About us
What we do
Climate Catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today. We believe in the ingenuity of the climate community and support the incredible work already happening across civil society and the private sector. But we know the climate crisis needs all of us, so we bring new organisations in to further strengthen our collective power.
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We focus on areas where there has been limited action, but where the potential for impact is high. And we use our collective voice to secure decisive policy change and fundamental financial shifts away from high-polluting activities towards climate solutions that set us on a path to a just and prosperous future for all.
Our work involves
- Strategy co-design for partners and collaborations to create change.
- Mobilising business and investors and forging connections between these groups and civil society.
- Supporting organisations with creative communications and advocacy efforts to make change happen.
- Sharing learnings from our work to help others using similar tactics or working on similar challenges.
- Funding to small organisations that bigger funders can’t reach.
Our model for change
During this phase, we conduct research and speak to experts from across sectors and geographies to narrow in on critical climate issues where action to date has been limited. We match this analysis with where our collaborative model and our team’s skill-set could bring fresh momentum and resources. At the end of this phase, we will have narrowed down to one or two issues.
Here is where we bring together key organisations already working on our shortlist of topics, in addition to new allies interested in or critical to these issues. We hold individual conversations; we arrange workshops and planning sessions; we listen, we learn, and we iterate with fresh ideas. This is where we design our potential collaboration, including co-designing strategies, setting objectives and identifying measures of success.
Now the real work begins! We ensure that ideas turn into impact, work with core partners and the new allies that we have brought together. We advise on strategy design, offer grants where additional resources can unlock fresh momentum, and provide our expertise on creative communications, advocacy, research and private sector action to help meet our shared goals. We share our learnings as we go, iterating our work and our partnerships to keep hitting our goals .
Who we work with
We work with whoever unlocks the necessary action for change. Our partners include environmental organisations, workers groups, community organisers and many more. We also tap into the power and ingenuity of the private sector, bringing in investor and business organisations, as well as progressive businesses and financial institutions.
Working separately can only get us so far. That’s why we not only work with a wide range of organisations, but also try to break down the silos across the climate community. We want to connect the dots between the brilliant work that is taking place, and mobilise new organisations to work together.
Where we work
We believe our model can be effective everywhere. But we are led by the issues that need collective attention. We adapt this for different geographical contexts and work with local partners on each new programme of work. Our current regional focus is:
Asia
We work in two countries in Asia: India and Indonesia. In India we work with partners on steel decarbonisation. We are currently consulting partners on our focus in Indonesia.
Europe
We take a regional focus, developing strategies at European level and then focusing on specific EU countries and the UK where there is high potential for impact.
Our values
Be courageously open-minded
We are highly ambitious for the impact we want to achieve and determined to be open-minded and innovative in the strategies we develop to achieve this.
Collaborate to accelerate
We make the greatest progress by working together. So we will work equitably with others in all that we do. Bringing diverse voices from the climate community and beyond to accelerate the impact of our work.
Always be inclusive
We will reflect the diversity, scale and complexity of the climate struggle in our recruitment, our geography, and our external relationships.
Listen and learn
We will listen and learn from leaders driving change on climate and learn actively from our own experience.
