Deadline: 05-Aug-2025
The UK Government is looking to extend its UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (UK PACT) programme in Malaysia with technical assistance and capacity-building projects supporting the green finance and carbon markets sectors.
Focus Areas
- The focus areas for green finance and carbon markets projects are:
- Project area 1: Green finance- develop a comprehensive Sustainable Finance Roadmap that aligns Malaysia’s financial strategies with climate ambitions and consolidates sustainable finance efforts under a policy umbrella.
- Project area 2: Financing forests- to support the Malaysia Forest Fund (MFF) in strengthening the Forest Conservation Certificate (FCC) by improving policy guidance, analysing federal and state regulations, and enabling use in national and international carbon trading in line with relevant Paris Agreement articles.
- Project area 3: Financing energy- improving the bankability of energy projects by developing a regulatory framework on renewable integration solutions focusing on energy storage systems and solutions.
- Project area 4: Financing energy- innovative financing strategies for grid infrastructure expansion.
- Project area 5: Carbon markets- provide support to industry and high-emitting sectors to prepare for participation in the Domestic Emissions Trading Scheme (DETS).
Funding Information
- Between £100, 000 – £320,000 per project for FY2025/2026.
Duration
- Approximately 15 months with high impact outputs delivered in the first 5 months.
Eligible Activities
- They want to receive applications for activities that address the critical need to unlock greater quality and quantity of climate & nature finance by optimising the enabling environment for clean energy investments and voluntary carbon markets in the forestry sector. Activities may include:
- training of key decision makers;
- recommendations for action to tackle climate change or reduce emissions;
- creation of new communications products and dissemination of knowledge products;
- the establishment or strengthening of partnerships or networks between key stakeholders.
What are they looking for?
- They are seeking proposals for projects that strengthen green finance and carbon markets in Malaysia. Building on existing UK PACT collaboration and lessons from previous implementation of projects in Malaysia, this call aims to support strategic interventions that focus on unlocking greater quality of climate and nature finance by optimising the enabling environment for clean energy investments and voluntary carbon markets in the forestry sector.
- Proposals should be responsive to government priorities, technically sound, and designed to complement ongoing initiatives including other development programmes. While the scope of this call is targeted, applicants are encouraged to demonstrate innovation and collaboration, especially where proposals can help connect regulatory, market, and institutional elements in a coherent way.
- The following project areas have been identified for funding within this Call for Proposals:
- They are looking to award grant funding that supports the Government to accelerate green finance particularly in the sectors of energy and forestry, as well as mobilising finance through the carbon markets.
Eligibility Criteria
- They welcome applications from a variety of organisation types including think tanks, consultancies, academic institutions, community organisations, NGOs, professional associations or any similar organisations that have the knowledge, skills and experience to deliver an eligible project.
- Government agencies and/ or departments are not eligible to apply either as a lead organisation, or as a partner organisation within a consortium.
For more information, visit UK PACT.