Climate x Health

Small Grant Awardees

Strengthening joint advocacy, action, and accountability for climate and health

In November 2023, the Climate x Health initiative put out a call for proposals to strengthen joint advocacy, action, and accountability on climate and health in 2024. This call was met with 1,000+ proposals from all over the world — a testament to the urgent need and growing demand to ensure a healthy, sustainable world for all.  

After a thorough review process involving representatives from all co-convening organizations, we are pleased to announce that six organizations have been awarded a Climate x Health small grant to carry out their proposed work — together forming a diverse cohort of strategic, compelling, action-oriented projects.

Please join us in congratulating all awardees, and learn more about the projects and organizations below.

Meet the Awardees

Albertine Development and Advocacy Organization (ADAO), Uganda

ADAO aims to influence District Local Government Leaders to integrate climate and health interventions into local budget plans, including by organizing a joint session for the Budget and Social Services Committees in Hoima and trainings for health workers on incorporating climate change-related activities in their budgets. Through their work, ADAO will help to build capacity and improve financing for climate and health solutions in Uganda.

icddr,b, Bangladesh

Building on previous multimethod research, icddr,b will develop a training program on extreme heat safety protocols for garment labourers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. icddr,b will then engage policymakers on program outcomes and training improvement strategies.

Instituto Árvores Vivas para Conservação e Cultura Ambiental, Brazil

(Living Trees Institute for Environmental Culture and Conservation)

Instituto Árvores will solicit adolescents’ perspectives on local climate action plans, centering youth experience, voices, and priorities in the development of climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. They plan to present adolescent-centered action plans to São Paulo city and state politicians to call for climate-responsive health policy. 

Better Planet Laboratory CU Boulder,United States

With a global team of researchers, the Better Planet Laboratory at Colorado University Boulder will build on ongoing research to develop a public calculator that will help advocates quantify the human toll of greenhouse gas emissions. The team will make this tool publicly available via an interactive web interface, social media campaigns, and other avenues to humanize and strengthen advocacy for climate action.

The Leo Project, Kenya

The Leo Project will expand health professionals’ knowledge of the mental health impact of climate change-induced extreme weather events in Laikipia County, Kenya. The program will train community members on identifying climate change-driven mental health anxiety while building the capacity of community health volunteers at local clinics to provide trauma-informed care and psychological first aid. These comprehensive community mental health services can be adapted by other communities facing similar climate disasters. 

Socios en Salud Sucursal Perú, Perú

Socios en Salud Sucursal will work with Peruvian and Navajo leaders to develop 5 climate action plans in 5 communities rooted in indigenous knowledge and practices to impact and refine local climate strategies to improve public health.

Awardee Spotlight Graphics

  • Congratulations to All Awardees

    Full Cohort

  • The Leo Project

    KENYA

  • icddr,b

    BANGLADESH

  • Albertine Development & Advocacy Organization

    UGANDA

  • Socios en Salud Sucursal Perú

    PERU

  • Better Planet Laboratory, CU Boulder

    UNITED STATES

  • Instituto Árvores Vivas para Conservação e Cultura Ambiental

    BRAZIL