers for EbA Facility grantees from the 1st Call for Proposals
