Funding sources


 * Climate Justice Fund (CJF) is a one-of-a-kind financial facility to support the development and use of legal avenues towards achieving global climate justice. It seeks to build the wider enabling environment for the international climate justice movement through research, capacity building and collaborations among lawyers, scientists, climate change-affected communities, and other stakeholders. The CJF is 100% civil society-led. It is a diverse group of experienced lawyers and campaigners with a long history in the field of climate activism and the law. It aims to support access to justice through its global network of climate lawyers, scientists, and campaigners and help the growing community of climate legal activists to navigate the increasing complexities associated with climate change as an area of law.


 * The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is building a movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic, social, and environmental rights – building upward from the grassroots to the state, federal, and international level. CELDF provides a full range of organizing support in assisting community groups, whether they are seasoned or newly formed with little activist experience. As regards the Fundraising: Guidance on planning, budgeting, and making asks for funding support.


 * EDRF Legal Aid Fund in British Columbia, Canada helps cover legal costs to defend their environment.


 * Harbour Litigation Funding offers non-recourse funding (where they only get paid when the claim succeeds) for tort cases (including group & class actions) that meet their criteria.