Climate justice.

Systematically denied access to economic, social and environmental resources, CDWD communities are often forced to live in high-risk, disaster-prone areas without adequate housing, infrastructure or legal protections.

• In Brazil, Quilombola communities face ongoing land dispossession as state-backed industrial projects encroach on ancestral territories.
• Across Europe, Roma communities endure chronic housing discrimination - confined to overcrowded, underserved settlements.
• In India, Dalit populations are routinely excluded from social protection and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) systems, leaving them highly vulnerable to recurrent climate shocks.
• In Mauritania, the Haratin face barriers to land rights as desertification steadily worsens food insecurity.

How we respond

We have documented these persistent vulnerabilities through grassroots-led, actionable research - culminating in a Global Policy Brief on CDWD and Climate Justice. These findings now inform our advocacy at the UN and regional mechanisms, ensuring climate resilience for CDWD communities becomes a global priority.

Our partners are central. In Asia, they drive multi-level interventions in DRR and Climate Change Adaptation. Across Europe, our networks advance environmental justice for Roma communities through strategic engagement with EU climate frameworks.

For CDWD communities, climate injustice is not a future risk - it is a daily reality demanding urgent, systemic action.

Read the UN Special Rapporteur's report on Right to Development and CDWD →