Date: 29 Oct 2025
Launch of Phase 2 of the CCAP
The Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment launched phase 2 of the Community Climate Action Programme in October 2025. The Minister announced funding of almost €27 million being provided from the Climate Action Fund (CAF) for local authorities to support and build low carbon communities across the country.
This funding comes as part of the Community Climate Action Programme, which supports projects and initiatives that facilitate community climate action through education, capacity building and learning by doing. Phase 1 of Strand 1 of the programme saw €24 million supporting 650 community climate action projects across the country.
Today, Minister O'Brien launched phase 2 of the programme, which sees the funding being provided from the CAF to all local authorities to partner with community groups to run projects that will contribute to national climate and energy targets. The programme supports direct engagement with communities to promote and assist in the scale up of community climate action.
Community projects eligible for this guidance and potential funding will address the following five themes:
- community energy
- travel
- food and waste
- shopping and recycling, and
- local climate and environmental action
This strand is administered by the Community Climate Officers (CCAO) in local authorities, who are there as a go-to resource to guide, support, and advise groups and organisations on how they can become lower carbon communities.
If a community group would like to learn more about they should contact their local CCAO, details can be found on the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment's website.