The second call for proposals under the Climate Action Engagement Fund is now open! We aim to provide financial support to organisations and groups promoting just transition and climate justice in the European Union.
Types of activities:
- Raising awareness, critical understanding, and public engagement about climate justice and just transition.
- Mobilising people in Europe to act for climate justice and just transition.
- Engaging with decision-makers in order to drive change.
Priorities:
- Cross-cutting priorities around a Just Transition: for instance, promoting an intersectional approach to climate justice, connecting climate and social justice, fostering stronger solidarity between people from the Global North and Global South.
- Just transition, with a focus on housing & energy: strengthening the link between climate, social and housing justice.
- A European Budget for a Socially Just Green Transition: bringing awareness to and fostering a public debate around the upcoming EU budget negotiations.
Who we are funding:
- We want to support small to medium organisations and groups based in the EU. This includes those that usually work with small budgets, have small teams, or find it hard to get grants or core funding.
- We strongly encourage organisations and groups led by women/non-binary, youth, frontline communities, people with disability or people with a marginalised background or identity to apply.
Funding categories:
- Category 1: up to € 100,000.
- Category 2: up to € 10,000.
Project duration:
From 6 to 19 months. Projects can start as early as April 1st, 2026.
Deadline to apply:
26 January 2026, 6:00PM CET.
To learn more about the priorities of the call, funding available, eligibility and how to apply, please read the full call for proposals.
Register here to join our online Q&A session, on 7 January 2026 at 11:30-13:00 (CET). For any question or issue with accessibility, please feel free to contact us at fundingfairerfutures@caneurope.org and we will do our best to answer and/or find a solution.
This call is one of five currently open within the Funding Fairer Futures initiative. Each fund has its own priorities, eligibility criteria and geographical focus, we recommend you read carefully the description of the five funds, to make sure you apply for the funding opportunity that best fits your organisation’s needs and profile.
Each Fund will hold its own information session, for more information, visit the webpages of the different funds below:
- Climate Action Engagement Fund: Coordinated by CAN Europe, this fund supports civil society organisations and groups promoting just transition and climate justice in the European Union.
- Feminist Climate Action Fund: Coordinated by WECF, this fund supports feminist informal action groups and civil society organisations in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain and Sweden to advance inclusive climate action.
- Youth Climate Changemakers Fund: Coordinated by GCE, this fund supports youth-led nonprofit organisations in the European Union in implementing inclusive climate justice activities.
- Global Connections for Climate Justice Fund / Inclusive Climate Action Seed Grants Fund: Coordinated by CBM Ireland, this fund only supports Organisations of Persons with Disabilities, and in selected Asian, African and Pacific Islands in implementing disability inclusive climate activities.
- Regenerative Communities Fund: Coordinated by ECOLISE, this fund supports community-led initiatives working on climate action, regeneration, or just transition, in Croatia, Finland, France, Portugal and Spain.
About Funding Fairer Futures: Funding Fairer Futures is an initiative dedicated to strengthening the climate movement and building capacities for an inclusive, just transformation, by ensuring that the needs and perspectives of diverse stakeholders, including often marginalised communities, are heard and reflected in climate action.
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