Climate Justice Resilience Fund (CJRF) is seeking three new members to join its Governing Board. CJRF is a participatory climate justice fund that supports community-based organizations working at the frontlines of climate change, investing in locally led solutions...
This is a new role created as part of CJRF’s recent growth. The Director of Finance and Operations will lead the organization’s core operations, including financial planning, budgeting, contracting, and internal systems, supporting a growing international team.
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) launched its flagship publication Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, calling for a step-change in global efforts to finance and scale locally led adaptation.
The Climate Justice Resilience Fund is excited to officially announce a global open call for proposals that will lead to our first-ever round of participatory grantmaking!
During 2024-25, CJRF is undertaking a series of experimental grantmaking initiatives, which will deploy grants totaling more than US$2.5M around the globe, using several different participatory grantmaking methodologies. CJRF seeks to employ an organized, collaborative, insightful, and flexible Program Officer to support the initiatives.
CJRF is pleased to announce that climate justice advocate Pato Kelesitse is now a member of our Governing Board. Pato joins eight climate-justice practitioners in shaping the strategic direction of the Fund.
Recently, CJRF and the Scottish Government announced that their partnership to address loss and damage will continue with an additional £5 million in grants, technical assistance, and advocacy support for non-economic loss and damage. That’s more than $6 million using today’s currency standards.