Minister Dempster Announces Funding for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects
Press Release
February 12, 2025
Today, the Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced a $12-million investment in the province’s Climate Change Challenge Fund.
The Climate Change Challenge Fund is a competitive, application-based grant program open to the private sector, not-for profit organizations, public sector bodies or boards, municipal governments, and Indigenous organizations to undertake greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Projects must cost effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fall under one or more of the following target areas:
- Energy efficiency that results in reduced fossil fuel use.
- Fuel switching to reduce emissions.
- Process changes in the industrial sector.
- Adoption of new technologies that displace or eliminate on-site greenhouse gas emissions.
- Carbon sequestration in agriculture and forestry sectors.
The deadline for applications is Friday, April 11, 2025, and projects must be completed no later than December 31, 2028, to be eligible. Complete eligibility and application guidelines are available here. For questions about the program, please call 709-729-1394 or email eccinfo@gov.nl.ca
The Climate Change Challenge Fund aims to improve energy efficiency, create economic growth, and effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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“Supporting businesses, communities, and not-for-profit organizations under the Climate Change Challenge Fund will drive our economy and bring us closer to reaching our climate change mitigation goals in Newfoundland and Labrador. I encourage all eligible groups to submit their project proposals for consideration and look forward to seeing those projects generate real results in reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.”
Honourable Lisa Dempster
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Minister of Labrador Affairs
Minister Responsible for Labour
“Thanks to the Climate Change Challenge Fund, we were given the ability to make crucial upgrades to our heating systems going from fossil fuels to zero-emissions, drastically reducing our corporate greenhouse gas emissions.”
Her Worship Carol McDonald
Mayor of Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s
“Taking advantage of the Climate Change Challenge Fund made a huge difference for us in 2023. We were able to transition to a more environmentally friendly boiler and are excited about more programs like this to come. I would definitely encourage other businesses to apply.”
Justin Fong
Sales and Marketing Director
Quidi Vidi Brewery
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