The Climate Justice Resilience Fund is pleased to announce the four grant recipients from our recent global open call: Mainyoito Pastoralists Integrated Development Organization (MPIDO), Centrum Inisiatif Rakyat Mandiri (CIRMA), Samprity Aid Foundation, and Development of Educational Action Network (DEAN). Each organization will receive a multi-year, flexible $200,000 USD grant under the proposal theme of “Building connections, networks, and collaborative spaces for climate justice and resilience.”
Reflections and Lessons from CJRF’s 2024 Annual Report
The past year has been one of tremendous growth and change for the Climate Justice Resilience Fund (CJRF). In our 2024 Annual Report, we reflect on the critical lessons we are learning in our journey transitioning to a fully participatory governance structure and how we are deepening our commitment to frontline communities.
Key Lessons from CJRF’s Grant Portfolio on Climate Mobilities
We are excited to announce the release of the Effective Support for Communities Experiencing Climate Mobilities: Lessons from the CJRF Grant Portfolio (2017–2024) report, created in collaboration with the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). This report highlights key lessons from 11 grants implemented across Alaska, Bangladesh, and the Pacific, focusing on community-driven solutions to the challenges of climate mobility.
Empowering Communities in the Arctic: A Visit to Arctic Bay’s Indigenous Stewardship Program
Since 2018, CJRF has supported guardians in the Arctic through Makeway, which hosts the Northern Indigenous Stewardship Circle, a network of communities with guardian programs across the Canadian North. In October 2023, I visited the Inuit community of Arctic Bay and spent time with the local guardian crew. My visit revealed the remarkable ways in which this program is not just a response to climate change, but also a beacon of hope and resilience.
CJRF Call for Grant Proposals
CJRF Is Hiring - Program Officer
CJRF seeks to employ an organized, collaborative, insightful, and flexible Program Officer to support the initiatives, including:
the design and execution of successful multi-stakeholder processes;
administration of grants made via the initiatives;
harvesting lessons from the participatory grantmaking experience;
supporting exchange of lessons among participants in the various initiatives; and
facilitating integration of priorities and lessons learned into CJRF Board decisions and grantmaking systems.