Climate Action Aotearoa and the Combined Community Trusts of Aotearoa have contributed 600k to a collaborative ‘Kaupapa of National Significance, climate action fund’ to boost community resilience to a changing climate and empower national-scale climate initiatives. 

To be successful, the proposed initiatives needed to include the following: 

• a commitment to prioritising disadvantaged communities,

• plans to review and measure its impact, 

• contribute to a broader movement of change,

• demonstrate a commitment to working with Iwi and Hapū to address the causes and impacts of climate change,

• have potential benefits at a national scale or demonstrate long-term scalability.  

Successful fund recipients are Lawyers for Climate Action NZ, The Nature Conservancy Aotearoa New Zealand, and Para Kore Marae Incorporated; each entity will receive two hundred thousand dollars towards their respective kaupapa, paid out over two years.