Read CJRF’s Summer Newsletter.

We recently interviewed Winnie Asiti to learn more about her role as an advisor of the Next Generation Climate Board for Global Greengrants Fund (GGF). She and her colleagues are reflecting on their eight years of youth grantmaking and sharing lessons for philanthropists and other funders.

As the climate changes, people and societies will need to respond more often to extreme and stressful weather, and will need to strengthen their ability to contend with frequent disruption. People often call this “climate resilience.”

On June 15, 2021, CJRF grantee partners convened virtually to explore what "resilience means and critiques of using this word in a panel entitled “Exploring Resilience in the Context of Climate Justice.”

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.

We are excited to sponsor #CBA15 again this year. This post highlights the sessions in which our partners are participating.

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.

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