Ecoclub announced the launch of the Adapterra UA 2026 competition

On 13 May, the NGO “Eco­club”, a mem­ber of the PAABS con­sor­tium, announced the launch of Adapter­ra UA 2026 — an ini­tia­tive aimed at iden­ti­fy­ing, sup­port­ing, and pro­mot­ing prac­ti­cal cli­mate change adap­ta­tion solu­tions in Ukraine.

Com­mu­ni­ties, organ­i­sa­tions, teams, and ini­tia­tives that have imple­ment­ed adap­ta­tion mea­sures or devel­oped method­olog­i­cal mate­ri­als relat­ed to cli­mate change adap­ta­tion are invit­ed to apply for the com­pe­ti­tion.

The Adapter­ra UA com­pe­ti­tion was cre­at­ed to iden­ti­fy and share prac­tices that are already work­ing in Ukraine, increase the vis­i­bil­i­ty of local ini­tia­tives, and inspire oth­er com­mu­ni­ties to imple­ment their own solu­tions.

Appli­ca­tions can be sub­mit­ted in three cat­e­gories depend­ing on the type of insti­tu­tion and ini­tia­tive:

— munic­i­pal­i­ties

— civic ini­tia­tives and organ­i­sa­tions

— method­olog­i­cal mate­ri­als

Appli­ca­tions are open from 13 May until 12 June. After that:

— an expert jury will select 9 final­ists;

— an open online vote will take place;

— the win­ners of the com­pe­ti­tion will be announced.

The final­ists will receive pub­li­ca­tion of their projects on the Adapter­ra UA plat­form and addi­tion­al nation­wide vis­i­bil­i­ty for their ini­tia­tives. The win­ners will receive prize fund­ing for fur­ther project devel­op­ment.

If you have already imple­ment­ed cli­mate adap­ta­tion solu­tions — share them with all of Ukraine. Projects that applied for last year’s com­pe­ti­tion may also apply again if new solu­tions, sig­nif­i­cant changes, or addi­tions have been intro­duced since then.

To help appli­cants pre­pare their sub­mis­sions, we invite you to watch the webi­nar explain­ing all details of the Adapter­ra UA 2026 com­pe­ti­tion:
https://youtu.be/ZzLVtpVi6os?si=LY5L8eNCyYWhkEvf

Appli­ca­tions can be sub­mit­ted here:
https://adapterra.org.ua/

The Adapter­ra Awards Ukraine con­test is organ­ised by “Eco­club” — a mem­ber of the PAABS con­sor­tium. PAABS is fund­ed by the Ger­man Fed­er­al Min­istry for Eco­nom­ic Affairs and Cli­mate Action under the Inter­na­tion­al Cli­mate Ini­tia­tive (IKI) and imple­ment­ed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Inter­na­tionale Zusam­me­nar­beit (GIZ) GmbH.  PAABS stands for “Sup­port­ing Ukraine in the imple­men­ta­tion of the Paris Agree­ment and adap­ta­tion to the impact of cli­mate change in the Black Sea region”.