Deadline: 11-Nov-22
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America has announced that the US$2 million Environmental Justice for Climate (EJ4Climate) grant program is now open for applications.
This cycle of EJ4Climate grants will focus on projects in Canada, Mexico, and the United States that integrate community-led environmental education in support of environmental justice and community resilience to climate-related impacts, with up to C$200,000 in grant funding available for recipients .
The EJ4Climate Grant Program provides funding directly to community-based organizations and seeks to support environmental justice by facilitating the involvement and empowerment of communities searching for solutions and the development of partnerships to address their environmental and human health vulnerabilities, including those due to climate change impacts .
The second cycle of EJ4Climate grants will address the theme “Integrating community-led environmental education in support of Environmental Justice and Climate Resilience.”
Priorities
In line with this grant cycle’s theme, priority will be given to projects by community-based organizations that significantly integrate formal or informal community-led environmental education approaches in their design and implementation plans. These approaches include, but are not limited to:
- Hands-on activities and place-based learning.
- Citizen science initiatives.
- Knowledge exchange with elders.
- Training and capacity building.
- Awareness campaigns.
- Involvement of youth as agents of change.
Funding Information
- Up to C$200,000 in grant funding available for recipients.
Eligibility Criteria
- The CEC is calling for initiatives meeting the following criteria:
- Support community resilience to climate change and climate-related impacts.
- Benefit underserved and vulnerable communities, and/or Indigenous communities, and ensure the meaningful participation of local residents.
- Include a sound implementation plan, that identifies actors, actions, beneficiaries, goals, and tangible, measurable results.
- Create formal or informal partnerships, collaborations or linkages among relevant stakeholders.
- The EJ4Climate grant program welcomes projects that, for example, address extreme weather impacts, support the transition to clean energy and/or transportation systems, conduct conservation or restoration works, or employ traditional ecological knowledge to address climate change impacts.
- Eligible applicants include nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), civil society groups, environmental groups, community-based associations, faith-based organizations, tribal nations, and Indigenous Peoples and communities.
For more information, visit http://www.cec.org/media/media-releases/us2m-ej4climate-grant-program-calls-for-new-project-proposals/