The PEDL initiative, which prioritises low-income countries, is seeking applications for projects that will help to better understand how businesses may help address environmental and climate change issues.

Submissions in response to this request should explicitly state how the study targets businesses. Research may look at how businesses function as separate entities or how businesses interact with one another in markets. Although they are receptive to initiatives examining firm-farm linkages through input and output markets, PEDL does not concentrate on agriculture.

They are open to suggestions that look into how the private sector can help with climate adaptation as well as what laws and other measures can help businesses adjust to the changing environment. The utilisation of financial technology, site selection, inventions, managerial techniques, networks, and policies are a few examples of this. Additionally, they support initiatives that investigate the market frictions and political economy limitations preventing the adoption of regulations on business adaptability.

The goal of the Exploratory Research Grant program is to launch novel research directions that, as they take shape, may result in larger-scale initiatives. Major Research Grants (MRGs) and the Scale-up Grant program, which attempts to close the gap between an ERG's early work and a full-scale project, are two ways that PEDL supports this scaling. Therefore, even if this request only permits pilots or other preliminary steps in establishing the agenda, they inspire ambition in the proposals.

Focus Area 

Energy