Community Led Climate Solutions - Round 4

The Community Led Climate Solutions grant program supports not-for-profit organisations across remote, rural and regional Australia to drive local climate solutions that reduce emissions through education, engagement and action on:

• Clean energy;
• Circular economies;
• Decarbonisation;
• Sustainable agriculture and food systems;
• Biodiverse ecosystems; or
• Just transitions.

Community Led Climate Solutions Projects must support remote, rural and regional communities to act locally to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help address the impacts of climate change for positive and sustainable environmental, social and economic outcomes.

Grants up to $20,000 are available for a broad range of community-led initiatives that must achieve at least one of the following objectives:

• Drive engagement, education and leadership in remote, rural and regional climate solutions;
• Activate locally-led opportunities to advance: the clean energy transition, climate adaptation, decarbonisation, or circular economies; or
• Support just transitions to clean energy economies to help communities thrive.

Project activity supported may include:

• Community education and engagement in opportunities and benefits of innovative climate solutions, such as clean energy, energy efficiency and circular economy practices;
• Community engagement in the planning and delivery of just transitions to maximise opportunities for local communities and First Nations peoples;
• Decarbonisation and transitions to clean energy production, storage or usage that embeds community decision making and asset ownership, or creates local jobs, or addresses equity, inclusion or affordability;
• Climate change adaptation that intersects with health, preparedness, resilience or addresses equity, inclusion or affordability;
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land and sea management practices supporting climate solutions;
• Protection, restoration and regenerative practices for land and sea supporting climate solutions;
• Sustainable agriculture and food production delivering climate solutions that embed community decision making and asset ownership, or create local jobs, or addresses equity, inclusion or affordability; and
• Reducing, reusing and recycling waste, and implementing circular economy activities.