Bridging Movements

Overview

We recognise that climate justice is deeply intertwined with social justice issues such as migration, racism, and gender inequality, and that our collective response must reflect this understanding.

Guided by this intersectional approach, the project provides space for collaboration between young actors from both environmental and social fields to help turn climate justice from concept into real action.

The key activities of the project include:

Supporting the establishment of partnerships between climate and non-climate actors;
Building a Community of Practice for professionals from both fields and providing networking and collaboration opportunities;
A series of trainings (online and in-person) on thematic areas for both sectors;
A space for ideation, development, and implementation of cross-sectoral projects that are grounded in the needs of local communities.

Who is the project for?

This project is designed for youth-led climate organisations that understand the value of intersectionality but haven’t yet had many structured opportunities to put it into practice. It supports groups that want to strengthen their intersectional approach to climate activism and build collaborations beyond their usual networks.

It is also for social justice organisations interested in stepping into environmental advocacy. By bridging this thematic gap, we aim to help them connect their work with climate issues and push for climate justice that truly serves the most vulnerable communities.

Objectives

Cross-sectoral collaboration

Promote cross-sectoral collaboration between climate justice and social justice organisations, ensuring marginalised communities are integral to climate action.

To address local issues in a holistic way that considers both social and environmental dimensions, it is essential to ensure that vulnerable groups are meaningfully included. The involvement of social justice groups ensures that climate action efforts integrate deeper, systemic understandings of marginalisation.

Capacity Building

Deepen the capacity of youth climate organisations to co-design and implement community-driven initiatives that centre intersectionality and inclusivity and mobilise social justice groups to engage in climate action.

The project will further the efforts started by Empowering the Unheard and continue mainstreaming intersectional approaches in the work of youth climate organisations. We also aim to influence organisations to move from delivering projects for communities to co-creating initiatives with communities. The goal is to normalise practices of shared ownership, long-term solidarity, and joint agency in addressing local struggles through climate action

Networking

Build a sustained support network that provides peer learning, solidarity-building, and capacity strengthening for joint climate and social justice action.

We aim to shift from isolated sectoral work and ad-hoc collaborations to sustained solidarity spaces that allow organisations to share practices, address emerging needs together, and build long-term alliances across movements.