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COMMUNITIES TAKING BOLD ACTION ON THE FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Justice Alliance is challenging the extractive economy that is harming people and ecosystems
In these new times of political uncertainty, grassroots communities continue to lead the way forward.
About the Alliance
We envision a world in which fairness, equity and ecological rootedness are core values
Climate Justice Alliance members have won significant victories against polluting and extractive industries. We are building local alternatives that center traditional ecological and cultural knowledge and create a pathway for a regenerative future.
Our Power Campaign
As frontline communities, we pilot solutions and organize collectively to shut down the extractive economy
Climate Justice Alliance is amplifying the leadership of the original Our Power Communities while expanding to 70 communities in seven regions that are home to key grassroots groups. These groups organize to end the era of extreme energy and implement a Just Transition that promotes local control of resources (including energy, land, water, and food systems).
Meta-Strategies
Together, we are advancing bold, grounded and interlinked strategies across the country
Six meta-strategies undergird the Climate Justice Alliance projected vision through 2020, and will continue to influence the trajectory of alliance work.
Just Transition
Just Transition is our
main organizing framework
The Just Transition framework is a vision-led, unifying and place-based set of principles, processes and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy.
Grassroots and Movement Building Organizations
Climate Justice Alliance membership is rooted in a shared landscape analysis, priorities and overall vision. Our alliance includes base-building frontline organizations (BFOs), Alliances, Networks, and Movement Support Organizations.
Recent News
Climate Justice Alliance Sunsets UNITE-EJ, Its Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program, After Still Not Receiving Obligated EPA Funds
After Tireless Advocacy to Fight for Obligated Funding, Environmental Justice Communities Lose Access to 50+ Million in Federal Funding Contact: [email protected] The Climate Justice Alliance — a named recipient of the EPA’s national Thriving Communities...
Statement on Inauguration Day 2025
As President Trump announced his plans on day one today, the executive director of the Climate Justice Alliance issued the following initial statement: “The real emergency isn't at the border—it's in the gutting of workers' rights and the dismantling of our...
CJA Applauds Environmental Justice Movement & Legislators Who Stood with Communities to Beat Back Manchin’s Dirty Deal
CONTACT: Brett Abrams | [email protected] “After four attempts by big oil and gas to pass a dirty deal, which would have slashed community rights and due process along with environmental safeguards that protect us all, we have defeated outgoing Senator...
“Having an alliance of US frontline communities to strategically confront the existing tyranny of our country and present real solutions is needed right now.”
– Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network
