Annex D1 - Climate Change Action Fund – characteristics and process
Climate Change Action Fund Characteristics and Process (abbreviated)
The Climate Change Action Fund is for two purposes: building the foundation and initiating early action.
The majority of the funds would be for building the foundation in year one, then less each year while funds for initiating early action would increase over time.
Funds would be housed in the A Bases of convenience (NRCan and DOE). The funds associated with public education and outreach actions will administratively reside in DOE A Base, and funds associated with domestic implementation will administratively reside in the NRCan A Base. However, most funding will be allocated through Other Government Suspense Accounts to other government departments for various initiatives related to climate change.
Funds would be leveraged where possible. Two types of leverage would be considered:
Internal: In general, proposals from departments should have A Base funds attached to them and would request funding for incremental activity to meet the additional climate change challenges. External: The federal government will leverage, to the extent possible, funding to provinces, industry, and stakeholders in order to create a balance between responsibilities.
Allocation Considerations
Parties will not be able to redirect projects already funded through an existing mechanism into proposals for climate change funds in order to free up resources for other purposes.
Specific funds will be allotted for running the federal Secretariat itself.
An amount will be set aside as a reserve fund for new priorities.
Unspent funds will be rolled over to the following year.
Funding will be allocated through a clear and transparent process available to all, following consideration pursuant to established procedures for each of the funding categories.
Funding will be considered only for those projects that have concrete milestones and demonstrable results responding to the climate change challenge.
Applications for funds should include a business case proposal describing the key elements of the project/initiative, how it meets the criteria for that funding area, milestones, expected results, costs and consultations undertaken.
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