Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance surpasses goals, impacts 3.14 million people

Christine Anderson CFRE FFIA, ACF’s Director of Fundraising, recently attended New York Climate Week – one of the world’s biggest gatherings of leaders, communities and movements driving action for climate and nature. Some of the key takeaways for Christine included: - Putting people and communities at the centre of climate solutions - Scaling up nature-based solutions - Mobilising finance and decentralising energy, particularly to support countries in the global South - Elevating First Nations and Indigenous leadership as central to solving the climate and extinction crises For Australia, this reinforces the importance of amplifying and resourcing First Nations voices and choices in the work to protect our climate, people and nature.

Rockefeller Foundation Supports New Syracuse VA And Syracuse University Study To Tackle Food Insecurity And Chronic Illness Among Veterans Zero Gap Fund Mobilizes $1.05B in Private Capital To Advance UN Sustainable Development Goals Foundations Launch $50 Million Adaptation And Resilience Fund For Communities Facing Climate Risks Rockefeller Foundation Foundation Supports Discussion On Ethical Role Of Governments, Businesses And Society in Addressing The Climate Emergency https://lnkd.in/dDBGEjFy

The Climate Smart Communities Initiative (CSCI) is now accepting grant applications! These grants provide funding and technical assistance to increase climate resilience in communities that include historically disinvested populations at increased risk to climate-related impacts. For more information, including how adaptation practitioners, community-based organizations, and local, regional, and Tribal governments can collaborate to apply, visit https://lnkd.in/e7586FxH. #fundingopportunity #climateadaptation #climateresilience

The Climate Smart Communities Initiative (CSCI) is now accepting grant applications! These grants provide funding and technical assistance to increase climate resilience in communities that include historically disinvested populations at increased risk to climate-related impacts. For more information, including how adaptation practitioners, community-based organizations, and local, regional, and Tribal governments can collaborate to apply, visit https://lnkd.in/e7586FxH. #fundingopportunity #climateadaptation #climateresilience

📣 Excited to share that the Climate Smart Communities Initiative (CSCI)'s newest grant opportunity is now open! Grants will support an adaptation practitioner from the Registry of Adaptation Practitioners to work with community and government leaders to help their communities that experience the worst impacts of #climatechange to increase their #climateresilience.

We’re proud to announce the launch of the Climate Justice Academy, an initiative by We4Climate in partnership with the Institute of Politics and Society, and supported by ActionAid and Drabzeen. The Academy aims to build the capacities of young people in the fields of climate justice, sustainable development, and climate action. Through structured and scientific training, participants will learn how to design and implement impactful climate advocacy campaigns. This initiative strengthens youth engagement in shaping environmental and climate policies, while promoting evidence-based thinking, strategic communication, and research-driven action. By connecting academic knowledge with real-world practice, the Climate Justice Academy is emerging as a national platform for developing a new generation of climate leaders equipped to influence, innovate, and lead change for a just and sustainable future. #ClimateJustice #YouthLeadership #Sustainability #ActionAid #Drabzeen #We4Climate #ClimateAction #Jordan https://lnkd.in/e_gvG4Jj

🌏New article: How the Water Justice Fund puts women in charge of climate adaptation 'Women bear the brunt of climate change, which is why they must be at the forefront of adaptation efforts. The Water Justice Fund is one of the first initiatives to channel climate adaptation funding directly into the hands of women.' 📖 In this Vice Versa article, Joris Tielens uncovers how the fund is bypassing traditional development models by taking a grassroots approach. Read his article to discover how this shift is allowing women's groups to take full authority over water and climate solutions in their communities. 👉 Eager to learn more about the future of female leadership in local climate initiatives? Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/ec_5kQAA Uttaran Hassan Abdullah Rafath Vanita Suneja Moutushi Sengupta

What is it that really stands out for participatory grant making processes? For the Water Justice Find jointly funded by Simavi and #Womenwin, where I have the privilege of serving as global advisor, it means working with community-embedded organisations and leaders to get women to come together as a group to seek grants for solutions to their critical access-to-water challenges. There are several gamechangers here: 1. The choice of the solution is based on the articulation of a collective need, not for individual gains. 2. The process is based on foundations of mutual trust, where each women trusts the other to be empathetic to her needs. 3. Mutually agreed goals lead to a much higher level of ownership and agency among these women to see the project through in an efficient and effective manner. 4. Typically, the group takes ownership of the after-installation maintenance as well, contributing to a higher probability of building out a more sustainable asset base. 5. The process offers the opportunity to building community-based platforms that have the potential to bargain harder on other asks too! It was a real opportunity to speak about this in the Vice Versa article attached below. #climateadaptation #waterjustice #participatorygrantmaking #womensleadership #womeninclimate #sustainableadaptation #accesstowater #ruralchange #collectivebargainingforwater #socialimpact #communityledclimateaction Dieneke van der Wijk Simavi Vanita Suneja Utthan Oneworld Colab Pte. Ltd.

📜NEW BRIEF: Examining 18 case studies spanning local, national, and international initiatives to identify proven mechanisms for the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) (FLRD) 🔥⛈️🌊  to enable community access. 💰 🧑🌾👨🚒👨🔧 🔗Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eKFRkdrJ 🎯The FLRD faces a critical design choice between replicating existing #ClimateFinance patterns where resources pass through multiple intermediaries 🏦 before reaching communities 🧑🌾 or establishing new pathways that center affected populations in decision-making and resource allocation. 💸 📢The evidence is clear, communities already possess the knowledge, organizational structures, and accountability systems needed to manage #LossAndDamage finance effectively. 💰 What they lack is direct access to those resources and the power to decide how they are used. 🧮 🔎For full details on each of the 18 case studies the appendix here: https://lnkd.in/egQs48nj 👏The brief has been prepared by the ACEObservatory, Columbia Climate School and The Loss and Damage Collaboration.  🥳It was led by Isatis Cintrón Rodríguez of the Columbia Climate School and ACEObservatory, Eileen Mairena Cunningham of CADP, Nivedita Joshi and Amina Drop of the Columbia Climate School Loss and Damage Research and Action Team, and Liane Schalatek of Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Washington DC. [ Gerard Howe, LDC Group on Climate Change, Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), Ibrahima Cheikh DIONG, Daniel Lund, Elena Pereira, Georg Børsting, Jan Dusík, Jean-Christophe Donnellier, Mohamed Nasr, Mark Dennis Joven, Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), Lien Vandamme, Harjeet Singh, Fill The Fund, Lidy Nacpil, Brandon Wu, Climate Action Network International, Loss and Damage Youth Coalition]

Fernleaf is thrilled to share that the Climate Smart Communities Initiative (CSCI) is now accepting grant applications! These grants provide funding and technical assistance to increase resilience in communities that include historically disinvested populations at increased risk to weather-related impacts. For more information, including how adaptation practitioners, community-based organizations, and local, regional, and Tribal governments can collaborate to apply, visit https://lnkd.in/e7586FxH. #fundingopportunity #adaptation #resilience