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A group of young people from Haiti stand together as a group and pose for the camera. Most of them are holding their hand in one position, with their thumb, pointer, and pinky finger up. Many of them are laughing. Next to them is a banner that says in French: "Plaidoyer pour la reduction des effets du changement climatique sur les personnes handicapees." Beneath that text are logos for Global Greengrants Fund and our Haitian grantee partner CONAPH.

Inclusive Natural Disaster Emergency Responses: Advocating for Persons with Disabilities in Haiti

The Disability Rights and Climate Justice (DRCJ) Advisory Board at Global Greengrants Fund is a global board founded in 2022 that encourages intersectional connections between disability rights and climate justice movements. In this blog series, we hear directly from those grantee partners, digging deeper into their contexts, their strategies for supporting disability rights and environmental […]

Celebrating One Year of the Disability Rights and Climate Justice Board

By Yolanda Muñoz, Disability Rights and Climate Justice Board Coordinator In July 2023, Global Greengrants Fund celebrated the first anniversary of the Disability Rights and Climate Justice (DRCJ) Advisory Board, an initiative that stands at the crossroads of two pressing global issues—disability rights and climate justice. Global Greengrants Fund’s disability work began in 2018, when […]

Celebrating the 2023 Goldman Prize winners

Congratulations to the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize winners! Since 1989, the Goldman Prize has awarded an annual prize to grassroots environmental defenders from all over the world for their work to protect and enhance the natural environment. Each year, we are honored to see that many of the Goldman Prize winners are connected to Global […]

A year of grantmaking in the Middle East and North Africa

By Lydia Baker, Global Greengrants Fund UK In January 2021, thanks to seed funding from the Sigrid Rausing Trust, Global Greengrants Fund established a new Advisory Board for grantmaking in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The Middle East and North Africa is a region of critical importance for the climate and biodiversity emergency, […]

Why donors should put their trust and funds in the hands of young people

By Hannah Dillon, Director of The Iris Project Photo credit: Dana Romanoff Photography, LLC It’s no secret that the philanthropy sector needs a shake-up. For too long, well-intentioned environmental initiatives have been designed in isolation from the communities they purport to serve, by people in the Global North who lack both the imagination and lived […]

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