“From Territory to Climate Action” concludes the Building Climate Justice series and shows how climate action is already taking place across Brazil’s territories. The study systematizes 1,267 initiatives supported between 2022 and 2024, with approximately US$20 million directed straight to Indigenous peoples, Quilombola communities, traditional communities, and grassroots organizations. Drawing on unprecedented data, the report illustrates how adaptation, mitigation, and just transition are integrated in practice through locally led solutions. The publication makes clear that responses to the climate crisis already exist and are led by those who protect the territories. An essential read for anyone seeking to understand how climate finance works when it reaches where it truly should.
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The publication “Where Are the Resources for Climate?” offers a critical and accessible perspective on global climate finance, highlighting how resources are distributed and the challenges of ensuring they reach communities in the Global South. The material explains the architecture of international agreements, outlines the main funds and access mechanisms, and proposes pathways toward a fairer and more democratic allocation of resources — strengthening civil society’s participation at COP 30 and in climate decision-making.
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In 2024, Casa Socio-Environmental Fund allocated over U$ 5.8 million to support 535 projects and 42 environmental defenders across all regions of Brazil. Present in every biome, the funding prioritized Indigenous peoples, quilombola communities, riverine populations, and other traditional groups facing the impacts of the climate crisis. Highlights include the Sociobiodiversity Web call, with U$ 8 million expected by 2028, and an emergency response to floods in Rio Grande do Sul, which mobilized U$ 560,000. Community fire brigades also received over U$ 545,454 to combat wildfires across five biomes. The Fund’s work directly reached 1.9 million people and reaffirms its commitment to a direct, fair, and trust-based funding model. Strengthening local solutions remains a top priority amid the high demand for support.
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The document highlights the role of Global South funds in the adaptation agenda and presents some networks and funds with participatory management that are already active in the climate agenda in the Global South and can serve as crucial financial mechanisms to increase local resilience.
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In 2023, the Casa Socio-Environmental Fund set new records by reaching a historic mark in grantmaking – over US$10,8 million distributed among 434 projects throughout Brazil and the world. The annual report reveals a significant increase in direct support to socio-environmental initiatives and the strengthening of partner funds in the Global South. These results reinforce the commitment to supporting local solutions based on nature and climate justice and consolidating its influence in the international philanthropy context.
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Of the almost 4,000 grants provided by Casa Fund in its history, 727 went directly to associations and organizations led by the indigenous peoples of Brazil. Over US$ 6 million has been donated to the indigenous peoples, reaching 402 associations from 182 ethnic groups, representing 60% of the 305 recognized indigenous ethnic groups in Brazil. These significant numbers make Casa Fund one of the largest partners of initiatives led by indigenous communities in Brazil, all carried out through a careful process involving listening and trust.
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This publication compiles lessons learned by Casa Fund in supporting human rights and environmental defenders, including data on impacts, results, and articles written by guest experts in the field. From August 2019 to August 2023, Casa Fund provided 264 supports through the Rapid Response Fund, totaling R$3,525,000.00 donated directly to defenders. We hope this publication can inspire other actors in the philanthropy field to engage in protecting the lives of those who defend what belongs to all of us.
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Every year, through our report, we share with our partners, funders, and grantees a compilation of relevant data and information about our work, aiming to bring transparency, reflections, and inspiration to the philanthropic field in Brazil and worldwide. This year, as we celebrate our 18-year history, our 2022 annual report presents a glimpse of the enormous valueof tailored-made support for local communities, support that enhances the capabilities and reach of seemingly small organizations and initiatives that collectively form a transformative network. That’s how we have supported 3,157 projects since the beginning of Casa Socio-Environmental Fund.
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