The Climate Coordination Network (CCN) is a team of 6 people from different countries who share a mission to help fund and support early stage climate projects. The team has helped manage multiple Gitcoin climate rounds — and also many Web3 community rounds — and we are committed to the newly decentralized Climate Solutions Program.
This document outlines our Grant Review Process, a crucial step to ensuring that the funds we allocate are used effectively and contribute to addressing climate change. Our reviews are conducted by an experienced team of round operators from multiple regions who are committed to supporting impactful projects.
Reviewing Method
Our team of reviewers uses the CNN Round Eligibility Criteria to judge grantee proposals. It’s important to note that the Climate Coordination Team is moving towards increasingly utilizing impact metrics and measurement tools to help validate impact claims and to help grantees showcase their impact.
Grant applications will receive multiple reviews, and the final decision will be based on any doubts, if any, raised by those reviews.
If the rating is 100% the grant automatically passes.
Reviewer Independence
The CCN team is composed of people who are committed to taking action to address our global climate crisis; therefore, many of us have our own projects and grant proposals. We believe not only in our individual initiatives, but also in the urgent need to build, support and scale climate projects in every corner of the world. This is why we are also involved in the Climate Solutions Program, and in the interest of transparency, we would like to clearly state that:
- Reviewers do not review their own grant proposals to maintain objectivity and prevent conflicts of interest.
- Reviewers do not evaluate grants they have a personal connection with to ensure impartiality.
Appeals Process & Constructive Feedback
Our grantee review process aims to maintain transparency, fairness, and accountability while ensuring that our funds are allocated to projects that have the potential to make a meaningful climate impact.
We appreciate the dedication of our reviewers in this important endeavour.
If your project is rejected, CNN will provide you with: -a resource where you can learn the reasons for rejection and receive suggestions from our team of reviewers. Note that you can always incorporate these suggestions and apply for the next round. -the opportunity to provide additional information and appeal the decision