Over the last 3 years, the Partos Climate Justice Community of Practice has provided a platform that brings together professionals from a wide range of organizations, working on programmes that promote climate justice in different ways. We have had inspiring learning sessions on a wide range of topics, such as climate finance, nature-based solutions and locally led adaptation.
Learning document
To not let the information of this CoP fade away, we have created a learning document with the main insights and learnings from these past years. María Faciolince, the editor of the document, has clustered all the information from the sessions into five themes; each presenting context, emerging principles and lessons, concrete case studies, reflection prompts and team exercises, with their corresponding resources. Take a look at it here!
Open Space
After looking back on the past years, we looked forward to explore what issues and challenges still need attention, and how we can continue to support each other and work together in the future. Through Open Space Technology, participants presented their own topics and challenges, centred around the overarching question How can we keep collaborating to put climate justice principles into practice?. A lot of interesting topics were discussed in the smaller groups, ranging from regeneration for changemakers, and how to include young people into climate actions, to Dutch politics related to climate change, and how to learn from the ‘global south’.
The Open Space Technology provided the opportunity for participants to choose where and on what topic they wanted to contribute and learn. This meant that the topics were discussed that mattered the most to them, at that moment. This in particular made the session concrete and relevant for everyone.
Exposition
During the session, an exposition was held; A glimpse into the future, by participants of the Feminist Climate Academy. It showed what the consequences are of failing to make the realisation of a fair, just, and inclusive climate transition a priority. The interactive dioramas sparked interesting conversations and provided stimulating input for the Open Space discussions.
Moving forward
An important goal of this session was to discuss the way forward; to explore concrete possibilities to stay connected and to work together on climate justice in the future. The session was met with an abundance of energy and enthusiasm. Through the conversations, lots of ideas and initiatives came to the table. The wish to continue this CoP in some form or another was strong.
A core group was created of people who want to rotate hosting sessions, and a LinkedIn group was set up where people can exchange information and organise themselves. If you would like to be a part of this LinkedIn group, please join here: Climate Justice learning & collaboration platform | Groepen | LinkedIn.
Next to that, a list of other communities and initiatives to connect to was also created during this closing session. One of them is The Hague Humanity Hub. The Hub is building a community of professionals and organisations at the intersection of climate, peace and justice to enable cross-sector connections, collaboration and knowledge exchange. In this role, they have capacity and commitment to organise regular community meet-ups. They invite everyone who is interested to join them at the next community meet-up, probably taking place in the second half of January (more information will be shared in the coming weeks). If you want to know more, send an email to climate@humanityhub.org
Thanks!
Therefore, even though this Climate Justice CoP is coming to an end, the work and conversations on this topic will continue. We want to thank everyone that has participated and collaborated in this CoP, and invite you all to keep connected with each other and to continue building towards a more just and sustainable world!