Climate impact and
regeneration grants

Building an inclusive, regenerative,
and resilient climate future through

education and action, regenerative
agriculture, protecting carbon sinks,
and clean energy solutions.

• 135,000+ individuals engaged in climate
education and advocacy initiatives
delivered by our non-profit partners

• 110,000+ people benefited from clean/
green energy solutions implemented
by our partners

Impact story:

Promoting climate resilience for farmers in Africa

_{Difina Kamadi (left) in Ihuru, Kakamega, Kenya enrolled with One Acre Fund in 2009, alongside One Acre Fund program officer Hesbon Samia Ang'alika (right).}

One Acre Fund envisions a world where all farmers have big harvests, healthy families, and rich soils.

Problem: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that increasing temperature and weather disasters will drive 10-30 percent yield reductions by 2050, but a lack of weather data leads to inaccurate forecasts and an inability to design local solutions for agricultural resilience.

Solution and Cisco support: Cisco Foundation supports One Acre Fund’s integration of remote sensing technology into their core programming to support precision agriculture and deepen climate resilience for small holder farmers.

Impact: One Acre Fund has developed a remote sensing strategy to guide their flood mapping, digital weather advisory services, agroforestry, and crop yield monitoring programs. Pilots begun in Kenya are now replicating to four new countries in Africa.

96 percent of farmers adopting resilient farming practices
10.6K farmers reached with digital weather advisories
3K flood data points mapped in Kenya
Remote sensing work piloted in four additional countries in Africa

Impact story:

Protecting and restoring the Amazon

_{Domingo Peas, President of ASHA addressing the Binational Congress of Achuar People of Ecuador and Peru. (Photo credit: Lorena Mendoza)}

Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance (ASHA) works to protect 86 million acres of land from resource extraction and promotes a just transition to a wellbeing bioeconomy.

Problem: The Amazon is home to over 47 million people and approximately 10 percent of remaining biodiversity, but faces pressures from industrial processes like deforestation, mining, and oil drilling.

Solution and Cisco support: ASHA established a Bioregional Plan, governed by and in accordance with Indigenous principles of collective wellbeing. Cisco Foundation supports ASHA’s strategic plan to improve living conditions, advance Indigenous rights, stop deforestation, conserve forests and restore degraded areas, as well as to establish an organizational governance structure for effective management, implementation, and oversight.

Impact: With Cisco Foundation support, ASHA developed a fully operational Geographic Information System (GIS) platform including a social atlas to track impact, the first comprehensive Indigenous Amazon designed-and-developed map representing territories.

24 Indigenous organizations contributing to ASHA governance
700K Indigenous people living in Sacred Headwaters territory
104K plants from 102 species delivered to households
643 hectares reforested

Impact story:

Inspiring youth toward climate action

_{DOT Climate champions plan, implement, and lead place-based community projects.}

Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) mobilizes and inspires young people to create opportunities, apply digital solutions, and transform their communities.

Problem: There is little support for climate education and community-led climate solutions among youth and citizens in communities that are disproportionately affected by climate change, particularly Africa and the Middle East.

Solution and Cisco support: With Cisco Foundation support, DOT built a four-week curriculum to train and mobilize young people as leaders of climate awareness and community action. The program blends intensive climate science education with training in mindfulness, digital skills, climate advocacy, and social innovation.

Impact: The program piloted with climate champions across Tanzania and Lebanon and disseminated a custom toolkit to enable climate champions to guide small-scale action projects in their communities.

78 percent of community members indicated greater motivation to take climate action
600 community members engaged through projects
2 pilot countries: Tanzania and Lebanon
78 percent participants indicate they can “inspire those around them” after the program, compared to 22 percent before the program

Impact story:

AI for marine biodiversity

_{The installation of Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara technology on a fishing boat.}
_{(Photo credit: Sofwan Wilanda - Geeks)}

Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara (YKAN) partners with local communities to protect nature and preserve the biodiversity of the Indonesian archipelago.

Problem: Overexploitation puts Indonesia’s fisheries and livelihood of the coastal people at risk.

Solution and Cisco support: YKAN working together with Geeks Without Frontiers and Intelion, and supported by Cisco, developed a sustainable fisheries management program based on data collected from local fishermen while leveraging an innovative software application called FishFace.

Impact: The digital solution can revolutionize fisheries research and management in Indonesia with real-time data collection. Beyond the initial design and pilot testing, YKAN now is planning for full integration with the government's e-logbook system providing insights for local regulations that will preserve nature and biodiversity in the region.

Multiple vessels fully equipped to pilot solution in two regions (Kupang and Makassar) of the Indonesian archipelago
80 percent accuracy in fish identification via smartphone camera
Operating in 14 provinces across Indonesia, comprising 17,500 islands, stretching 5000 km from east to west