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Caribbean voices lead regional dialogue on climate justice, partnerships and finance

CANARI Partners Forum

Towards climate justice in the Caribbean: building understanding and catalysing partnerships and finance

19–20 January 2026 | Barbados

 

The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)’s Partners Forum is a convening of Caribbean civil society, environmental defenders, legal practitioners, climate finance experts, funders and technical partners working to advance climate justice in the region.

Held in Barbados over two days, the Forum provides a dedicated space for dialogue, shared learning and strategic reflection on climate justice as a core development, human rights and resilience issue for the Caribbean. It centres Caribbean voices, lived experience and legal expertise, recognising these as essential to shaping effective climate justice responses for the region. The focus is on deepening understanding and identifying practical pathways for coordinated partnerships and just, accessible climate finance.

 

Purpose and objectives

The overall goal of the Forum is to develop and deepen collaborations to address climate justice in the Caribbean.

The objectives are to:

  • Deepen shared understanding of climate justice as a human rights, environmental and development issue
  • Share information on existing initiatives to address climate justice in the Caribbean
  • Learn from the lived experiences of vulnerable groups and individuals facing climate injustices
  • Assess implications of global climate justice discourse (including advisory opinions from international courts) for effective advocacy, policy making and litigation
  • Explore climate finance strategies and sources which address climate justice
  • Catalyse and strengthen strategic alliances and partnerships to support coordinated regional actions for equity, justice, and locally-led climate actions

 

Who is participating

Participants include CANARI’s existing and potential partners focused on climate justice in the Caribbean, including:

  • Members of the Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance, frontline communities, climate/environmental defenders and other civil society allies and advocates of climate justice
  • Members of the legal profession who are actively working on environmental and climate justice
  • Experts working on climate finance
  • Representatives from Caribbean countries who championed climate justice at international courts: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Key technical agencies in the Caribbean
  • Funding agencies supporting climate and environmental justice

 

Forum resources

This landing page serves as the primary public hub for Forum materials. Content will be added on a rolling basis following the event.

 

Collaborating Partners

The CANARI Partners Forum is supported by anchor partner the Open Society Foundations, with additional support from the Clara Lionel Foundation, Legal Empowerment Fund, ClimateWorks Foundation and the Panta Rhea Foundation. The Forum is convened in collaboration with the Caribbean Environmental Law Unit, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus and Climate Analytics Caribbean.

 

Contact

For enquiries related to Forum communications or published materials, please contact:
communications@canari.org

 

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