October 12, 2021
From August to November 2021, the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) is convening deliberative dialogues to engage thought leaders, advocates, creatives and other actors to share their perspectives on climate justice and how COVID-19 recovery can support a just transition. These dialogues will inform the development of a Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance and a collective advocacy agenda.
The Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance is being established to build a regional coalition and grassroots movement of leading civil society organisations (CSOs), academia, creatives and other non-state actors to transform policy and practice and catalyse action for climate justice and a just transition. Bringing together what are now small and disconnected efforts, the alliance will help build a unified, coherent and amplified civil society voice to enhance the effectiveness and impact of calls for climate justice for the most vulnerable in the Caribbean. The alliance will also seek to hold governments and their development partners accountable for delivery of key national and global commitments, including under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
To guide the formation of the alliance and collective advocacy agenda on climate justice and a just transition, these deliberative dialogues have been designed to enable a shared understanding around key emerging issues and the way forward.
They focus on three overarching questions: 1) what climate justice means for the Caribbean?;
2) what is the Caribbean’s experience in promoting climate justice? and
3) how can COVID-19 recovery better support climate justice and resilience in the Caribbean?
Key actors are currently involved via a series of written blogs and video interviews, and interactive online discussions, focus groups, and an online survey will be launched in October, to capture different perspectives – economic, environmental and social – on climate justice. The dialogues will culminate CANARI joins the global climate strike in September 2019. CREDIT: CANARI 2 in a regional forum in November 2021 to bring together the various allies to present findings from the above activities and develop a shared understanding and agenda.
The dialogues, and the alliance, are being supported under the project, “Amplifying local voices for a just and resilient COVID-19 recovery”. The project is being implemented by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) in collaboration with Panos Caribbean with funding from the Open Society Foundations (OSF). Stay tuned to CANARI’s social media to see how you can get involved!