Farhana Yamin is a lawyer and climate policy expert who has advised leaders from small island states and vulnerable countries on climate negotiations for more than 30 years. Yamin spoke with CJRF about her work and how she sees the next generation answering the call of climate justice.

It is past time to advance a progressive US advocacy agenda on climate-forced displacement. For leaders working in climate policy, the political administration turnover provides an opportunity to see real change.

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.