Funding fairer futures
Coordinated by CBM Ireland, this fund only supports Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPD’s), and in selected Asian, African and Pacific Islands in implementing disability inclusive climate activities.
The aim of this Fund is to facilitate one/or a combination of the following activities: (1) capacity-building on climate action (2) Evidence gathering for effective advocacy to support advocacy for climate justice, (3) Support for social and political engagement to enhance their representation, (4) Support for networking and partnership building (Global South-Global North) and with relevant climate networks such as Climate Action Network national or regional nodes.
CBM will provide sub-grants to OPDs in the Global South up to 10,000 euro each.
Status update
November 2025
This call is one of five currently open within the Funding Fairer Futures initiative. We encourage women-led and disability-led organisations, and those focused on these communities, to apply for any of these funds. Each fund has its own priorities, eligibility criteria and geographical focus, so 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.
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.
Coordinated by ECOLISE, this fund supports community-led initiatives working on climate action, regeneration, or just transition, in Croatia, Finland, France, Portugal and Spain.
Across the five funds, subgrantees will benefit from:
— Training in project management, advocacy, fundraising, and visibility.
— Opportunities for networking and cooperation with global partners.
Deadline is 26 January 2026
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 communities in marginalised positions, are heard and reflected in climate action.
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These sub-grants below were awarded after the First Round of the Global Connections for Climate Justice (Inclusive Climate Action Seed Grants) Fund.
Our six, grassroots collectives, partners are from Kenya, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria and Burkina Faso are engaged in a diverse series of disability inclusive climate activities and doing great work at a national and regional levels ensuring that disabled voices are part of climate dialogue. Some were able to participate in activities in Europe and COP30 in Brazil.
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Changemakers
Proud partners of the EU Commission
Funding Fairer Futures action is co-funded by the European Commission under the Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR) Programme. It focuses on providing capacity-building and financial support to civil society organizations (CSOs)/ disabled people’s groups to deliver impactful awareness-raising, campaigning, advocacy and community engagement projects for climate justice. Together, supported projects, CSOs/groups and partners will raise awareness and interest of people living in Europe for climate justice and empower them to take action for climate justice, while promoting gender-transformative and disability inclusive actions and policies. Funding Fairer Futures will launch several calls for proposals until 2027.