Lessons from Climate Funders on Locally-led Development Assictance
‘Lessons from Climate Funders on Locally-led Development Assistance‘, our the latest WINGS policy paper, shares the experiences, insights and recommendations of funders who have supported locally-led climate initiatives. Profiled in the paper is The Alianza Socioambiental Fondos del Sur- Socio-Environmental Funds of the Global South Alliance brings together independent socio-environmental Foundations from across the global South to do regranting. All Alianza member funders are making timely resources available to the communities that face environmental challenges and are excluded, have their rights constantly violated, and are mostly invisible to philanthropy. As Alianza co-founder Maria Amalia Souza points out: “Eighty percent of all forests still standing today are on indigenous lands. However, for several decades, billions have gone to solve the deforestation problem. But it is simply not possible to do this without recognizing and resourcing the true guardians of these places. Local forest communities, however, have thus far had only their lives to give in this fight. This is the exact reason activists like ourselves in our Alliance, roll up our sleeves to invent, literally, new ways of doing philanthropy from the ground up
