Deadline: 27-Oct-22
The Wellington City Council has launched Climate and Sustainability fund to support communities and businesses in Wellington city to undertake climate action.
The Fund is an initiative in the Council’s Te Atakura – First to Zero climate action plan to reduce carbon emissions by 2030, or create a culture of climate change action.
Goals
Our climate action plan is called Te Atakura – First to Zero. Our plan seeks to achieve three key goals:
- Reduce city emissions by 57% by 2030, and to net zero by 2050.
- Reduce the Council emissions to net zero by 2050.
- Support Wellington City to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Aims
Initiatives must be designed to achieve at least one of the following aims of the fund;
- Advance Wellingtonians’ understanding and uptake of the climate action challenge thereby contributing to meeting our 2030 and 2050 carbon reduction goals.
- Preference for these grants will be initiatives that create impact beyond themselves.
- Initially the bulk of the fund will be allocated to these types of initiatives that significantly reduce emissions.
- Reduce carbon emissions significantly in the shorter term thereby contributing to the city’s 2030 carbon reduction target.
- Preference for these grants will be to initiatives that significantly reduce emissions.
- The percentage of the fund allocated to this purpose will increase over the lifetime of the fund.
Priorities
Priority will be given to projects that:
- Demonstrate equity across communities in relation to access to climate action information and ability to act
- Are governed by, and/or developed in partnership with mana whenua
- Lead towards a net zero-carbon economy by 2050
- Demonstrate collaboration and co-funding (including in-kind)
- Have a plan to be self-sustaining and financially viable post Council funding.
Funding Information
- Value: $250,000 per financial year for five years (2021-2026).
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply to this fund, applicants must:
- Be a legal entity (or community group using an umbrella), this includes Maori entities, schools, social enterprises or businesses.
- Be willing to partner with Wellington City Council to share knowledge, learning and support our Te Atakura – First to Zero strategy.
- Be based in Wellington city, or deliver benefits within the Wellington City Council rate paying area (up to and including Tawa, but not Porirua or Petone).
- Demonstrate capability and capacity to deliver the type of project proposed, and preferably have a track record of delivering similar projects.
Ineligible
- Projects which don’t have a strong climate action and/or carbon emissions reduction focus
- Political advocacy
- Legal action
For more information, visit https://wellington.govt.nz/community-support-and-resources/community-support/funding/council-funds/climate-and-sustainability-fund
