Global EbA Fund to Adapt Adverse Effects of Climate Change

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Applications for Global EbA Fund are now open to create enabling environments for the uptake and mainstreaming of Ecosystem-based Adaptation to climate change.

Global EbA Fund Funding Tracks

In 2023 the Global EbA Fund introduced two funding tracks:

• General EbA project proposals track

• Thematic proposals track

Strategic Objectives

• Strategic Objective 1: To build awareness and understanding of the critical role of natural assets in underpinning resilience, expand the knowledge and evidence base to help make the case for working with people and nature, and enhance institutional capacities for mainstreaming EbA into national plans and policy frameworks and vertical integration and alignment of EbA across sectors.

• Strategic Objective 2: To address planning and other governance gaps in policy and regulatory environments to increase the attractiveness and feasibility of using and upscaling ecosystem-based approaches for climate change adaptation

• Strategic Objective 3: To expand access to sustainable short- and long-term finance mechanisms for applying and scaling up ecosystem-based approaches for climate change adaptation, including the incentivisation of private sector investment in EbA and reducing EbA’s dependence on high management capacity and continuous financial input.

Funding Information

• Catalyse impact with a Global EbA Fund contribution of USD 50,000 to USD 250,000 and are either global, thematic, or targeted to one or more countries which are eligible for official development assistance (ODA).

• The Fund encourages project durations of up to 24 months, but may consider up to 36 months. Additional justification is required for projects seeking longer than 24 months.

What they fund?

In summary, the Global EbA Fund supports projects that:

• Contribute to an enabling environment for the implementation of ecosystembased adaptation to climate change and ultimately aligns with the Friends of EBA EbA Qualification Criteria & Quality Standards.

• Result in catalytic impact and/or are innovative, such as by piloting innovative approaches for EbA, removing barriers from upscaling EbA interventions at the policy or landscape levels, strategic and focused EbA policy mainstreaming, supporting innovative finance mechanisms for EbA, incentivising private sector investment in EbA, and supporting unlikely matches between partners; shifting business models.

• Add value to or upscale existing work. Projects should fill a gap in existing work, address a knowledge gap, contribute to policy upscaling, enhance the impact of an investment in EbA, and/or serve to develop a larger proposal to another funding mechanism. Projects should leverage existing knowledge, standards, partnerships, experiences, and best practices or filling gaps therein to facilitate the creation of enabling environment for increased uptake and/or impact of EbA. Global EbA Fund projects should not be standalone interventions. As such, projects must not focus primarily on field implementation in the scope of the proposal, though field implementation may be a component if clearly justified.

• Prioritise project sustainability and financial continuity. The project should have a clear plan for how results will be maintained and developed past the end of the funding period. This should include environmental, infrastructural, institutional, social and financial sustainability considerations as applicable. If follow-up(s) to the proposed project will require a budget and/or time frame outside of that offered by the Fund - for instance, if the project will develop a larger project proposal to a different funding mechanism - the applicant should clearly articulate anticipated funding options, including any market-based, private sector, or public sector funding opportunities. Exit strategy for the project is a requirement.

Eligibility

• The Global EbA Fund seeks to catalyse new partnerships and collaborations and unlikely matches between new and non-traditional partners. The Fund seeks to reach out beyond traditional actors and constituencies to attract all actors and constituencies relevant to EbA and climate change adaptation.

• The Fund seeks diverse applicants with relevant experience and local partnerships and presence, and who support addressing specific gaps in technical knowledge and understanding among government actors.

• The Fund will consider private sector applicants under certain conditions, for example no funding of sector-specific obligations nor compensatory or replacement measures, for-profit activities, etc. Overall, common public interest will be a top priority. While not required, co-financing from the applicant would demonstrate an institutional investment in the project.

• Categories of eligible recipients are:

  • Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

  • International non-governmental organisations (INGOs)

  • Intergovernmental organisations (IGOs)

  • Community-based organisations (CBOs)

  • Indigenous People’s Organisations

  • Universities and other academic institutions

  • Research institutes and think tanks

  • Private sector companies

  • Consortia of organisations that promote collaboration and greater impact around EbA.

• UNEP country and regional offices and IUCN offices are not currently eligible to apply for funding from the Global EbA Fund.

• In line with current IKI policies, the Fund will not grant directly to government partners but will provide grants to organisations working directly with national, sub-national and local governments to create an enabling environment for EbA and support implementation of strategic partnerships.

Post Date: 27-Jan-2023