The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), through its Ecosystem-based Adaptation Facility (EbA Facility), is requesting project concept notes 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.
Around ten to fifteen million USD could be allocated under this Third Call for Proposals, depending on the number and quality of proposals. The EbA Facility will distribute grants from USD250,000 up to USD2 million, directly to local, national, regional and international institutions, including civil society organizations, government agencies, universities & research organizations, community-based organizations, and United Nations agencies in eligible countries and territories.
- Opening date: August 31, 2021.
- Closing date: October 31, 2021 - 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
