IKI Small Grants is a global funding and capacity development programme that supports impactful local and regional initiatives focused on climate and biodiversity action. It is part of the Int…

Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), and Germany’s International Climate Initiative (IKI) are partnering to make climate and biodiversity financing available for w…

Supporting climate & biodiversity action around the world IKI Small Grants, Germany’s local climate and biodiversity action programme, supports and strengthens local actors worldwide by fostering b…

With support from Germany’s International Climate Initiative, Benin’s National Fund for Environment and Climate (FNEC) is working with local organisations to conserve woodlands and pastures, empower…

Teaming up with IKI Small Grants, the IKI funding programme for local climate and biodiversity action, Botswana’s National Development Bank offered local grants to help farmers transition to renewab…

Small organisations in ODA-eligible countries can apply for funding for climate and biodiversity projects. The IKI Small Grants call for proposals is open until 13 March 2024. This international…

The IKI Small Grants project ‘Strengthening youth and women’s actions for the sustainable protection of the Guma Water Catchment’ in Sierra Leone shows why young people are essential…

On 4/5 April 2023, IKI Small Grants officially launched three projects in Dar-es-Salaam. Their activities will contribute to the efforts of addressing biodiversity loss and climate change in Ta…

In 2022, IKI Small Grants partnered with UK-based Lightful  to support our grant recipients with a series of webinars on digital communications. From the very first introduction, L…

Capacity development is a core element of IKI Small Grants: In addition to financing local projects, IKI Small Grants strengthens more than 200 climate and biodiversity actors worldwide in increasin…

In Ngamiland, north-western Botswana, smallholder farming along the Boro, Thamalakane and Boteti rivers is under growing pressure from erratic rainfall, declining river flows and poor-quality…

IKI Small Grants is funding a project by the nongovernmental organisation Tanzania Wote Equality Alliance (TAWEA) that aims to address significant forest degradation in the Forest Reserve Makere…

With support from IKI Small Grants funding, an acclaimed local Palestinian non-profit NGO enhances air quality and urban greenery in Ramallah. The initiative creates impact through jobs for…

Due to more frequent droughts and decreasing rainfall, Zimbabwe’s Chiwundura County experiences shifts in groundwater recharge and low crop yields. This threatens both water and food security…

The Community Managed Gulf of Tribugá – Cabo Corrientes Marine Protected Area is an important breeding ground for humpback whales in Colombia’s Pacific Coast. Whale watching tourism is one of the…

Cua Dai Beach, close to Hoi An City in Quang Nam, has been suffering from beach and forest erosions. With intensified sea encroachment, more than 20 hectares of beach have been washed away between…

The project takes place in twelve indigenous communities in Mexico, where extensive grazing and deforestation for firewood are causing severe land degradation, water scarcity, soil loss, resulting in…

Due to its location in the highlands, the Da Bac District in Viet Nam is vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, particularly extreme weather events. This IKI Small Grants project aims…

The Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve is one of Sierra Leone’s eight biodiversity hot spots and hosts about 90 per cent of Sierra Leone’s terrestrial biodiversity. It also houses the Guma Water…

Zhongshan City is located in the Pearl River Delta Region of Guangdong Province in China. Compared to other low carbon initiatives, climate change education can still be greatly expanded. The IKI…