Overview Principal Office: USA Key Words: climate change, forests, agriculture, Brazil, Mexico, Central America, Indonesia Website: Link The Climate and Land Use Alliance seeks to catalyze the potential of forested and agricultural landscapes to mitigate climate change, benefit people, and protect the environment. The Alliance is a collaboration of four major foundations committed to addressing global climate change: the ClimateWorks Foundation; the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; the Ford Foundation; and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The Alliance makes grants and engages key persons and organizations to address the following objectives:
Grant Programs for Agriculture, Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Grants correspond to the Alliance’s three strategic initiatives, identified below. 1 -- International Mechanisms and Finance. Grants in this area fund policy development, capacity building, awareness creation, and support for international financing related to reducing greenhouse gases from deforestation and forest degradation. Many actions connect with REDD+. 2 -- National Action in Priority Countries. The Alliance’s priority countries/regions are Brazil, Mexico and Central America, Indonesia, and USA. Grants help support national and local efforts to strengthen forest governance, reduce deforestation, pay for environmental services, support rural livelihoods, and build local capacity for climate-related discussions. 3 -- Demand-Side Emission Reduction. Actions focus on sustainable development of biofuels, low-carbon growth strategies, and debate and public awareness in these issues. About the strategies and recent grants. --- Link Eligibility for grants extends to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, private enterprises, educational institutions, and other types of organizations in the priority countries and internationally. Most grants are over US$50 thousand, and several exceed US$1 million. APPLICATION (for 1-2-3 above): The Alliance posts a grant inquiry form to be submitted online or via email. The applicant fills out background information; identifies the relevant Alliance program area; requests the grant amount; describes the problem addressed, proposed activities, and intended project outcome; and lists secured and pending funding. The inquiry can be submitted at any time (there is no calendar deadline). About grant inquiries. -- Link Geographical Distribution of Grant Activities in Developing Countries Worldwide Note: The emphasis is Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, Central America, and USA -- but many grants for policy, financing, and other institutional actions are wider or not specific in geographical scope. Comments The Alliance’s website is available in English and partially in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Bahasa Indonesia. In 2010, the Alliance awarded 103 grants and contracts for an expenditure of $32 million. The Alliance’s management structure shows the participation of the organizations which contribute to it. -- Link The Alliance provides contact information for its office in California. -- Link Note: The Terra Viva Grants Directory offers separate profiles of two of the Alliance’s member foundations. They are the David and Lucile Packard Foundation -- Link; and the Ford Foundation -- Link. Last Profile Review February 2012 © Copyright protected. All rights reserved. Return to Foundations, Corporations, and Civil Society |
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