WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARE
The Climate Justice Fund (the “CJF”) is a one-of-a-kind financial facility to support the progress and use of legal avenues towards achieving global climate justice. It seeks to build the wider enabling environment for the international climate justice movement through research, capacity building and collaborations among lawyers, scientists, climate change-affected communities, and other stakeholders.
The CJF is 100% civil society-led. It is a diverse group of experienced lawyers and advocates with a long history in the field of climate activism and the law.
This CJF aims to support access to justice through its global network of climate lawyers, scientists, and campaigners and help the growing community of climate legal activists to navigate the increasing complexities associated with climate change as an area of law.
In carrying out our work, we uphold the three core principles of being a demand-led, inclusive and systemic institution which reflect our vision, mission and value.
The Climate Justice Fund (the “CJF”) is a one-of-a-kind financial facility to support the progress and use of legal avenues towards achieving global climate justice. It seeks to build the wider enabling environment for the international climate justice movement through research, capacity building and collaborations among lawyers, scientists, climate change-affected communities, and other stakeholders.
The CJF is 100% civil society-led. It is a diverse group of experienced lawyers and advocates with a long history in the field of climate activism and the law.
This CJF aims to support access to justice through its global network of climate lawyers, scientists, and campaigners and help the growing community of climate legal activists to navigate the increasing complexities associated with climate change as an area of law.
In carrying out our work, we uphold the three core principles of being a demand-led, inclusive and systemic institution which reflect our vision, mission and value.
The Climate Justice Fund (the “CJF”) is a one-of-a-kind financial facility to support the progress and use of legal avenues towards achieving global climate justice. It seeks to build the wider enabling environment for the international climate justice movement through research, capacity building and collaborations among lawyers, scientists, climate change-affected communities, and other stakeholders.
The CJF is 100% civil society-led. It is a diverse group of experienced lawyers and advocates with a long history in the field of climate activism and the law.
This CJF aims to support access to justice through its global network of climate lawyers, scientists, and campaigners and help the growing community of climate legal activists to navigate the increasing complexities associated with climate change as an area of law.
In carrying out our work, we uphold the three core principles of being a demand-led, inclusive and systemic institution which reflect our vision, mission and value.
Demand-Led
CJF strategy, funding criteria and operations will be led primarily by the experience, insight and concerns of people and organisations working on climate justice and the law from across the Global South to ensure the needs of the communities are met.
Inclusive
CJF will be highly inclusive by working with, supporting and actively celebrating a diverse set of people organisations and networks.
Systemic
CJF will recognise the fundamental interdependence of climate justice to environmental justice, human rights and social justice in all the work.
Demand-Led
CJF strategy, funding criteria and operations will be led primarily by the experience, insight and concerns of people and organisations working on climate justice and the law from across the Global South to ensure the needs of the communities are met.
Inclusive
CJF will be highly inclusive by working with, supporting and actively celebrating a diverse set of people organisations and networks.
Systemic
CJF will recognise the fundamental interdependence of climate justice to environmental justice, human rights and social justice in all the work.
History
In 2015, the Climate Justice Programme put in place a Transitional Committee of international legal experts to commence work on the Climate Justice Fund. Over a two-year period, a number of consultations occurred with leading climate justice legal activists and lawyers in nearly every corner of the world.
By early 2017, a Board of Trustees was put in place and work was underway to register the Climate Justice Fund as a Charity in the UK. This process was completed in December 2017 and since then, fundraising efforts have been underway with preparations for launching the Climate Justice Fund Pilot Programme.
In 2015, the Climate Justice Programme put in place a Transitional Committee of international legal experts to commence work on the Climate Justice Fund. Over a two-year period, a number of consultations occurred with leading climate justice legal activists and lawyers in nearly every corner of the world.
By early 2017, a Board of Trustees was put in place and work was underway to register the Climate Justice Fund as a Charity in the UK. This process was completed in December 2017 and since then, fundraising efforts have been underway with preparations for launching the Climate Justice Fund Pilot Programme.
History
In 2015, the Climate Justice Programme put in place a Transitional Committee of international legal experts to commence work on the Climate Justice Fund. Over a two-year period, a number of consultations occurred with leading climate justice legal activists and lawyers in nearly every corner of the world.
By early 2017, a Board of Trustees was put in place and work was underway to register the Climate Justice Fund as a Charity in the UK. This process was completed in December 2017 and since then, fundraising efforts have been underway with preparations for launching the Climate Justice Fund Pilot Programme.
In 2015, the Climate Justice Programme put in place a Transitional Committee of international legal experts to commence work on the Climate Justice Fund. Over a two-year period, a number of consultations occurred with leading climate justice legal activists and lawyers in nearly every corner of the world.
By early 2017, a Board of Trustees was put in place and work was underway to register the Climate Justice Fund as a Charity in the UK. This process was completed in December 2017 and since then, fundraising efforts have been underway with preparations for launching the Climate Justice Fund Pilot Programme.
History
In 2015, the Climate Justice Programme put in place a Transitional Committee of international legal experts to commence work on the Climate Justice Fund. Over a two-year period, a number of consultations occurred with leading climate justice legal activists and lawyers in nearly every corner of the world.
By early 2017, a Board of Trustees was put in place and work was underway to register the Climate Justice Fund as a Charity in the UK. This process was completed in December 2017 and since then, fundraising efforts have been underway with preparations for launching the Climate Justice Fund Pilot Programme.
The organization envisions, at its core, the realization of climate justice.
We believe that support for vulnerable people impacted by climate change is central to climate justice. It has a basis in human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, as well as gender democracy. Climate justice should enhance access to justice at the grassroots level, including environmental justice, facilitative justice, and procedural justice through inclusive participation.
We also believe that climate justice looks beyond mitigation to adaptation and loss and damage, and puts internal and external pressure on failing international policy processes.
We embrace the climate justice narrative that climate change is a moral issue, and requires support for victims of climate change in telling their stories to the world and holding those responsible to account.
Vision
The organization envisions, at its core, the realization of climate justice.
We believe that support for vulnerable people impacted by climate change is central to climate justice. It has a basis in human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, as well as gender democracy. Climate justice should enhance access to justice at the grassroots level, including environmental justice, facilitative justice, and procedural justice through inclusive participation.
We also believe that climate justice looks beyond mitigation to adaptation and loss and damage, and puts internal and external pressure on failing international policy processes.
We embrace the climate justice narrative that climate change is a moral issue, and requires support for victims of climate change in telling their stories to the world and holding those responsible to account.
The organization envisions, at its core, the realization of climate justice.
We believe that support for vulnerable people impacted by climate change is central to climate justice. It has a basis in human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, as well as gender democracy. Climate justice should enhance access to justice at the grassroots level, including environmental justice, facilitative justice, and procedural justice through inclusive participation.
We also believe that climate justice looks beyond mitigation to adaptation and loss and damage, and puts internal and external pressure on failing international policy processes.
We embrace the climate justice narrative that climate change is a moral issue, and requires support for victims of climate change in telling their stories to the world and holding those responsible to account.
Vision
The organization envisions, at its core, the realization of climate justice.
We believe that support for vulnerable people impacted by climate change is central to climate justice. It has a basis in human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, as well as gender democracy. Climate justice should enhance access to justice at the grassroots level, including environmental justice, facilitative justice, and procedural justice through inclusive participation.
We also believe that climate justice looks beyond mitigation to adaptation and loss and damage, and puts internal and external pressure on failing international policy processes.
We embrace the climate justice narrative that climate change is a moral issue, and requires support for victims of climate change in telling their stories to the world and holding those responsible to account.
Vision
The organization envisions, at its core, the realization of climate justice.
We believe that support for vulnerable people impacted by climate change is central to climate justice. It has a basis in human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, as well as gender democracy. Climate justice should enhance access to justice at the grassroots level, including environmental justice, facilitative justice, and procedural justice through inclusive participation.
We also believe that climate justice looks beyond mitigation to adaptation and loss and damage, and puts internal and external pressure on failing international policy processes.
We embrace the climate justice narrative that climate change is a moral issue, and requires support for victims of climate change in telling their stories to the world and holding those responsible to account.