In Bangladesh’s coastal regions of Kutubdia and Bashkhali, climate-induced disasters have destroyed homes, land, and livelihoods, leaving families displaced and vulnerable. Many end up on embankments or roadsides without secure shelter or access to basic services like water, healthcare, or education.
The Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, located in the border of Kenya and Tanzania, is home to Indigenous pastoralist communities who have stewarded land and ecosystems for generations. Yet despite their deep knowledge and long-standing presence, these communities—particularly women, youth, and people with disabilities—continue to face exclusion from decision-making spaces that shape their futures.
In several Alaskan villages—including Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Newtok—residents made the decision to relocate over 20 years ago due to the threats posed by coastal erosion, flooding, and permafrost thaw.
CJRF tried an innovative, trust-based participatory grantmaking mechanism that deployed $792,000 to communities to address Non-Economic Loss and Damage.
Among the questions explored in the report is: How can displacement drive losses and damages? The experience of communities in Cogea, Fiji, helps illustrate this.
CJRF’s current and past grantee partners played a central role in a new grantmaking process that deployed $893,420 to communities to address Non-Economic Loss and Damage.
