<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Environmental-Justice</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Environmental-Justice@epa.gov" target="_blank">Environmental-Justice@epa.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 12:20 PM<br>Subject: [epa-ej] Corrected Date: EJ4Climate $2 Million Grant Program Proposals due November 14, 2021<br>To: Environmental Justice information <<a href="mailto:epa-ej@lists.epa.gov" target="_blank">epa-ej@lists.epa.gov</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<b><span style="color:#1b1b1b">Corrected Date: EJ4Climate $2 Million Grant Program Proposals due November 14, 2021<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1b1b1b">The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cec.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7CMotilall.Christina%40epa.gov%7Cfde33fa304bf456d4b1308d984eedb31%7C88b378b367484867acf976aacbeca6a7%7C0%7C0%7C637686983695678793%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=mMlOqJSws855ZHE91hks%2BzVE%2BsBdDEUXP7lbVE5ePiU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#005ea2">CEC</span></a>) is
launching a first-of-its-kind USD $2 million grant program, EJ4Climate, to support environmental justice and climate resilience for underserved, vulnerable communities, and Indigenous communities across North America.
<b>Proposals are due by November 14, 2021.</b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1b1b1b">Initiated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the CEC established this new grant program to support underserved and overburdened communities in
Canada, Mexico, and the United States as they prepare for climate-related impacts. This program will provide funding directly to Indigenous communities and community-based organizations to deliver environmental justice and advance local solutions to adapt
to climate change.<br>
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“Climate change touches every aspect of our lives and it acts as a threat multiplier for our most vulnerable communities,” said <b>EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan, </b>who chaired the recent <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cec.org%2Fevents%2F28th-regular-session-of-the-cec-council-and-meeting-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee%2F&data=04%7C01%7CMotilall.Christina%40epa.gov%7Cfde33fa304bf456d4b1308d984eedb31%7C88b378b367484867acf976aacbeca6a7%7C0%7C0%7C637686983695678793%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=1659Ij%2B%2Bl0Rm6m7wgTcVnJwk2Sot2KtNaOK%2FLucRKgg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#005ea2">2021
CEC Council Session</span></a>. “That’s why I’m honored to join our partners to announce the EJ4Climate grant program, as the CEC expands its work to deliver environmental justice and foster climate resilience across North America. The program announced today
will help elevate environmental protections for all people – regardless of the money in their pocket, color of their skin, or community they live in.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1b1b1b">The CEC is now accepting applications for grants and cooperative agreements to be funded under the EJ4Climate grant program.
<b>Proposals are due by November 14, 2021</b> and projects will begin implementation in February 2022.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1b1b1b">For this inaugural grant cycle, the CEC is calling for initiatives that:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Support community resilience to climate change and climate-related impacts;<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1b1b1b;margin-bottom:3.0pt;background:white">
Yield tangible, equitable benefits for local communities by addressing or adapting to climate change impacts;<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1b1b1b;margin-bottom:3.0pt;background:white">
Consider local knowledge and transform that knowledge into an innovative action or solution; and<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1b1b1b;background:white">
Build partnerships that respond to community-identified challenges.<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1b1b1b">Possible projects under the grant program could include addressing extreme weather impacts, transitioning to clean energy and/or transportation systems, or
utilizing traditional ecological knowledge to address climate change impacts.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1b1b1b">Eligible applicants include non-profit and non-governmental organizations, environmental groups, community-based associations, Tribal nations, and Indigenous
Peoples and communities.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#1b1b1b">For more information on this new Environmental Justice and Climate Resilience Grant Program go to <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cec.org%2FEJ4climate%2F&data=04%7C01%7CMotilall.Christina%40epa.gov%7Cfde33fa304bf456d4b1308d984eedb31%7C88b378b367484867acf976aacbeca6a7%7C0%7C0%7C637686983695688742%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=s9M%2BINL1c28i4G2YJquuY%2F%2FAeqWgWdLXHoAkXlQkxa8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#005ea2">http://www.cec.org/EJ4climate/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For up-to-date information about Environmental Justice funding opportunities, events, and webinars, subscribe to EPA's Environmental Justice listserv by sending a blank email to:
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<a href="https://twitter.com/EPAEnvJustice" target="_blank">@EPAEnvJustice</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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