CCAC’s Call for Proposals: Transformative Action in the Agriculture Sector (Large Funding Available)

Deadline: 26-Oct-22

The Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) is calling for proposals for Transformative Action in the Agriculture Sector.

The CCAC Engagement Strategy for the Agriculture Sector sets the objective to reduce global agriculture methane emissions by 20%-25% by 2030 and black carbon emissions by 35% by 2030 and highlights that achieving this will require significant transformations across the sector.

This call for proposals is seeking projects that help will help drive transformative actions and advance the CCAC’s goals for this sector.

Scope

Project proposals should develop, enable, or implement innovative solutions that will advance one or more goals of the CCAC Engagement Strategy for the Agriculture Sector:
- Goal 1. Foster enabling frameworks to:
  - Advance sustainable manure management at large and small feedstock operations
  - Eliminate agricultural burning
  - Reduce rice paddy flooding
- Goal 2. Forge cross-linkages to net-zero climate mitigation strategies
- Goal 3. Advance Market Readiness of Products for Enteric Methane; Promote Emissions Intensity Reductions
Proposed solutions may include one or more of the following:
- Scale up private sector actions to reduce methane in the beef, dairy, and rice sectors, through solutions such as ‘results-based funding’ approaches, prize competitions, or by breaking barriers to market entry.
- Align commercial objectives with best practices to reduce methane in the beef, dairy, and rice sectors, such as improved livestock feed, livestock management and health measures, or alternative wetting and drying in rice cultivation.
- Encourage policies and innovative practices that reduce agricultural waste burning sustainably and at scale, such as composting pilot projects, carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), or product development.
- Incorporate methane and black carbon mitigation measures into relevant, existing policy initiatives, such as those on bioenergy, renewable energy, agricultural energy consumption, cold chain development or expansion, digitization, soil health and fertility, soil carbon sequestration, water management, nutrient cycles management and circular agriculture/economy, farm insurance schemes, farm waste management, food waste management, food supply chains, and more broadly action including consumer choices, or adaptation services.

Funding Information

Funding: The total amount available for this call is US$7 million to cater to the needs of each of the 7 CCAC Hub to implement their respective Engagement Strategy
Project Duration: up to 2 years

Outcomes

Project proposals should have at least one clearly defined outcome, such as:

Catalysed funding for solutions at scale
Scalable and/or replicable regulatory and enforcement regimes (e.g., informed by model regulations)
Commitments by big emitters to reduce emissions
Adopted sectoral models and strategies for mitigation
Global or regional roadmaps for the sector
Public-private partnerships
Etc.