Applications: Adaptation to climate change funding programme – Adapt+
The risks posed by climate change are increasing. What does this mean for Switzerland? And how can we face these challenges, find solutions and take action? To do this, the Confederationhas launched the Adapt+ funding programme to promote measures for adapting to climate change. Under the leadership of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the Confederationt is therefore supporting the implementation of specific adaptation measures. The application window is from the 29. January until the 31. March 2026.
Since 2025, the federal programme Adapt+ has been promoting measures and projects that minimise the risks resulting from climate change, that protect the population, material assets and natural resources, and that increase the capacity of society, the economy and the environment to adapt to the changes ahead.
In this way, the federal government can support the cantons, communes, regions, associations, businesses and organisations in actively adapting to climate change and taking future-proof measures. In addition to this support, Adapt+ will facilitate the transfer of knowledge between the authorities, businesses and research institutions, and help create synergies.
Which projects are eligible for support?
The programme supports measures and projects that strengthen Switzerland's resilience to the effects of climate change and thus contribute to ensuring our quality of life. Here are some examples of the kind of project that will be eligible for funding:
- Action plans to protect the public during heatwaves
- Appropriate management of water resources in risk areas
- Close-to-nature design and networking of watercourses
- Climate-adapted, close-to-nature design of green and open spaces to reduce urban heat islands
- Use of climate-adapted building materials
- Planning and implementation of concepts for sponge towns and cities
- Shading with trees and shrubs adapted to the location and climate
In addition to the planning and application of measures, upstream work such as climate risk analyses, impact analyses, drawing up guidelines, etc. may also be funded. The FOEN publishes a list of examples of eligible measures, which is updated regularly.
