Climate Justice

Empowering women and communities in Mexico and Central America

Climate change is a justice issue. Those with the least political and economic power and the least responsibility for the changing climate are affected the most.

“Climate change did not start with the Industrial Revolution; it began with colonisation.”
Xiye Bastida — Mexican climate activist

The unfair burden

While wealthy nations and corporations have fuelled the climate emergency for decades, it’s Indigenous communities, small-scale farmers and people in the Global South who bear the brunt. Their lands are being destroyed. Their water sources are drying up. Their traditional ways of life — which have sustained ecosystems for generations — are under threat.

These communities didn’t create the climate crisis. But they’re on the frontlines of it.

Our approach

At Amos Trust, we believe the people closest to the problem are closest to the solution. That’s why we support women grassroots activists and Indigenous leaders who are defending their territories, preserving ancestral knowledge and building climate resilience from the ground up.

Through our Climate Fellowship, we work directly with young activists who aren’t waiting for governments or corporations to act. They’re protecting forests, stewarding water, cultivating native crops and organising their communities. They’re doing the work that actually matters — and they’re doing it with courage, creativity and deep knowledge of their land.

We stand with them. We amplify their voices. And we provide the resources they need to keep going.

Climate Fellowship

Our Climate Fellowship supports young activists across Mexico and Central America who are leading climate justice movements in their communities. These are intimate, local efforts rooted in place, culture and relationship.

Fellows receive funding, training and a global network of solidarity. They share knowledge, build skills and create new strategies for defending their territories against extractivism, industrial agriculture and environmental destruction.

Watch our short film about our Climate Fellowship →

Meet the Climate Fellowship cohort →

Why Mexico and Central America?

Mexico and Central America are home to some of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems — and some of its most threatened. Indigenous communities across the region are facing land grabs, deforestation, water privatisation and violence against environmental defenders.

But they’re also leading some of the most innovative and inspiring climate action on the planet. From the Mayan to the Darién rainforests, from Mexico to Panama — grassroots movements are proving that another way is possible.

Empowering women and communities

Women are at the heart of climate resilience. In communities across Mexico and Central America, women are the keepers of seed knowledge, the guardians of water and the teachers of ecological wisdom. When women lead, communities thrive.

Our work centres women’s leadership, recognises their expertise and supports their vision for a just and sustainable future.

Take action

Climate justice isn’t built by governments alone — it’s built by people like you standing in solidarity with frontline communities.

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