Donor Name: Cross-border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT)
Deadline: September 15, 2025
Language : English
Grant Size : $100,000 to $500,000
Countries :
Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo DR, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, and Zambia
Other Developing Countries
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Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Congo (Brazzaville), Costa Rica, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia Federated States of, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Namibia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Tokelau, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis and Futuna, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.
Link: https://www.xcept-research.org/grants_post/call-for-concept-notes-climat...
Focus Areas: Research Innovation Climate Change Peace & Conflict Resolution
Description:
The Cross-border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme has launched a call for concept notes to commission innovative research on the relationship between climate change, informal trade networks, and instability in conflict-affected borderlands.
The focus of this call is to produce innovative, empirically grounded research examining the relationship between climate change, informal trade networks, and instability in conflict-affected borderlands, with a focus on the role of informal cross-border trade in the causal pathways linking climate stress to instability and conflict. Concept notes should address how informal, cross-border trade functions as a strategy for climate change adaptation in conflict-affected borderlands, how the expansion of informal trade networks driven by climate extremes may contribute to conflict and instability, and under what conditions such networks fuel instability and conflict and what the implications are for local communities and climate adaptation. Research is encouraged to highlight civilian agency, assess the gendered dimensions of informal trade in response to climate stress, and explore the implications for access to resources, participation in decision-making, and the distribution of risks and benefits.