8. Funding and R&D
Turning Climate Ideas into Bankable, Financed Projects
A dedicated platform for identifying funding opportunities, developing bankable climate projects, supporting concept notes, and promoting collaborative research.
8.1 Funding Opportunities
Local, Regional & International Funding Windows
Local Funding
- National government programmes
- Domestic climate budgets
Regional Funding
- Regional development banks
- South-South cooperation funds
International Funding
- Green Climate Fund (GCF)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- Adaptation Fund
- Climate Investment Funds
- UN grants
- EU climate funding
- Philanthropic grants
- Research calls
8.2 Project Incubation Desk
- Concept note development
- Proposal writing
- Logical framework support
- Budget templates
- Theory of change templates
- Risk matrix templates
- Monitoring and evaluation templates
8.3 Bankable Climate Projects
Adaptation projectsMitigation projectsNature-based solutionsRenewable energy projectsWater resilience projectsClimate-smart agriculture projectsDisaster risk reduction projectsCarbon market projects
18.3 Bankable Project Facility
From Concept to Financed Project
A structured pathway to move your climate project idea toward bankability.
01
Submit Project Idea
Share your concept through the online intake form.
02
Request Technical Support
Get matched with concept-note and proposal-writing expertise.
03
Match with Experts
Connect with CoE researchers and technical advisors.
04
Match with Funders
Align your project with GCF, GEF, Adaptation Fund and other windows.
05
Track Project Development
Follow progress from concept to bankable, financed project.
8.4 R&D Collaboration
- Joint research calls
- CoE research clusters
- Research matchmaking
- Research mobility
- Lab-to-policy translation
- Technology demonstration projects
8.5 Conceptual Writing Support
- Concept notes
- Policy briefs
- Working papers
- Technical reports
- Grant proposals
- Project documents
- Event concept notes
- Outcome documents
18.2 Carbon Markets
- Carbon credit basics
- Article 6 resources
- Voluntary carbon markets
- Result-based financing
- National carbon market policies
- Project examples
18.1 Climate Finance Helpdesk