Urban Greening Grants Program

The Tasmanian Government is committed to taking practical climate action and collaborating with other levels of government and the community to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions, or lower, from 2030 and increase the resilience of Tasmanian communities to the impacts of the changing climate.

Urban environments and the spaces within them are likely to be exposed to higher temperatures as a result of climate change, which may impact people's health and the ways that people use spaces. The Urban Greening Grants Program aims to build the resilience of urban environments in Tasmania to climate change and make them more comfortable in hotter temperatures, by increasing canopy cover through the planting of climate tolerant trees.

This program offers grants of between $5,000 and $40,000 to eligible applicants to:

• Increase canopy cover and the number of climate tolerant trees in our urban environments
• Increase carbon storage by planting new trees
• Build and improve resilience to the impacts of climate change, by making urban environments more comfortable and livable, especially during periods of high temperatures.

Before proceeding with the application, please ensure that your organisation meets all eligibility criteria in the Guidelines, available at https://www.recfit.tas.gov.au/grants_programs/climate-change/urban-greening-grants/

If you are unsure about your eligibility, please contact the Climate Change Office
Phone: 03 6166 4466
Email: climatechange@recfit.tas.gov.au

To be eligible for a grant you must be one of the following:

• • a Tasmanian council as established under the Local Government Act 1993
  • an authority as established under the Local Government Act 1993
  • a recognised natural resource management organisation as established under the Natural Resource Management Act 2002

NOTE

Applicants can only apply for one grant for their organisation.

We may ask you to provide further information or documentation to support your eligibility claims, either as part of the application process or after you have submitted your application.

We may use third-party software or technical experts to check the authenticity of the information you provide.

Applications that meet the eligibility requirements will be assessed competitively, based on the evidence you provide in this application.

As the program has limited funding not all eligible applications will be successful.

To be eligible for a grant under this program, your project must:

• meet the objectives of this program
• be undertaken in Tasmania
• have written approval and appropriate permissions to undertake the project from the property owner and any other required parties such as planning authorities
• have the appropriate planning approvals or permits, or be exempt from requiring a planning permit by complying with the provisions in the Tasmanian Planning Scheme (or current interim planning scheme equivalent)
• commence before 31 December 2026
• be completed by 31 December 2027
• have a total budget that is equal to or higher than the funding amount requested. Projects with cash or in-kind co-contributions are welcome, but it is not a program requirement.

We welcome projects and initiatives of varying scales across a range of locations, including small-scale projects that address the objectives of this program at a local level.

Your project may be related to a broader program of work, such as your council’s urban greening strategy, provided the proposed project independently meets all eligibility criteria and the objectives of the grant program, and the program of on-ground work is yet to commence. The application must detail how the proposed project is additional to any existing allocation of funds for a project or over and above an existing program of work that is included in a council annual plan or budget.