Deadline: 5 August 24

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) has announced a call for proposals that address the intersection of climate change and education in emergencies and protracted crises.

The climate crisis is an educational crisis. Climate change, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss threaten children's right to a safe, inclusive and quality education, their well-being and their protection. At the same time, education can be a gateway to adaptation and mitigation.

ECW's Acceleration Facility provides a flexible financing mechanism to fund strategic initiatives that address systemic barriers to quality education. ECW has committed to investing in three new Acceleration Facility partnerships to ensure greater focus and improved responsiveness in the Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises (EiEPC) sector to climate-related risks and hazards in the countries most affected by the climate crisis.

The RFP seeks proposals to address one of the three objectives. ECW identified these objectives after carefully analysing the systemic obstacles and sectoral gaps at the intersection of the EIEPC and the climate crisis.