Feminist Climate Justice Project calls for sustained investment in community-centred climate action
Published: Thursday, December 11, 2025
The Feminist Communities for Climate Justice (FCCJ) project, a partnership between the National Women’s Council of Ireland and Community Work Ireland, today (11th December) called on the Government to build on the success of round 1 of the Climate, Environment and Energy’s Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) and renew and increase funding for climate justice in 2026.
The FCCJ project started in 2022 to educate, empower and mobilise communities and marginalised groups in climate action. While the adoption of Ireland’s amended climate law in 2021, which set ambitious targets for emissions reductions was welcomed, there was a concern that climate policies lacked a gendered and community focused lens.
The aim of the FCCJ project was to amplify, reflect and respond to the voices of women and marginalised communities most impacted by climate crisis, advocate and influence policy with women and marginalised communities, and mobilise communities to support and learn from one another.
According to Project Officer Vanessa Conroy,
“The FCCJ project is the first of its kind in Ireland to bring together community workers and women’s organisations to advocate for and encourage bottom-up participation in climate action. We found that women and marginalised communities are keenly aware of the threats posed by climate change but feel excluded by the government’s policies and grant schemes. We developed resources and helped to amplify the voices of women and marginalised communities in climate policy debates.”
Many of the extensive project resources, including the FCCJ Baseline research, two toolkits and webinar series have now been made available centrally on the project website www.feministclimatejustice.ie.
Vanessa Conroy stated:
“This project benefitted from an innovative funding mechanism which aimed to build capacity in local communities. Despite the unique character of this project and its significant impact in starting conversations and engagement in local communities on climate justice, the funding is coming to an end in 2025. We urge the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment to renew and increase funding under CCAP strand 2 for 2026 to ensure we can build on the success of the project, ensuring women and marginalised communities are centrally involved in shaping our responses to the climate emergency.”
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