Driving Climate Finance Institutions to Think Outside the Box

The Frontline Funds Accelerator (FFA) is an initiative piloting a new way to fund grassroots groups. The fund recognizes that the people hardest hit by climate change are the most effective at building resilient, sustainable communities, and it aims to put the funding and decision-making power directly in their hands.

The FFA draws on insights and lessons from Huairou Commission’s Community Resilience Funds. For years, this funding has supported women’s groups in creating resilience and adaptation solutions in their communities. In addition to supplying funding, the FFA is looking at the barriers to direct funding from other national, regional, and global mechanisms and intends to measure the effectiveness of directly funding community-led initiatives.