Funding Indigenous and Community-Led Climate Solutions

Join us for an engaging discussion on the pivotal role of communities, Indigenous Peoples, and grassroots organizations in crafting effective climate solutions. 🌱

Around the globe, innovative efforts such as nature-based initiatives, adaptation strategies, and energy transitions are being spearheaded by local leaders. Yet, they often receive just a fraction of the climate finance they need and face exclusion from key funding decisions.

Discussion Highlights:

• Community Engagement to Leadership: Explore how to empower local voices in climate solutions.
• Funding Strategies: Learn how climate finance, philanthropy, and blended finance can better support grassroots initiatives while honoring Indigenous self-determination.
• Connecting Grassroots & Investors: Delve into the challenges of aligning the different priorities, timelines, and definitions of risk that exist between communities and traditional funding bodies.
• Successful Solutions: Highlight already-effective climate strategies and discover barriers to their broader implementation.
• Partnership over Beneficiary: Discuss how to reposition local communities as decision-makers rather than just recipients of aid.

Panel Leaders:

• Bastiaan Witvliet: Founder/CEO of Nature Restoration Company, enhancing forest restoration and climate finance in East Africa.
• Juliana Strobel: Climate Action Director at Fundación Avina, focusing on climate governance and resilience in Latin America.

Key Questions for Discussion:

• What barriers hinder climate finance from reaching grassroots solutions?
• How can funding organizations adopt flexible, trust-based approaches?
• What insights can be gained from successful community-led initiatives?
• How can local communities be empowered as partners in climate finance?

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in a conversation that seeks to shift the narrative towards community-led climate action! 🌿

Location: XCHG Spaces
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