In our latest blog, Clara Tomé Colomer, Equal Right's Cap and Share policy competition winner, reflects on her experience at COP30 as part of our delegation in Belém. From the disconnect inside negotiation halls to the grassroots power outside them, Clara unpacks why climate justice means putting resources, and power, directly in the hands of communities. She explores how Cap and Share and her own Fashion Commons model offer real alternatives rooted in equity and sovereignty..

In this blog, our Executive Director Patrick Brown explores how the Marshall Islands’ new Universal Basic Income offers a powerful blueprint for climate justice in the South Pacific. He unpacks why UBI matters in a region facing existential climate threats, how sovereign wealth funds and commons-based financing can transform adaptation, and what a Pacific-led model of direct, unconditional climate finance could mean for COP31 and beyond.

In this blog, Matu Mureithi, Project Coordinator for our Climate Commons Fund in Kenya, shares his reflections from engagement with Il Ngwesi community conservancy - including the role that Cash for Conservation could have in enhancing environmental outcomes.

In this blog post, member of our Management Board, Emma Gilbert asks: can Blockchain Technology meet the challenges of making global UBI a reality?

Equal Right’s Director for Asia Pacific introduces our new project, UC4CJ, which provide unconditional cash transfers to climate activists in Tuvalu.

Following the release of his new report, Equal Right’s Director for Brazil, Tomás, describes how sovereign wealth funds can be used as a tool for climate justice.

Equal Right’s Director for Brazil Tomás unpacks our new report’s key proposals, from protecting vulnerable communities to rethinking how we finance conservation in Brazil.

Read our Cap and Share Policy Competition winner, Clara Tomé’s proposal: Fashion Commons.

Read our Executive Director Patrick’s op-ed on how the LA Wildfires show us why we need a UBI for climate justice. First featured on Global Center for Climate Justice.

Palau has become the first country to sign Equal Right’s Cap and Share Pledge. Read our Director for Asia Pacific, Zainab’s reflections on this big moment.

Read our input into a report by the United Nations Human Rights Office on a Just Transition and Human Rights. The submission outlines how a Basic Income can support a just transition and help realise human rights for all, and details how we can pay for it through a policy like Cap and Share.

Read Director for LATAM Carlos’ Op-Ed on the aftermath of COP29 and the opportunity to move towards global solidarity mechanisms ahead of COP30. Originally published in Common Dreams.