Grants für die Klimakonferenz COP30 in Belém, Brasilien 2025

Grants for the COP30 Climate Conference in Belém, Brazil 2025

Die Klimakonferenz der Vereinten Nationen, bekannt als COP (Conference of the Parties), ist ein zentrales Ereignis im globalen Kampf gegen den Klimawandel. Die 30. Ausgabe dieser wichtigen Konferenz, COP30, findet im Jahr 2025 in Belém, Brasilien, statt. Diese Veranstaltung bietet nicht nur eine Plattform für politische Entscheidungsträger, Wissenschaftler und Aktivisten, sondern auch für zahlreiche Unterstützungsprogramme, darunter verschiedene Grants, die es ermöglichen, dass mehr Menschen und Organisationen teilhaben können.

Warum Grants für COP30 wichtig sind

Die Teilnahme an COP-Konferenzen ist oft mit hohen Kosten verbunden – für Reisekosten, Unterkunft, Verpflegung und Organisation. Gerade für Vertreter aus Entwicklungsländern, junge Aktivisten oder kleinere NGOs sind diese Hürden oft schwer zu überwinden. Grants helfen dabei, diese Barrieren abzubauen und eine vielfältige und inklusive Beteiligung sicherzustellen. So können Stimmen aus unterschiedlichsten Regionen und gesellschaftlichen Gruppen gehört werden, was für gerechte und nachhaltige Klimapolitik unerlässlich ist.

Welche Arten von Grants gibt es für COP30?

1. Reisestipendien: Diese Grants decken die Kosten für Flug, Unterkunft und Verpflegung während der Konferenz. Sie richten sich insbesondere an Delegierte aus Entwicklungsländern, indigene Vertreter sowie junge Klimaaktivisten.
2. Projektförderungen: Manche Grants unterstützen die Entwicklung von innovativen Projekten oder Kampagnen, die während oder im Zusammenhang mit COP30 vorgestellt werden. Ziel ist es, kreative Ansätze zur Klimaanpassung oder -minderung zu fördern.
3. Forschungsgelder: Für Wissenschaftler und Forscher gibt es spezielle Förderungen, um Studien und Berichte vorzubereiten, die auf der Konferenz präsentiert werden können.
4. Capacity Building Grants: Diese unterstützen Workshops, Trainings und Bildungsmaßnahmen, die vor oder während der Konferenz stattfinden, um die Fähigkeiten und das Wissen der Teilnehmer zu stärken.

Wie kann man sich für Grants bewerben?

Die Bewerbungsprozesse für Grants im Zusammenhang mit COP30 werden in der Regel von verschiedenen Organisationen, Stiftungen oder der UNFCCC selbst ausgeschrieben. Interessierte sollten:

• Frühzeitig die offiziellen Webseiten der UNFCCC und der COP30-Veranstalter besuchen.
• Sich über spezifische Kriterien und Fristen informieren.
• Ein überzeugendes Bewerbungsschreiben mit einem klaren Projekt- oder Teilnahmeplan vorbereiten.
• Gegebenenfalls Referenzen oder Nachweise über bisherige Aktivitäten beilegen.

Warum ist COP30 in Belém ein besonderer Anlass?

Belém, die Hauptstadt des brasilianischen Bundesstaates Pará, liegt im Herzen des Amazonasbeckens – einem der wichtigsten Ökosysteme der Erde. Die Wahl dieses Ortes unterstreicht die Bedeutung des Schutzes des Regenwaldes für das globale Klima. Die Grants zur COP30 ermöglichen es daher besonders auch lokalen und indigenen Gemeinschaften, ihre Perspektiven einzubringen und globale Aufmerksamkeit auf ihre Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze zu lenken.

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Grants spielen eine entscheidende Rolle dabei, die COP30 in Belém zu einem inklusiven und wirkungsvollen Ereignis zu machen. Sie ermöglichen es einer breiten Vielfalt von Akteuren, sich aktiv an den wichtigen Debatten und Entscheidungen zu beteiligen, die unsere Zukunft auf der Erde bestimmen werden. Wer Interesse hat, an der COP30 teilzunehmen, sollte sich frühzeitig über mögliche Förderungen informieren und die Chance nutzen, Teil dieser globalen Klimabewegung zu sein.

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Environmental Sustainability

National Science Foundation

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Description: Supports engineering research on sustainable systems that balance human well-being and ecological protection, emphasizing long-term impact and interdisciplinary approaches. The program promotes sustainable engineered systems that support human well-being, with awards for research on innovative and sustainable practices and solutions.

Relevance: This project aligns strongly with NSF’s focus on sustainable engineered systems, addressing carbon sequestration, renewable energy, and innovative spatial design. Its interdisciplinary emphasis on ecology, engineering, and long-term climate impact fits the program’s priorities for advancing human well-being via sustainable solutions.

Modification required: Highlight the engineering research components, specifying how data collection, modeling, and validation methods address broader NSF review criteria. Emphasize the technical innovation in fractal arrangements and provide a clear plan for measuring and verifying long-term sustainability outcomes.View opportunityNot a fit

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IKI Large Grants – ILG Call 2025

International Climate Initiative (IKI), managed by Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH

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Description: The IKI Large Grants address current challenges in climate change mitigation, adaptation to the impacts of climate change, and biodiversity conservation. The programme annually funds large-scale projects that contribute towards international climate action and biodiversity protection, with the current call expected to launch at COP30 in Brazil.

Relevance: This proposal aligns strongly with IKI’s emphasis on climate mitigation, offering a comprehensive approach combining biomass-based carbon sequestration, renewable energy, and novel spatial design. Its focus on increasing CO₂ capture, plus solar integration, fits directly with IKI’s strategic goals.

Modification required: Strengthen the quantitative biodiversity components, refine the fractal arrangement data to further validate its efficiency gains, and ensure that local ecological and socio-economic benefits are clearly demonstrated to align with IKI’s large-scale climate action objectives.View opportunity

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Catalyzing Agroforestry Grant Program (CAGP)

Edwards Mother Earth Foundation

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Description: The Catalyzing Agroforestry Grant Program (CAGP) funds projects that implement a variety of agroforestry techniques, including alley cropping, forest farming, riparian forest buffers, silvopasture, urban food forests, and windbreaks. The program supports efforts to increase ecosystem sustainability and diversity by scaling up agroforestry practices, offering technical assistance and direct financial support to eligible applicants.

Relevance: The proposed integrated agroforestry system—combining coconut palm biomass production, additional vegetation, and fractal designs—strongly aligns with the Catalyzing Agroforestry Grant Program’s focus on scaling up diverse agroforestry practices to enhance sustainability and ecosystem services. The inclusion of solar energy generation further broadens the climate mitigation potential, making the project a compelling fit for this grant opportunity.

Modification required: Strengthen the application by explicitly framing the fractal-based planting strategy within recognized agroforestry approaches (e.g., alley cropping or forest farming), and emphasize measurable outcomes related to biodiversity, soil health, and community engagement to more clearly address program goals.View opportunity

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Green Climate Fund (GCF) Project Funding

Green Climate Fund

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Description: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the world’s largest dedicated multilateral climate fund designed to accelerate transformative climate action in developing countries. GCF supports projects and programs that address climate change adaptation and mitigation, promoting country-owned approaches and flexible financial solutions.

Relevance: This proposal closely aligns with GCF’s focus on transformative climate mitigation and adaptation, combining biomass-based carbon sequestration with solar generation to achieve measurable CO₂ reductions. It also fits GCF’s emphasis on scalable, country-driven solutions and innovative financing for climate impact.

Modification required: Partner with or become an Accredited Entity to ensure eligibility, and refine the proposal by detailing how local stakeholders and communities will be involved, highlighting co-benefits beyond carbon reduction (such as livelihoods, resilience, and capacity-building).View opportunity

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Carbon Sequestration Fellowships 2025

Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

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Description: The Carbon Sequestration Fellowships 2025 supports MSc and PhD students of all nationalities in projects related to carbon sequestration. The fellowship involves application review, interviews, and selection phases, with final awards publicly announced.

Relevance: This proposal is highly relevant to the Carbon Sequestration Fellowships 2025 because it focuses on innovative carbon sequestration methods and is rooted in academic research, aligning well with the fellowship’s goal of supporting graduate studies on carbon reduction strategies.

Modification required: Emphasize how the fractal design and solar integration will be systematically studied (e.g., data collection methodology, replicability) to strengthen the research component and highlight feasibility for graduate-level investigation.View opportunity

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Standard Action Projects (SAPs) for Climate Change Mitigation

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

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Description: This call, part of the LIFE Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (2021–2027), supports projects focusing on climate change mitigation. It aims to fund initiatives that significantly contribute to a transition towards a sustainable, climate-resilient, and low-carbon economy in Europe. The overall LIFE Programme budget supports nature conservation, environmental protection, climate action, and the clean energy transition.[4][1][3]

Relevance: This proposal strongly addresses the call’s goals of mitigating climate change by combining biological carbon capture, fractal-based biomass optimization, and solar power. The approach fits the LIFE Programme focus on sustainable and low-carbon solutions, making it highly relevant, provided that the applicant institution meets the EU/associated country eligibility criteria.

Modification required: Emphasize direct relevance to European climate objectives, outline a pilot region within the EU or associated countries, and elaborate on technical feasibility and implementation details to strengthen alignment with funding priorities.View opportunity

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IKI Large Grants (ILG Call 2025)

Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH

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Description: The IKI Large Grants fund projects addressing climate change mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity conservation, with an annual ideas competition for large-scale, international initiatives.

Relevance: The project’s focus on large-scale CO₂ sequestration, combined with fractal design and renewable energy, strongly aligns with IKI Large Grants’ emphasis on climate mitigation and international scalability. The approach addresses carbon capture, clean energy generation, and integrates well into the program’s multi-million euro funding scope for impactful, wide-reaching climate solutions.

Modification required: Emphasize additional biodiversity gains and climate adaptation components alongside local community engagement. Strengthen the validation of fractal design benefits, enhance metrics for proven impact, and articulate clear international collaboration and policy integration to align fully with IKI’s evaluation criteria.View opportunity

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IKI Large Grants (ILG Call 2025)

International Climate Initiative

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Description: The IKI Large Grants support large-scale international projects addressing challenges in climate change mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity conservation. Grants are awarded through an annual ideas competition and target high-impact transformation toward sustainable, low-emission, and biodiversity-friendly economies.

Relevance: This proposal aligns well with the funder’s focus on high-impact climate mitigation through its emphasis on large-scale CO₂ sequestration, renewable energy integration, and innovative approaches to biomass cultivation. The university status satisfies eligibility requirements, and the interdisciplinary nature of the project addresses several thematic priorities, including sustainable resource management and emissions reduction. However, the fractal design element may require clearer evidence of its practical value and a robust implementation plan to demonstrate real-world impact in diverse contexts.

Modification required: Strengthen the project’s biodiversity and adaptation components (e.g., selecting plant species for habitat restoration), provide a cost-effectiveness analysis to justify fractal design benefits, and detail how the methodology will scale and integrate with local communities across different regions.View opportunity

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LIFE-2025-SAP-CLIMA – Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – Standard Action Projects (SAP)

European Commission (LIFE Programme)

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Description: A call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation under the Programme for Environment and Climate Action (LIFE). The projects aim to develop, demonstrate and promote innovative techniques, methods and approaches for climate change adaptation.

Relevance: This integrated project strongly aligns with LIFE’s climate change mitigation objectives through its innovative approach to CO₂ sequestration using coconut palms, additional vegetation, fractal design, and solar energy for emission offsets, demonstrating a potentially scalable climate solution.

Modification required: To refine the proposal, provide more detailed demonstration plans, stakeholder engagement strategies, and clear measurement methodologies for verifying long-term carbon offset and adaptation outcomes at an operational scale.View opportunity

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Salata Institute Seed Grant Program in Climate and Sustainability

Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University

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Description: The Salata Institute Seed Grant Program supports Harvard faculty in conducting early-stage, interdisciplinary research on climate and sustainability. The program funds research, collaborations, and workshops focused on understudied or emerging topics in climate change and sustainability.

Relevance: This project strongly aligns with the Salata Institute Seed Grant’s focus on early-stage, interdisciplinary climate research by exploring a novel approach to CO₂ sequestration and clean energy integration. Its emphasis on sustainability, use of innovative fractal design, and potential large-scale carbon offset positions it well within the program’s objectives for emerging or understudied climate solutions.

Modification required: Highlight the proposal’s interdisciplinary framework by detailing how collaborators from fields like ecology, engineering, and design will be engaged. Provide a clear plan for measuring and validating the fractal design’s contribution to carbon sequestration, including any pilot data or partnerships that will substantiate methodology and outcomes.View opportunity

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LIFE-2025-SAP-CLIMA – Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – Standard Action Projects

European Commission

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Description: A call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation under the Programme for Environment. The program supports projects that develop, demonstrate and promote innovative techniques, methods and approaches for climate action.

Relevance: This project aligns well with the LIFE-2025-SAP-CLIMA focus on innovating climate mitigation and demonstrates a clear methodology for CO₂ sequestration and emission displacement through integrated ecological and solar strategies. Its novel combination of fractal design, coconut palms, and Hügelbeetkultur directly addresses the grant’s emphasis on demonstrable and scalable climate solutions.

Modification required: Include robust data on scalability and replication potential, clarify the measurable impact of fractal design on CO₂ uptake, and provide details on how these approaches can be adapted to various regional contexts to meet EU-wide climate targets.View opportunity

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Grants for Cooperation on Sustainability Science with CAS-TWAS Centres of Excellence

The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

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Description: The Grants for Cooperation on Sustainability Science with CAS-TWAS Centres of Excellence aim to foster international collaboration among TWAS Members and Young Affiliates through joint research projects aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Projects must involve a TWAS Member or Young Affiliate and a CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence, focusing on sustainability science in areas such as green technology, biotechnology, climate and environmental sciences, water and environment, emerging infectious diseases, and space technology for disaster mitigation.

Relevance: This proposal strongly aligns with the grant’s emphasis on sustainability science, especially in climate and environmental sciences, by focusing on carbon sequestration and green technology integration. The project’s innovative approach to maximizing CO₂ capture through coconut palms and fractal design could be a good fit for collaboration with a CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence to further validate and scale its methods.

Modification required: Strengthen the international collaboration component by partnering with a relevant CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence for empirical data on fractal design impacts and ensuring the research aligns closely with specific SDG targets outlined in the program.View opportunity

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LIFE Calls for Proposals 2025

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), European Commission

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Description: The LIFE Programme is the European Union’s major funding instrument dedicated to supporting environmental, nature conservation, and climate action projects throughout the EU. The 2025 calls invite proposals for innovative initiatives in areas including nature and biodiversity, circular economy and quality of life, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and clean energy transition. A total budget of €600 million is available for projects within these themes, supporting ideas to conserve nature, protect the environment, take climate action, or help Europe transition to clean energy.

Relevance: This proposal strongly aligns with the LIFE Programme’s focus on climate mitigation, nature-centered innovation, and clean energy transition by integrating biomimicry, renewable power, and CO₂ sequestration strategies. Its holistic approach to carbon offset fits the EU’s climate priorities.

Modification required: Highlight how the coconut-based system can be adapted to European contexts, include biodiversity co-benefits beyond carbon sequestration, and detail compliance with EU standards or regulations to strengthen eligibility and impact.View opportunity

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IKI Large Grants – International Climate Initiative (IKI) Large Grants Call 2025

International Climate Initiative (IKI)

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Description: The International Climate Initiative (IKI) Large Grants Call 2025 supports large, transformative projects that accelerate sustainable, biodiversity-friendly, low-emission development in emerging and developing countries. The initiative targets projects that contribute to the implementation and further development of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs). Projects are selected via an ideas competition, with eligible organizations invited to submit outlines for one of nine thematic priorities.

Relevance: This proposal strongly aligns with IKI’s priorities by integrating large-scale carbon sequestration and renewable energy in an innovative, biodiversity-friendly approach suitable for developing regions. Its focus on coconut-based afforestation, fractal optimization, and solar offsets addresses both NDC objectives and the transformative climate impact IKI seeks.

Modification required: Strengthen the link to specific NDC or biodiversity strategies in targeted countries and provide a clearer implementation roadmap that includes measurable monitoring indicators to demonstrate feasibility and scalability.View opportunity

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LIFE-2025-SAP-CLIMA – Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – Standard Action Projects (SAP)

European Commission (European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency – CINEA)

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Description: This call supports innovative projects that develop, demonstrate, and promote novel techniques, methods, and approaches for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The projects should aim at accelerating technology roll-out, digitalisation, business model innovation, attracting private finance for sustainable energy, supporting local and regional investment projects, and empowering citizens for the clean energy transition.

Relevance: The proposed project strongly aligns with the call’s aims for climate change mitigation and adaptation, showing innovation through integrated solar and fractal design for increased carbon sequestration and energy generation. The methodology and focus on scaling solutions fit well with LIFE’s objective to demonstrate and promote novel sustainability approaches that can be replicated.

Modification required: Emphasize how digitalization or monitoring tools could optimize fractal design and solar integration, provide a clear plan for broader replication and stakeholder engagement, and outline business model innovation or financing strategies to attract private investment in expanded deployment.View opportunity

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LIFE Programme Call for Proposals 2025

Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITECO), Spain & European Commission (LIFE Programme)

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Description: The LIFE Programme 2025 funds innovative projects supporting environment, climate action, and energy transition across the EU. It covers a wide range of topics including nature and biodiversity, circular economy, climate mitigation and adaptation, and clean energy transition. Eligible projects may include standard action projects, strategic nature/integrated projects, technical assistance, legislative priority projects, and operating grants for NGOs.

Relevance: The project strongly aligns with LIFE’s climate action and energy transition goals by combining carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems with solar energy generation, demonstrating significant mitigation potential and innovative land-use approaches.

Modification required: Strengthen the EU context by detailing the European applicability of coconut-based agroforestry (e.g., adaptability, replication potential) and highlight clear metrics for climate impact, feasibility within EU climate strategies, and project scalability to meet LIFE’s evaluation criteria.View opportunity

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IKI Large Grants (ILG Call 2025)

International Climate Initiative (IKI)

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Description: The IKI Large Grants support ambitious international projects addressing climate change mitigation, adaptation to climate impacts, and biodiversity conservation. The program bases its thematic priorities on decisions from international negotiations under the UNFCCC and CBD, with an emphasis on bilateral cooperation with IKI priority countries. Funding is provided to consortia of organizations and companies, not individuals or partner country governments, for large-scale projects that run up to 8 years and operate at bilateral, regional, or global levels.

Relevance: This proposal strongly aligns with IKI’s climate mitigation focus through its combined carbon sequestration and solar energy approach, and the applicant (a university) is an eligible institution type. The project’s data-driven methodology, scalable design, and potential for broad climate impact make it well-suited for the Large Grants’ emphasis on international environmental objectives.

Modification required: Emphasize clear bilateral or regional partnerships in priority countries, integrate biodiversity conservation elements more explicitly (e.g., local species enrichment in the fractal design), and clarify the project’s capacity to operate at the large scale IKI favors.View opportunity

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IKI Large Grants – ILG Call 2025

Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH

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Description: The IKI Large Grants address current challenges in climate change mitigation, adaptation to the impacts of climate change, and biodiversity conservation. The call seeks project ideas addressing these core climate and biodiversity issues in eligible partner countries.

Relevance: This proposal directly addresses climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration and solar energy, aligning with the IKI Large Grants focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting sustainable solutions. As a university, the applicant is eligible and the work is well positioned to meet the funder’s criteria on climate change and biodiversity.

Modification required: To strengthen the bid, emphasize how the fractal agroforestry system can also enhance biodiversity, possibly by integrating diverse plant species and monitoring local ecosystem benefits, illustrating a robust adaptation and conservation strategy.View opportunity

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LIFE-2025-SAP-CLIMA

European Union

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Description: This call focuses on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation under the LIFE Programme for Environment and Climate Action, aiming to support the European Green Deal.

Relevance: The project’s integrated approach to large-scale CO₂ sequestration, combining both biological and renewable-energy components, is highly relevant to the LIFE Programme’s climate change mitigation goals under the European Green Deal. Its novel fractal design aspect and replicable methodology align well with the call’s emphasis on scalable, impactful solutions.

Modification required: Explicitly detail how the fractal-based system can be demonstrated, replicated, and adapted for various EU contexts, ensuring strong alignment with LIFE’s requirement for replication and exploitation plans.View opportunity

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LIFE-2024-SAP-CLIMA – Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – Standard Action Projects (SAP)

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

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Description: This call provides EU action grants under the LIFE Programme for Environment and Climate Action, focusing on climate change mitigation, adaptation, and governance. It aims to support projects that contribute to the transition towards a sustainable, energy-efficient, renewable energy-based, climate-neutral and -resilient economy, improve climate governance and information, and enhance the implementation of the EU’s climate policy framework.[1][4][5]

Relevance: This proposal directly targets climate change mitigation by combining biological carbon sequestration with renewable energy and innovative spacing strategies, aligning closely with LIFE’s focus on sustainable, climate-neutral solutions. Its integrated approach addressing both CO₂ reduction and resilience makes it highly relevant for the call’s objectives.

Modification required: To strengthen competitiveness, clearly detail compliance with EU climate frameworks, demonstrate replicability at broader scales, and provide robust data supporting fractal design benefits and CO₂ calculations.View opportunity

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LIFE-2025-SAP-CLIMA – Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

European Union

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Sep 4, 2025

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Description: This grant focuses on climate change mitigation and adaptation under the LIFE Programme, supporting projects that contribute to the European Green Deal.

Relevance: The proposal strongly aligns with the LIFE-2025-SAP-CLIMA priorities, demonstrating a clear focus on climate change mitigation through innovative CO₂ sequestration and renewable energy approaches that could serve as a replicable blueprint. It directly addresses key EU Green Deal objectives by combining biological CO₂ removal with solar power for reduced fossil fuel reliance.

Modification required: Strengthen the proposal’s alignment with EU policy by detailing specific adaptation measures, clarifying how site conditions integrate into broader European contexts, and expanding on a comprehensive dissemination/replication strategy that meets the LIFE Programme’s requirements for scaling impact across member states.View opportunity

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LIFE 2025 Standard Action Projects – Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

European Commission

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€5,000,000

Description: The LIFE Programme 2025 call for Standard Action Projects (SAPs) under the sub-programme ‚Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation‘ aims to support projects that contribute to the implementation, updating, and development of Union policy and legislation on climate action. The call focuses on projects that address climate change mitigation, adaptation and related governance or information measures, with a total of €600 million allocated across LIFE topics for nature conservation, climate, and environmental action.

Relevance: This proposal strongly aligns with the LIFE 2025 focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation by combining carbon sequestration in biomass with solar energy substitution, offering measurable CO₂ reductions and a replicable model. The use of fractal design principles might need additional clarification but does not detract from the clear climate action relevance of this agrivoltaic approach.

Modification required: Provide more detail on the scientific basis and quantitative metrics for fractal design efficiency, and clearly outline how the proposed methods can be scaled and replicated across diverse EU regions to bolster the project’s policy impact and competitiveness.View opportunity

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IKI Large Grants (Ideas Competition/Call 2025)

International Climate Initiative

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Nov 21, 2025

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Description: The IKI Large Grants program provides substantial funding (between 5 and 20 million euros per project) for initiatives addressing climate change mitigation, adaptation to climate impacts, and biodiversity conservation. Funded projects should align with international frameworks such as the UNFCCC and CBD, and focus on bilateral, regional, or global activities according to annually set thematic priorities. The grants are aimed at consortia involving several organizations/companies.

Relevance: This proposal aligns well with IKI’s emphasis on climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration and renewable energy, while also presenting potential synergies with biodiversity if elaborated. As a university-led initiative, it is likely eligible and addresses UNFCCC objectives by lowering emissions and enhancing ecological resilience.

Modification required: Highlight additional biodiversity components, integrate clear links to international frameworks (CBD, UNFCCC), and include more consortium partners to strengthen the project’s regional or global relevance.View opportunity

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LIFE-2024-SAP-CLIMA – Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – Standard Action Projects (SAP)

European Commission

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Description: This call provides EU action grants for projects in the field of climate change mitigation and adaptation under the LIFE Programme for Environment and Climate Action. Applicants may submit proposals for one of three topics: climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, or climate governance and information. Standard Action Projects (SAPs) aim to contribute to the EU’s environmental and climate objectives through demonstration of pilot actions, results replication, and environmental innovation.

Relevance: The proposal strongly aligns with LIFE’s climate change mitigation objectives by combining carbon sequestration, biomass production, and solar energy generation, all of which are innovative and demonstrable approaches fitting the call’s standard action project criteria.

Modification required: Clarify the replicability and scalability within EU or associated contexts, and emphasize how the fractal approach and agrivoltaics can be demonstrated as a pilot with strong potential for broader adoption and measurable climate impact.View opportunity