The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), through its Ecosystem- based Adaptation Facility (EbA Facility), is seeking applications for projects that utilize Ecosystem-based Adaptation approaches to assist in climate change adaptation efforts within the marine and coastal zones of the insular Caribbean.
Around ten to thirteen million USD could be allocated under this Second Call for Proposals, depending on the number and quality of proposals. The Facility will distribute grants from US$250,000 up to US$2 million, directly to local, national, regional and international institutions, including civil society organizations, government agencies, universities & research organizations, and community-based organizations in eligible countries.
- Opening date: February 26, 2020.
- Closing date: May 31, 2020 - 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, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, 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
