Environment and Climate Action Innovation Fund | Incubator
The Environment and Climate Action Innovation Fund supports UNHCR colleagues to explore, test, and scale environmentally sustainable solutions with communities that ensure protection, adaptation, and resilience, while helping preserve and rehabilitate the environment. Beyond funding, the Fund emphasizes learning, collaboration, and locally led climate action.
What we offer
Beyond funding, the Environment & Climate Action Innovation Fund provides teams with technical guidance, learning, and operational support to strengthen environmental and climate-focused solutions. Each selected initiative receives:
Financial support
Technical, operational and project management support
Emphasis on learning and evidence generation
Peer-to-peer exchange
Who can apply
Internal UNHCR teams and colleagues, including:
Country operations
Regional bureaux
Headquarters divisions
Multi-functional and cross-entity teams
Internal applications only:
Applicants must be UNHCR staff or affiliated personnel
Individual applications are accepted if endorsed by a UNHCR operation or division
Boost your application
Clear environment or climate-related challenge identified impacting operations and protection
Context-appropriate and locally-driven solution
Potential to improve adaptive capacity and resilience of displaced people and promote environmental sustainabilit
Opportunities for long-term sustainability, learning, reuse, or scale across UNHCR
Learn more about the application process
Environment & Climate Action, by the numbers
31
projects supported
Environment and climate innovation projects
Stories and reports from environment and climate initiatives
Get in touch with the environment & climate innovation team
Connect with the Environment & Climate Action Innovation team to share your idea and learn how we can support climate-smart innovation across UNHCR.