Inspiring, community-led climate adaptation work around the globe.
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Inspiring, community-led climate adaptation work around the globe. *
Exploring innovative approaches to direct global climate finance to communities in need.
Most climate adaptation funding comes from top-down processes. According to the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2023, only 5-6 percent of climate adaptation projects are led by communities. We spoke with communities worldwide that are implementing direct, community-led climate adaptation programs, focusing on health equity and on addressing structural and historical injustices, to better understand their initiatives.
Vale de Ribeira Quilombos
On constitutionally recognized land, the Vale de Ribeira Quilombos are actively reclaiming their traditional agricultural practices and cultural heritage to foster food sovereignty and resilience, while enhancing cultural and economic growth throughout the region.
The Organized Village of Kake
In the face of massive systems disruptions caused by a changing climate, the outbreak of COVID-19 added a catalyst to the disruption of the Village of Kake’s ability to provide food to its members. To combat this, The Kake Tribal Heritage Foundation was awarded a grant to implement a hydroponics program.
Organización Boricuá de Agricultura
Ecológica de Puerto Rico
Engages support brigades to help food producers share knowledge about agroecological farming and promote food sovereignty through a grassroots, farmer-to-farmer approach.
“Our biggest goal with this hydroponics program is to be self-sustainable. During the pandemic, the biggest issue with our rural community was not having something as simple as a head of lettuce on the shelf for weeks,”
— Ashley Padgett, Vice-President of the Kake Tribal Heritage Foundation
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Sustainable Healthy Futures partners with communities, researchers, and practitioners on locally driven climate adaptation.
If you’re interested in sharing a case study, exploring a partnership, or learning more about our work, we would love to hear from you.
Email
Garin.bulger@rutgers.edu