FCDO: GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation 2.0

The fund will provide 15 to 18 month grants to for-profit small and growing enterprise, including start-ups, that leverage mobile and digital technology to pilot or scale solutions that help communities in LMICs to build resilience towards the impact of climate change. The fund will also strive to support solutions that contribute to climate resilience through activities strengthening biodiversity.

The objective of the fund is to test innovative use-cases, partnerships and business models in selected geographies to improve the sustainability and scalability of digital enabled solutions that make a positive impact on low-income populations and those who are most vulnerable to current or future climate risks. The fund also aims to generate and share insights and evidence from these innovations to benefit digital and mobile industry stakeholders.

The fund is interested in solutions that use digital technology, especially mobile, to improve resilience and adaptation to climate change, with a higher priority given to applications focusing on 1 or more of the following:

• digital solutions improving climate resilience and adaptation and focusing on vulnerable populations and ecosystems based in coastal areas, small islands, or urban settings
• digital solutions tackling challenges posed by increasingly frequent extreme weather events such as extreme drought, flooding, high winds, wildfire and higher risks of land slips and erosion etc. (with the exclusion of early warning systems)
• digital solutions focused on:
  • nature-based solutions ^{[footnote 4]}
    • regenerative agriculture ^{[footnote 5]}
    • sustainable forests, coastal areas and wetlands that strengthen biodiversity
  • sustainable consumption and production
    • reduced food loss and waste
    • sustainable fisheries that strengthen biodiversity
    • air pollution management

Deadline

16 May 2023