For years, the CLIMA Fund’s member organizations have supported movements led by women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, and small-scale farmers who demand the opportunity and resources to fully actualize their human rights. In particular, CLIMA Fund acknowledges the role women play at the nexus of resistance, strategy, leadership, and care of land and water.

Meet a few of the CLIMA Fund’s partner organizations, below. The current COVID-19 pandemic is presenting new challenges for their work. Groups are moving to ensure community health and well-being where governments are failing and rebuild the social fabric that will stave off the crushing economic fallout. (Note: Due to escalating security threats on environmental defenders, we cannot include all of our partners.)

Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB) / Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil

Central de Rondas Campesinas de la Microcuenca Inkas Vivientes

Mobilizing against mining expansion

Angel

Challenging false promises to the climate crisis

Roots for Equity

Challenging semi-feudal models of food production

Divest Strathclyde

Divesting from fossil fuels

Fundación para la Defensa de la Madre Tierra

Protecting water resources

Social Empowerment and Education Programme (SEEP)

Uplifting people-centered development

Myski Local Civic Organization

Resisting coal mining

El Puente

Building community resilience

Health of the Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF)

Unearthing the root causes of environmental and food challenges

Focus on the Global South

Challenging neoliberalism, militarism, and corporate-driven globalization

GeaSphere

Resisting industrial timber plantations

Association FENOMANANA

Promoting women's land rights

Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca (UNOSJO)

Defending Indigenous land rights

Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA)

Who fishes matters

Servicios del Pueblo Mixe (SER Mixe)

Promoting Indigenous self-determination

Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras / Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña (OFRANEH)

Defending Indigenous rights and preserving Garifuna culture

Gwich’in Steering Committee

Resisting extraction in Indigenous land

Pastoral Land Commission / Comissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT)

Resisting unjust land distribution

Federation of Huni Kui People of the State of Acre / Federação do Povo Huni Kui do Estado do Acre (FEPHAC)

Defending human rights, preserving traditional knowledge

Association in the Settlement Areas of the State of Maranhão (ASSEMA)

Organizing for land and livelihoods

Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network

Building economic futures

Seeding Sovereignty

Radicalizing and disrupting colonized spaces

Sahyog Sansthan

Reviving pasturelands in India

African Centre for Biodiversity

Uplifting food sovereignty movements in Africa

Resistencia Pacífica La Puya

Resisting mining projects in Guatemala

Feria Agroecológica Tres Colonias

Supporting family farming

Small Axe Environmental Youth Group

Protecting local water sources

Kazi-Njema News

Creating climate communication campaigns

Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA)

Advocating for communities affected by Kenya's extractive industries

World March of Women International (WMW)

Resisting all forms of gender-based inequality and discrimination

Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) / Landless Workers Movement

Organizing landless peasants in Brazil

Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre

Uplifting women's voices

Haitian Platform to Advocate Alternative Development (PAPDA)

Strengthening family and peasant agriculture

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)

Shaping African food policy

Rede Social Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos / Network for Social Justice and Human Rights

Defending environmental defenders in Brazil

Mouvman Peyizan Papay / Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP)

Strengthening in the peasant movement in Haiti

Indian Cultural Organization

"We were born from water, we are of the water, and we fight to protect it."

TierrActiva Latin America

Strengthening the youth climate movement

National Congress of the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPNKP)

Maintaining a sustainable economy and participatory democracy for peasants

We are the Solution Campaign (WAS)

Strengthening women’s political learning and development

RISE St. James

Fighting for community, children, and health

SustainUS

Engaging youth advocacy at he domestic and international levels

Rios to Rivers Chile

Empowering the next generation of river stewards

African Concept Foundation

Story telling for healing

Community Initiative for Enhanced Peace and Development

Transforming conflict situations in the Niger Delta

Taller Comunitario Enchúlame la Bici

Transforming transportation in Mexico City

The Southern Peasants’ Federation of Thailand – SPFT (Southern Peasant Cooperatives)

Campaigning for the right to agricultural land
Thailand

The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International

Uniting women as powerful stakeholders
San Francisco, CA, USA

Movimento Pela Soberania Popular na Mineração (MAM) / Movement for Popular Sovereignty in Mining

Changing the course of mining extractivism
Brazil

Indigenous Environmental Network

Protecting the sacredness of Earth Mother by respecting Indigenous teachings and natural laws
Bemidji, MN, USA

GRAIN

Supporting small farmers and social movements
Barcelona, Spain

Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)

Creating a just, toxic-free world without incineration

Tse Wedi Elth (Unist’ot’en Camp)

Reoccupying traditional territory and revitalizing cultural practices
British Columbia, Canada

Movimento Camponês Popular (MCP) / Popular Peasant Movement

Advocating for food sovereignty and peasant power
Brazil

La Via Campesina International

Globalizing hope, globalizing the struggle!

Digo Bikas Institute

Promoting ecological sustainability and social equity
Kathmandu, Nepal

South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA)

Fighting toxic industries
Durban, South Africa

Asociación Femenina para el Desarrollo de Sacatepéquez (AFEDES) / Women’s Association for the Development of Sacatepéquez

Defending rights for Buen Vivir
Sacatepéquez, Guatemala

Asociación de Mujeres Ixpiyakok (ADEMI) / Ixpiyakok Women’s Association

Strengthening agroecological practices
Guatemala

Comité Campesino del Altiplano (CCDA) / Peasant Committee of the Highlands

Building grassroots leadership & self-determination
Guatemala

Asociación Ikiran

Supporting indigenous youth to protect biodiversity
Peru

Asociación de Comunidades Forestales de Petén (ACOFOP) / Association of Forest Communities of Petén

Managing the largest forest reserve in Mesoamerica
Guatemala

Coordinadora de Comunidades Ch’orti (COMUNDICH) / Communities for Integrated Development of the Ch’orti Region

Protecting land rights and advancing community management of natural resources
Guatemala

Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras (COPINH) / Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras

Advancing the rights of the Lenca people
Honduras

SAVE Rivers

Protecting land, rivers, and watersheds
Malaysia

Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens (MAB) / Movement of People Affected by Dams

Advancing movement-building on energy alternatives
Brazil