Mandatory Concept Note Annex - Partnering for Climate

In addition to the information required in a standard concept note (see Guidance for concept notes), you will need to include an annex of a maximum of 1000 words specifically detailing how you meet climate finance eligibility criteria.

Specifically, you will need to explain how the project:

• Supports climate change adaptation as the principal objective (see: Project Coding - Policy Markers) and includes biodiversity as a significant objective (see: Project Coding - Policy Markers)
• Integrates gender equality (i.e. includes at least 1 gender equality outcome that achieves a change in skills, awareness, or knowledge that contributes to gender equality)
• Contributes to a minimum of 2 of 5 climate finance policy objectives (see eligibility criteria number 3)
• Meets country eligibility criteria (i.e. takes place exclusively in sub-Saharan African countries that are eligible for official development assistance)
• Aligns with Canada’s $5.3 billion International Climate Finance Program Logic Model outcomes (you may include your project’s preliminary logic model using the optional, maximum 1-page/500 word annex mentioned in Unsolicited Proposals: Guidance for Concept Notes (international.gc.ca)). Note: You may refine these intermediate and immediate outcome statements to ensure they are grounded in the reality of your project design, making them more specific in terms of your project’s who, what and where factors.
• Meets project size and timelines criteria (i.e. $15 million to $40 million, ending in fiscal year 2025/26, or $5 million minimum, ending in fiscal year 2025/26 for women’s rights and climate change adaptation).

Please also indicate which of the following (you can choose more than one) ecosystems your project will target: Tropical Rainforest; Temperate Forest; Grassland, Dry Tropical Forest, Semi-Arid Shrubs, Semi-Arid Grassland, Desert, Surface Freshwater (e.g. River, Lake, etc.), Wetlands, Coastal Wetlands (e.g. Mangroves), Terrestrial Coastal (e.g. Coastal Forest, Sand Banks, etc.), Marine Coastal (Seagrass, Coral Reefs, etc.).