Insights on Loss and Damage Funding

“Loss and damage” refers to the negative impacts of climate change that communities experience when they cannot adapt—either because they do not have access to resources or because alternative ways of living are no longer viable. You can learn more about loss and damage in our blog, What Is Loss and Damage?

CJRF’s special initiative on climate-related loss and damage launched in late 2021 with funding from the Scottish Government. Now called the Communities First Pilot Fund, the initiative supports a growing portfolio of grants that address loss and damage through the lens of equity and inclusion.

Read more about our grants on the Communities First Pilot Fund grants page.

Loss and Damage Resources:

• Ahead of COP28 and the establishment of the UNFCCC Loss and Damage Fund, CJRF and our partners developed a policy brief to share our insights from our L&D grant making to date. You can download that brief here: Loss and Damage Insights From Community-Led Projects.

• The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and CJRF collaborated on a report that assessed and evaluated how the first GBP 1 million of Scottish government funding was disseminated and used for locally led loss and damage efforts. Download that report here: How small and locally led grants can address loss and damage: early lessons from the Scottish government’s 2021 funding commitment.

• Download our Community First Pilot Fund brochure to learn more about our loss and damage initiative.