Deadline: 31 July 2024
Applications are now open for the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund which will provide technical assistance and funding for 100 mayors to activate young people ages 15 to 24 around the world to design, produce and govern urgent climate solutions in their cities.
From tree-planting or public education campaigns to recycling or waste reduction initiatives to climate change mitigation planning or preparedness programs, efforts funded by the new Youth Climate Action Fund will advance community goals like meeting decarbonization commitments or reducing consumption-based emissions.
Priorities
- Projects funded by the grant should advance the climate action priorities:
- community climate action: TransformWR
- corporate climate action: Pivot: Net-Zero
- community climate adaptation: Community Climate Adaptation Plan, Climate Change and Health Vulnerability Assessment
Funding Information
- Through Bloomberg Philanthropies’ new Youth Climate Action Fund, $50,000 USD to distribute as microgrants ($1,500 CDN to $6,500 CDN) to fund youth-led climate initiatives. They’ll administer this grant in partnership with the GreenHouse, a social impact incubator.
Eligible Projects
- Successful projects should be aligned with the community climate action priorities.
- Youth-led awareness, education, research, and development initiatives, including:
- youth-led climate education programs
- youth climate hackathons
- youth-developed climate surveys and research
- youth-informed clubs or curriculum
- youth-designed public art and awareness campaigns
- Youth-driven climate mitigation and adaptation projects, including:
- youth-led community gardening
- tree planting
- reforestation
- urban farming campaigns
- youth-managed recycling and waste reduction programs
- youth-produced climate resilience workshops
- disaster preparedness programs
- Co-governed youth climate action plans, including:
- partnerships between city leaders and youth groups to inform climate-related policy ideas and decisions
- actions or the formation of youth climate ambassadors
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants and projects must be:
- led by youth ages 15 to 24
- Kitchener-serving and support the climate action priorities
- run by a formally incorporated organization (with a bank account to receive funds) or be a youth-led team partnered with a fiscal sponsor.
For more information, visit Kitchener.
