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The Halifax Climate Investment, Innovation and Impact (HCi3) Fund
Support for innovative equitable low-carbon transition projects
Helps groups working on projects to cut greenhouse gas emissions get up to $10,000 for new ideas. This includes things like low-carbon housing and renewable energy.
Seed funding (up to $10,000) for new initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide community benefits, focusing on climate impact, equitable participation, and reconciliation within low-carbon housing, renewable energy, or electric transportation.
Business Size: small
Industries: climate solutions, low-carbon housing, renewable energy, transportation
Region: Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)
Demographics: Indigenous communities, African Nova Scotian communities, historically racialized or marginalized groups or communities
Other Criteria: Broad spectrum of organizations and companies (excluding individuals, individual schools/classrooms, provincially owned entities, political parties), Applicants must be based in or actively engaged in Nova Scotia, New initiatives seeking seed funding, Projects must lead to direct and/or potential reductions in greenhouse gas emissions over a 20-year period, Projects require a minimum of 20% matching funds (cash or auditable in-kind contributions), Projects must occur primarily within the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) (exceptions for First Nations or African Nova Scotian led/involved projects outside HRM if beneficial to HRM), Projects must demonstrate scalability or replicability (within and beyond HRM), Projects must yield multiple community benefits (e.g., enhancing social equity, promoting Reconciliation, improving affordability, fostering job and skill development, enhancing biodiversity or strengthening community resilience), Projects must be completed within a maximum of 24 months from the start date, Projects aligning with 2025 Funding Priorities: low-carbon housing (retrofits, net-zero new construction, workforce development), community-based renewable energy (prioritizing social equity, inclusive engagement, innovative financing), or shared/electric transportation (e.g., e-bikes, car sharing), Projects dedicated to correcting historical and systemic disadvantages within climate solutions, facilitating inclusive participation, and empowering all voices, Projects committed to advancing a Reconciliation economy, drawing on Indigenous models, fostering collaborative relationships, incorporating traditional knowledge
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This program is available to small businesses in climate solutions, low-carbon housing, renewable energy industries located in Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).
This program offers funding up to $10,000.
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