When Frontline Communities Lead: Lessons From Five Years of Just Climate Action

When Frontline Communities Lead: Lessons From Five Years of Just Climate Action

Credit: HivosBy Job Muriithi and Winny NyawiraDec 17 2025 (IPS) Efforts to combat climate change too often sideline the very communities hit hardest by the crisis and who have contributed the least to it. This injustice was the core idea of the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program. Now that VCA has concluded after five years, Job Muriithi and Winny Nyanwira from Hivos reflect on its achievements and share recommendations for governments …