International Accountability Project knows that the impacts of climate change are disproportionately borne by communities that lack political and economic power in the decision-making processes affecting their lands, livelihoods, and environment. Movement-led successes have limited the climate-harming activities in some areas and have encouraged more “green” activities as legitimate alternatives.
It is imperative to recognize climate justice as an inclusive and intersectional movement. To many, this inter-connectivity is not a new realization, but it is a critical lens that governments, companies, and investors have yet to fully center in their response to the climate crisis.
With these realities in mind, IAP’s Climate Justice work has focused on supporting community-led campaigns related to projects and investments contributing to the climate crisis, including fossil fuels. IAP also supports communities to propose and engage with investments and projects that are part of a Just Transition to cleaner energy. Additionally, since factory farming is a major contributor to climate change, IAP works in partnership with locally affected communities and organizations to shift finance away from industrial livestock production as part of The Stop Financing Factory Campaign. IAP is an integral intermediary between being directly involved in the local campaigns IAP supports and a key player in the global efforts to bring comprehensive and lasting results.
