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.
In June 2018, Docubox Project Manager Emily Wanja, and farmer, community leader, and climate change activist Kisilu Musya, featured in the film Thank You For The Rain, talked to us about inspiring farming communities through filmmaking.
Starting September 8, thousands of businesses, officials, funders and activists from around the globe converged on San Francisco for an intensive week of activities focused on climate change.
In June 2018, Il’laramatak Community Concerns Founder and Executive Director Agnes Leina and Program Manager Isaac Tobiko spoke with us about their aims to help women and girls in Kajiado County, Kenya be more resilient to climate change.
The Climate Justice Resilience Fund reached an important milestone in its development in June, with decisions to support seven new grants in Kenya and Tanzania. In only its second year of operations, the Fund now has active grants in all three of its focal regions: the Bay of Bengal, East Africa, and the Arctic.
As part of CJRF’s grantmaking on climate resilience in Alaska, we have identified communications capacity building as a priority for investment. Consistent and effective communications are a key component to any successful leadership, advocacy, or knowledge-sharing effort, but for climate change advocates, communicating effectively often presents challenges.
In November 2017, The Kendeda Fund awarded the Climate Justice Resilience Fund (CJRF) a 3-year, $900,000 USD grant. This makes Kendeda CJRF’s second ‘member foundation,’ joining the Oak Foundation, which launched the CJRF in 2016.