BLUE CATALYST FUND – OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS
Transforming coastal futures: Accelerating high-quality blue carbon projects
The Blue Catalyst Fund supports high-quality mangrove conservation and restoration projects with technical expertise, financial and transaction advisory and milestone-based funding, to help them reach investment readiness.
Call for Proposals now open!
Are you developing a high-quality mangrove conservation or restoration project?
Applications are open to eligible projects globally – from those establishing feasibility to those ready to progress beyond it.
The deadline for applications is 19:00 BST / 20:00 CEST on Thursday 1 October 2026
The challenge
Many credible blue carbon projects struggle to progress from early development to implementation and investment.
High development costs, complex technical requirements, regulatory uncertainty and limited access to suitable finance can slow or stop progress. Support can also end before projects are ready for larger-scale capital.
The Blue Catalyst Fund is designed to help bridge that gap.
annual cost savings from reduced damage due to extreme weather, making them a powerful and cost-effective tool for climate adaptation.
Our solution
The Blue Catalyst Fund provides end-to-end support to help credible mangrove projects reach investment readiness.
Funding is provided as an unsecured contingent loan, with no equity taken and repayment is required only if follow-on investment is secured. This aligns the Fund's incentives with project success.
Specialist technical and project development support, from establishing feasibility through project design and validation.
Capacity building through the Blue Carbon Academy to develop local technical expertise
Early-stage catalytic funding for project developers
Financial and transaction advisory to prepare projects for investment.
Impact Goals
By 2035, the Blue Catalyst Fund aims to protect or restore 150,000 hectares of coastal and marine ecosystems, avoid or remove 32 million tons of CO2e over the projects’ lifetime, and unlock $275M of private investment for coastal ecosystems and communities.
Apply for funding
Read the Applicant Information Pack before applying to check your project’s eligibility, understand the support available and prepare the necessary information for each application stage.
Projects that pass the initial Eligibility Questionnaire will be invited to complete a more detailed Full Assessment.
We encourage early applications given this two-step application process.
Who we are
The Blue Catalyst Fund is led by Fair Carbon and Finance Earth, working with specialist technical partners to deliver the program.
Fair Carbon
A non-profit accelerating the protection and restoration of blue carbon ecosystems by eliminating technical, financial, and policy barriers that restrict the growth of the blue carbon market.
Finance Earth
FCA-regulated, award-winning, social enterprise advising private, public and NGO organizations across over 100 projects in more than 30 countries.
NIKA
A Singapore-based company, delivering innovative and robust carbon technical services using AI, remote sensing, and geospatial analysis.
TerraCarbon
A leading advisory firm specializing in blue carbon and wetland restoration, with a track record of developing high-quality offset projects.
Silvestrum
A pioneering advisory firm specializing in the design of nature-based solutions, integrating policy with scientific, technical, financial, and legal expertise.
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