A Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance for Advocacy, Action and Accountability

The climate emergency poses a significant threat to Caribbean people, our economy and way of life and compounds threats from biodiversity loss and uneven development. Yet, the most vulnerable and marginalised groups continue to be excluded from decision-making, including women, youth, persons with disabilities, rural poor and Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities. These groups lack a voice in advocating for more ambitious and inclusive climate action at the national, regional and international levels.

Under the “Amplifying local voices for a just and resilient COVID-19 recovery” project from 2020-2023, the Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance was established to amplify the voices of the most vulnerable and influence policy and practice. The alliance brought together civil society organisations, local resource users, individual activists, academics, creatives and other non-state actors and their networks working across different aspects of climate justice. Together the alliance developed the Caribbean Climate Justice and Resilience Agenda and initiated research and advocacy actions to support calls for a pro-poor, inclusive, environmentally sustainable and climate resilient approach to COVID-19 economic recovery and development in the region.

Building upon these achievements, CANARI is implementing the project, “A Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance for Advocacy, Action and Accountability”, from 2022 – 2024. This project will further support the Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance, promote and implement the Caribbean Climate Justice and Resilience Agenda and advocate for transformative development approaches that deliver fair, equitable and just outcomes. It is funded by a grant of US$500,000 from the Open Society Foundations (OSF). See the project brief for more details.

Key outcomes
The overall outcome will be enhanced mechanisms for advocacy, action and accountability through the work of the Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance that amplify the voices of the most vulnerable in calling for a pro-poor, just, inclusive, environmentally sustainable and climate resilient approach to development in the Caribbean.

Key outputs

  • The Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance will be comprised of at least 30 civil society organisations (CSOs), including community-based organisations, local resource users and other right holders, and other non-state actors and key champions and activists from the target countries and strengthened to work at the national and local levels on collective advocacy.
  • The Caribbean Climate Justice and Resilience Agenda will be jointly implemented by CSOs and other non-state actors to amplify local voices and priorities at the regional and global levels for climate, environmental and social justice as part of transformative development.
  • Collective advocacy campaigns will be developed and implemented by and for CSOs and local rights holders that encompass practical actions in at least four target countries to express their needs and priorities for climate justice and a pro-poor, inclusive, environmentally sustainable and climate resilient approach to development in the Caribbean.
  • Knowledge exchange, learning and partnerships will be enhanced among civil society, the public and private sector and funders to influence policy and practice for climate justice and transformative development across the target countries.
  • CANARI will be strengthened to play an effective role through convening, facilitating, supporting and leading Caribbean climate justice efforts.

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For further information, contact Ainka Granderson, Senior Technical Officer at [email protected].

 

See related work under the project, Amplifying local voices for a just and climate resilient COVID-19 recovery

 

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