[Durham INC] Fwd: [epa-ej] Corrected Date: EJ4Climate $2 Million Grant Program Proposals due November 14, 2021

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Date: Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 12:20 PM
Subject: [epa-ej] Corrected Date: EJ4Climate $2 Million Grant Program
Proposals due November 14, 2021
To: Environmental Justice information <epa-ej at lists.epa.gov>


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*Corrected Date: EJ4Climate $2 Million Grant Program Proposals due November
14, 2021*

The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC
<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>)
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. *Proposals
are due by November 14, 2021.*

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.

“Climate change touches every aspect of our lives and it acts as a threat
multiplier for our most vulnerable communities,” said *EPA Administrator
Michael S. Regan, *who chaired the recent 2021 CEC Council Session
<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>.
“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.”

The CEC is now accepting applications for grants and cooperative agreements
to be funded under the EJ4Climate grant program. *Proposals are due by
November 14, 2021* and projects will begin implementation in February 2022.

For this inaugural grant cycle, the CEC is calling for initiatives that:

   - Support community resilience to climate change and climate-related
   impacts;
   - Yield tangible, equitable benefits for local communities by addressing
   or adapting to climate change impacts;
   - Consider local knowledge and transform that knowledge into an
   innovative action or solution; and
   - Build partnerships that respond to community-identified challenges.



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.

Eligible applicants include non-profit and non-governmental organizations,
environmental groups, community-based associations, Tribal nations, and
Indigenous Peoples and communities.

For more information on this new Environmental Justice and Climate
Resilience Grant Program go to http://www.cec.org/EJ4climate/
<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>

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