Resourcing Grassroots Climate Solutions

Learn how the CLIMA Fund supports those advancing equitable solutions to the most pressing crisis of our time.

This report connects the dots between specific stories of change and global impact, demonstrating how grassroots movements are already forging transitions from extractive agriculture and energy production to agroecological systems and equitable energy generation.

The Nyéléni forum and COP30 are essential processes for movements to coordinate and amplify collective strategies and weave people-centered narratives of climate action. This thematic brief shares the context of these convenings and what role philanthropy can play.

This thematic brief shares how youth-led grassroots movements are developing leadership, activism, and artistic capacity to respond to the climate crisis.

This thematic brief shares how grassroots climate justice movements are transforming existing energy production systems instead of replicating them.

Grassroots movements are transforming the landscape of climate solutions globally, addressing the multiplicity of root causes and effects of the climate crisis in lasting ways.

Grassroots movements have sophisticated approaches for growth, which ensure sustainable, resilient, and equitable solutions. By expanding our view of scale, funders can better understand and resource strategies that are likely to succeed, in the long run, at cooling the planet while advancing equity.

How do grassroots movements scale? Why is international solidarity important in confronting the climate crisis? Why fund the grassroots?