Early lessons from CJRF's work on non-economic loss and damage
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East Africa
The Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, located in the border of Kenya and Tanzania, is home to Indigenous pastoralist communities who have stewarded land and ecosystems for generations. Yet despite their deep knowledge and long-standing presence, these communities—particularly women, youth, and people with disabilities—continue to face exclusion from decision-making spaces that shape their futures.
CJRF tried an innovative, trust-based participatory grantmaking mechanism that deployed $792,000 to communities to address Non-Economic Loss and Damage.
In recent years, there has been a growing call for funders to recognise the shortfalls of philanthropy, and address the ways in which philanthropic institutions perpetuate harmful economic, colonial, political and cultural systems of domination.
In 2022, CJRF launched the Solution Series, a set of webinars where grant partners shared lessons, challenges, and impactful outcomes of their work with our community of grantees, funders, and climate practitioners.
The issue of climate-induced loss and damage (L&D) is coming into its power as a movement—far beyond proof of concept. Although it’s been a budding idea for decades, it became a reality in the lead-up to the Paris Agreement. Now it is experiencing a growth spurt and is pushing against the status quo, demanding to be heard and respected.
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