Launched in February 2022, C.A.R.E is a five-year, €14 million initiative to support disaster risk management and climate resilience building efforts in Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) of CDB. The C.A.R.E Programme is funded by the European Union through the 11th European Development Fund’s (EDF) Intra-African Caribbean Pacific – European Union- (ACP-EU) Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Programme and implemented by CDB.

C.A.R.E is providing grant financing to support initiatives in the following areas:
• Improving governance on disaster risk management and climate change adaption.
• Strengthening evidence-based and gender sensitive decision-making and financial response to the effects of climate change and natural hazards.
• Enhancing community infrastructure and livelihood resilience to climate change and natural hazards.