Thematic selection procedure 2020International
Climate Initiative (IKI)

Status of the procedure

We received 247 project ideas.

Project outlines could be submitted in the period from 11 November 2020 to 10 March 2021.

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Online Seminar

For interested applicants, IKI offered an online seminar on the procedure, providing some guidance, insights and updates.

Further information and presentation.

Funding priorities

• Developing opportunities: climate-compatible economic policy perspectives as a driver for more ambitious NDCs
• Developing skills and ideas: establishing an educational landscape on the issue of climate action
• Support for national development banks as a driver for investment in climate action, in particular in sustainable urban infrastructure
• Climate-conscious energy transition in the building sector with a focus on heating and cooling
• Climate action in maritime transport
• Beyond borders: climate-conscious economic development in Eastern Partnership countries in the context of the EU Green Deal
• Climate/water nexus: integrated water resource management in West and Central Africa
• Combating desertification: traditional and sustainable land use concepts in open land ecosystems
• Bonn Challenge: innovative approaches to regional seed supply
• Pandemic preparedness: natural protective barriers between humans and animals by expanding, linking and improving protected areas
• From pilot to application: expanding climate-conscious and biodiversity-friendly land use and production in fishing, agriculture and forestry
• Shifting the trillions: innovative approaches to leveraging and redirecting private sector capital for climate financing
• Biodiversity-friendly and climate-conscious financial systems in response to COVID-19