Building a Climate-Just World
The climate is changing. The communities hit first are the first to respond and the first to adapt. To survive and thrive on a warming planet they need voice, power, and the opportunity to innovate. Our grants help these communities create and share their own solutions for resilience, driving transformational change from the grassroots to the global level.
What have we learned about addressing loss and damage in action?
In 2023, the Scottish Government committed to CJRF an additional £5 million to address non-economic loss and damage. This contribution comes after their historic commitment at COP26 in Glasgow, where the Scottish Government dedicated £2 million to addressing climate-induced loss and damage—the first public funding for this issue. Over the course of 2022, CJRF programmed £1 million of these funds to support community-driven work in Bangladesh, Malawi, the Pacific, and elsewhere. These projects have already yielded practical insights. This brief highlights some of the experiences and lessons from this work that can inform the new Loss and Damage Fund.
Shifting Power to Practitioners
In 2021, CJRF decided to pursue a more participatory grantmaking structure. Two years later, we are now guided by the insights of a practitioner-led governing board.
This restructuring emerged from a desire to operate in alignment with our goal of transforming systems for justice and equity. Read about our evolution here.
