Deadline: 22 April 2025
The Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund is a provincial Grant Program for local action on climate change in Nova Scotia. It supports community efforts to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions, or to prepare for and respond to the impacts of a changing climate.
Goal
- The goal is to help communities lead their climate action.
Streams
- Climate Change Adaptation Stream: Projects in the Adaptation Stream help communities improve their capacity to adapt to climate change, with the goal of reducing vulnerability and exposure of human and natural systems. Focus areas under this stream include:
- Climate-ready infrastructure
- Ecosystems and nature-based solutions
- Community coordination and planning
- Climate Change Mitigation Stream: Projects in the Mitigation Stream seek to avoid and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to Nova Scotia’s targets for emission reduction. Focus areas under this stream include:
- Buildings
- Transportation
- Energy generation and storage
- Waste management and circular economy
- Carbon storage and sequestration
Funding Information
- The Fund will provide non-repayable grants between $75,000 and $1,000,000 per project that range from 60 – 80% of eligible project costs.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Fund is intended for community organizations and institutions. The following groups are eligible lead applicants:
- Nova Scotia municipalities
- First Nations bands and tribal councils
- Post-secondary institutions
- Registered non-profit organizations active in Nova Scotia
- Collaboration, partnerships, and regional approaches between communities, organizations and sectors are encouraged.
- Applications from organizations of Mi’kmaq peoples, African Nova Scotians, racialized peoples, immigrants, Acadians, individuals living on low incomes, individuals living with disabilities, older adults, youth, 2SLGBTQ+, and women will be favorably considered.
For more information, visit Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund.
