Senior Strategist, Just Transition Funder Collaborative (JTFC)

About the Organization

ClimateWorks Foundation is a global organization committed to our mission: to end the climate crisis by amplifying the power of philanthropy. Since our founding in 2008, we have awarded over $1.3 billion in grants to more than 600 organizations advancing climate solutions around the world. We helped grow the field of climate philanthropy to where it stands today, establishing infrastructure, global networks, and momentum for continued growth. Through our Global Programs and Services, we equip philanthropy with global knowledge, networks, and solutions to drive climate progress.

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A new Just Transition fund within a new unit

ClimateWorks Foundation is starting a Just Transition fund that will initially work to advance Just Transition principles and actions in targeted coal-dependent middle-income countries, with the ambition of extending its work to other countries and sectors by attracting additional funder support. The fund is the first ever global philanthropic effort aimed at supporting at-risk workers and communities to engage and benefit from coal to renewable energy transition, with an initial focus on South Africa, Indonesia and Vietnam. The fund complements recent philanthropic and multilateral efforts, such as the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and the Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs), by increasing local stakeholder support and engagement for these efforts.

Country-level Just Transition frameworks can provide the technical and economic analysis pathways needed to effectively reduce emissions as well as address the consequences of adopting those pathways. But while nations are increasing their attention to industrial reform, little clarity is available on how these reforms will be implemented, an in particular how justice will be reflected through the process.

ClimateWorks hopes to support the process through several means:

• Country and field mapping: Assessing and mapping needs within focal countries based on a solid understanding of the field and progress of related initiatives.
• Economic analysis: Supporting economic analysis identifying affected groups and impacts, the transition plans targeted to those communities, and Just Transition benefits.
• Project development: Working in consultation with in-country experts and partners to conduct extensive analysis, scoping, and initial activities