Are you a start-up with innovative solutions to climate adaptation and resilience challenges? Apply for funding in the YouthAdaptations Solutions Challenge before 4 October 2022

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Climate Investment Funds (CIF), invites applicants to the Youth Adaptation Solutions Challenge program. (YouthADAPT Challenge). The Challenge is an annual competition and awards program for youth-led enterprises seeking to boost sustainable job creation through support for entrepreneurship and youth-led innovation in climate change adaptation and resilience across Africa.

In this edition of the Challenge, 20 innovators will emerge as winners at an award show and will have access to post-award support in the forms of:-

Interested applicants should fulfill the following to apply

Be youth-led, with applicants aged between 18 and 35
Have innovations delivering climate adaptation or resilience solutions addressing real-life challenges
Be Legally registered and operating in Africa
Be able to show revenues for at least two years

Admissible solutions can represent:

An adaptation solutions business that has not been scaled and is not in widespread use
An existing resilience and adaptation solutions business or product
A commercially viable means to raise awareness or scale uptake of specific adaptation solutions.

To apply for the Challenge, visit: Applications