In April and May of 2021, CJRF held two virtual learning events for partners to share insights from their experience to date. During these events, five CJRF partners shared their key insights on empowering communities.
Alaska Venture Fund launched The Aywaa Storyhouse to support next-gen Indigenous leaders center cultural values in climate action in Alaska and around the world.
Since 2012, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) has used rights-based approaches to support climate-displaced people inside Bangladesh. They recognise that existing government programs do not meet climate-displaced peoples’ needs, often because local and national governments do not fully understand the challenges they face or how to support them.
The Frontline Funds Accelerator (FFA) is an initiative piloting a new way to fund grassroots groups. The FFA recognizes that the people hardest hit by climate change are the most effective at building resilient, sustainable communities, and it aims to put the funding and decision-making power directly in their hands. Read about CJRF’s partner Huairou Commission and their role in the FFA.
CJRF held a webinar on January 28, 2021 to share our midterm review highlights with approximately 100 members of its community -- grantees, funders, advisors, board members, and others. The following five themes arose from these discussions.