climate justice

This briefing highlights how effective intermediaries, such as the Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA), can shift climate adaptation finance to local communities, ensuring resources reach women, Indigenous Peoples, and other marginalised groups to advance equitable, locally led climate action.

The International Court of Justice, the UN’s judicial authority, recently ruled that countries are legally obliged to protect and prevent harm to the environment, and that countries must take action to reduce climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. SEI researchers each reflect on the ICJ’s recent ruling.

Explore key gender and equity findings from the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.

The RegionsAdapt Progress Report 2023 focuses on climate justice, exploring how subnational governments integrate this principle into their climate adaptation efforts. The report highlights practical strategies, barriers, and enablers while showcasing 16 success stories from various regions, illustrating progress in building resilience and addressing vulnerability.

Understand how 'community commons' can be potential adaptive spaces in urban poor settlements of the Global South through this ArcGIS StoryMap.

Examples of urban EbA interventions, predominantly in the Global South, are explored in this paper and linked with seven proposed EbA social principles related to climate justice.

This policy brief presents a novel framework for a just transition for adaptation, with the objective of achieving globally just resilience.