The Act for Climate Justice initiative — comprising ActionAid Denmark, CAN International, Natural Justice, Oxfam, and Recourse — is built on a powerful foundation of complementarity, shared values, and innovation. Together, we bridge local realities with high-level policy spaces, combining deep grassroots engagement with strategic advocacy at national, regional, and global levels. Each partner contributes unique strengths: CAN brings a vast network of over 2,000 member organizations and unmatched convening power; Oxfam offers a trusted brand, operational capacity, and compliance systems; Recourse drives finance accountability; Natural Justice leads in legal empowerment; and ActionAid Denmark elevates youth-led activism.
Our strength lies in building on one another’s work. This collaboration allows us to coordinate campaigns, support civic movements, influence climate finance, and scale up local successes. Oxfam’s evidence-based research adds credibility to CAN’s movement-led advocacy, while CAN’s thematic reach and agility extend Oxfam’s programmatic impact. Together, we unlock funding for grassroots actors using Oxfam’s re-granting infrastructure and CAN’s member networks — enabling frontline communities to lead. We are not just combining resources — we are rethinking how we work. Our partnership pioneers innovative models such as activist-friendly grant systems, regional climate caravans, rapid-response platforms, and joint campaigns that translate local demands into global action. We embrace horizontal governance, open learning loops, and courageous engagement with politically sensitive issues. Our approach is grounded in intersectional, rights-based values — feminist, decolonial, and care-centered. By combining policy expertise, grassroots mobilization, legal strategies, and public campaigning, Act for Climate Justice offers donors a comprehensive and scalable platform to deliver justice-oriented climate action that is bold, systemic, and led by those most affected.
Founded in 1972, ActionAid is an international NGO headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, operating across 45 country offices. Its mission is to fight poverty and injustice by working directly with communities, supporting social movements, and running campaigns for human and economic rights, with strong emphasis on gender justice and climate justice.
Established in 1989, CAN International is the world’s largest network of environmental NGOs, with over 1,300 members in more than 130 countries. It coordinates NGO strategies, information exchange, and advocacy in global climate negotiations, notably issuing the “ECO” newsletter and “Fossil of the Day” awards to highlight climate laggards.
Founded in 2007 and based in Cape Town, with offices in Nairobi and Dakar, Natural Justice empowers indigenous and local communities by helping them legally assert rights over their biological, cultural, and spiritual resources. It supports “community protocols” to engage with environmental laws, especially those under the Convention on Biological Diversity and related frameworks.
A global confederation of 21 affiliates working in about 80–86 countries, Oxfam began in 1942 as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. It focuses on combating poverty, inequality, and injustice through emergency relief, sustainable development, and advocacy, with an increasing emphasis on local leadership, gender equality, and climate justice.
Recourse is an independent NGO registered in Europe and working globally to hold international financial institutions accountable to people and the planet. It monitors institutions like the World Bank, IMF, regional development banks in Asia, Africa and Europe, with focus areas including just transition, rights and accountability, and financial architecture reform
