February 5, 2025 – Ottawa, Canada – Global Affairs Canada

Climate change is one of today’s greatest challenges. Developing countries are often the hardest hit by climate change, and many have limited capacity to adapt to its impacts. As part of its efforts to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, Canada is committed to doing its part to strengthen climate action and economies in vulnerable regions of the world so that we can all benefit from a healthy environment that is rich in biodiversity.

Today, during International Development Week, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, announced more than $87 million in new development assistance funding to help ensure a sustainable future for all by empowering and equipping marginalized people whose livelihoods, supply chains and communities are greatly impacted by climate change.

This funding will support the following initiatives implemented by the following Canadian organizations and Canadian chapters of international organizations:

• Alinea International, Enhancing Community Climate Options for Adaptation and Resilience in Mongolia
• Calgary Zoo Foundation (operating as the Wilder Institute), Enhanced Sustainability of Biodiversity and Livelihoods in Ghana
• Cowater International, Socio-economic Empowerment of Women in Oasis and Argan Grove Areas in Morocco
• Desjardins International Development
  • Economic Empowerment of Women Cooperative Members in Morocco
  • Strengthening Agropastoral Women’s Adaptation to Climate Change in Chad
  • Reduced Vulnerability to Climate Change and Food Security for Women in the Cassava Sector in Côte d’Ivoire
• Hope Story, The Makueni Women’s Empowerment Project in Kenya
• International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Community-Based Conservation of Coastal-Marine Biodiversity in Honduras
• Salasan Consulting Inc. with the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, Climate Leadership and Action for Indigenous Women in Nepal
• Société de Coopération Pour le Développement International [international development cooperation company] SOCODEVI, STRONG’HER (Support to Women-Led Agricultural Businesses in Climate Change Adaptation in Ethiopia)
• World Vision Canada, Access Sri Lanka (enhancing adaptation to climate change in agri-food systems in Sri Lanka’s Dry Zone)

Canada will continue to work with its domestic and international partners to address climate change while contributing to sustainable, resilient and inclusive global economic development.