Supporting climate resilience and adaptation
Climate change is a social justice issue. Increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves, bushfires, floods, storms and drought are disproportionally impacting communities with existing experiences of social, economic and health inequity. Community service and health organisations have an essential role to play in strengthening local resilience, yet the sector itself is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, risking service continuity and support for the communities they work with.
Our climate justice approach brings attention to the root causes of these intersecting inequities, and the actions required to shift them – including the critical work of community service and health organisations. The projects below aim to build resilience for people and organisations most at-risk to the localised impacts of climate change, through place-based, collaborative, and community-led responses.