Call for Proposals: UNEP Mountains ADAPT Small Grants 2026 (up to $30,000) – YOA

Deadline: September 15, 2026

Proposals are invited for the UNEP Mountains ADAPT Small Grants 2026. The small grants assist inclusive ecosystem-primarily based approaches that reply to local weather change impacts in mountains and assist communities defend their pure surroundings and enhance their livelihoods.

Mountains ADAPT small grants search to assist concepts that harness the facility of neighborhood-pushed options to adapt to local weather change’s impacts. They acknowledge the pressing want to tackle the challenges posed by local weather change from climate extremes inflicting flooding or droughts to altering ecosystem companies and water availability.

Whether it’s implementing nature-primarily based options, fostering sustainable agriculture practices, enhancing meals safety and various earnings alternatives whereas preserving pure sources – each concept has the potential to make a difference!

Benefits

• The Mountains ADAPT small grants venture gives up to $30,000 USD in the direction of the design and implementation of impactful options for local weather change impacts on mountain communities.
• Successful neighborhood-primarily based organizations will obtain capability growth and coaching assist to implement the proposed resolution of their neighborhood.

Eligibility

Applicants ought to:

• Be a domestically primarily based, duly registered non-governmental group working in a mountain area of the benefitting international locations within the East African neighborhood (DRC, Somalia, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania).
• Address a mountain local weather change problem or vulnerability with the proposed venture with a robust deal with ecosystem-primarily based adaptation method.
• Have prior expertise working instantly with mountain communities.

Application

In the application kind neighborhood-primarily based organizations are kindly requested to present data on:

• Organization capability and expertise: together with registration quantity and related expertise (earlier tasks) of their mountain area.
• Issue to clear up: local weather change dangers and impacts the venture goals to tackle, supported by visible proof.
• Proposed resolution: a nature-primarily based method that responds to local people wants and integrates gender issues.
• Beneficiaries: identification of goal teams and anticipated neighborhood advantages.
• Attachments: group’s registration certificates and nationwide ID or passport of the authorized consultant and proof of earlier expertise.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to UNEP Mountains ADAPT Small Grants.