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The Caribbean Nat­ur­al Re­sources In­sti­tute (CA­NARI) is spear­head­ing a new ini­tia­tive in the Caribbean that aims to give com­mu­ni­ties on the front­lines of the cli­mate cri­sis a voice in de­ci­sions that shape their fu­ture.

The “Gen­er­at­ing Am­bi­tion for Lo­cal­ly Led Adap­ta­tion (GA-LLA)” pro­gramme is set to dri­ve ac­tions to en­hance re­silience in com­mu­ni­ties most vul­ner­a­ble to the cli­mate cri­sis. Fund­ed by the Gov­ern­ment of the Nether­lands, this €15 mil­lion pro­gramme is be­ing led by the In­ter­na­tion­al In­sti­tute for En­vi­ron­ment and De­vel­op­ment (IIED) in col­lab­o­ra­tion with nine glob­al part­ners, in­clud­ing CA­NARI.

“Cli­mate fi­nance re­mains trapped in top-down sys­tems, fail­ing to reach those who need it most, in­clud­ing dis­ad­van­taged women, youth, house­holds in pover­ty, per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties and In­dige­nous and Ma­roon com­mu­ni­ties,” a state­ment on Wednes­day said.