Canadian Climate Partnerships Initiative – Funding opportunity by invitation only

BY INVITATION ONLY: only organizations invited by Global Affairs Canada may apply to this call.

Programme: Global Affairs Canada — international assistance funding

Funder: Global Affairs Canada

Status: Application period underway

Application deadline: November 17, 2026

Target countries / region: ODA-eligible countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Eligible applicants: Canadian organizations that received funding from Partnering for Climate (see page for details)

Funding: Estimated project value: CAD $10,000,000 – CAD $25,000,000 Total funding envelope: Up to CAD $100,000,000 Managed projects in sub-Saharan Africa with a value exceeding CAD $10,000,000.

This funding opportunity will be administered through a Global Affairs Canada’s (GAC’s) Department-Initiated – Multiple Invitations (DI-MI) mechanism . Only organizations invited by GAC are eligible to apply. Please continue to check the Funding opportunities for international assistance page regularly for future climate finance related partnership opportunities.

Application period September 22, 2026 – November 17, 2026 Invited organizations have between September 22, 2026, and November 17, 2026, at 12:00 (noon) Eastern Time, to apply.

Objectives

Contribute to more secure, low-carbon and climate-resilient economies in Sub-Saharan Africa through effective and sustained adaptation and mitigation benefits for women, men, youth, and their communities, particularly those most vulnerable to climate impacts.

Description The initiative seeks projects that expand proven approaches, strengthen local ownership and sustainability, and generate lasting adaptation benefits while contributing to lower-carbon development pathways where relevant. Projects must take a gender-responsive approach to project design and implementation.

- Geographic focus: Sub-Saharan Africa

- Estimated project value: CAD $10,000,000 – CAD $25,000,000

- Number of projects to be funded: Zero or up to six

- Primary focus: Climate change adaptation, climate-smart agriculture, nature-based solutions

- Total funding envelope: Up to CAD $100,000,000

Eligibility (by invitation only)

Organizations invited to submit an application met the following requirements: Canadian organizations that received funding under Partnering for Climate and within the last 5 years:

- Demonstrated the strongest:

- Project management and implementation; - Strategic alignment with Canada’s international climate priorities; - Ability to rapidly design and deploy new programming; and, - Prospects for sustainability and institutional anchoring. - Demonstrated the highest potential to scale up or deepen previously achieved results. - Implemented international development projects that simultaneously contributed to: - Inclusive climate-smart agriculture; - Inclusive nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation; and, - Climate-resilient livelihoods targeting the most vulnerable groups. - Managed projects in sub-Saharan Africa with a value exceeding CAD $10,000,000. - Partnered with one or more of the following as part of international development projects: the Canadian private sector, academic or research institutions, and/or the philanthropic community.

Please note: An invitation to participate in this process is not a promise or guarantee of funding.

If you have any questions, please email [contact details removed] .

Organizations invited to apply (in alphabetical order) - Alinea international - Canadian Foodgrains Bank - Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie - International Institute for Sustainable Development - Mission inclusion - Plan International Canada - SOCODEVI - UPA Développement international

Date modified:

2026-09-21