The Environmental and Climate Justice Programme (ECJP) in Palestine is a partnership between We Effect as contractual partner to Consulate General of Sweden and the Palestinian Agricultural Institutions Coalition (PAIC) established in 2018. The PAIC is a coalition of six environment, climate and agricultural non-governmental organizations in Palestine (Agricultural Development Association (PARC), Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), Palestinian Hydrology Group (PHG), Land Research Centre (LRC), MA’AN Development Centre, and the Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ. In addition, one technical partner organization contributes to the programme especially in terms of advocacy, namely the Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON).

The PAIC organizations have decades of experiences in the Palestinian, regional, and international context in the field of community development, natural resources management, agriculture, environment, water, human capacity building, good governance and accountability as well as risk and crisis management. The Environmental and Climate Justice Programme is a 48-month programme with the timeframe 2021-2024, which is implemented in the most climate vulnerable rural communities in Palestine (Gaza, West Bank specifically Area C, Hebron District, East Jerusalem and Jordan Valley). The overarching goal of the programme is “to contribute to improving environmental and climate justice in Palestine” and the specific programme objective is “By 2024, civil society organizations and right-holders have the capability to address and challenge structural barriers to environmental and climate justice in Palestine.”

Programme Goal and Objective

The overarching goal of the programme is “to contribute to improving environmental and climate justice in Palestine”.
The programme objective is that “by 2024, civil society organizations and right holders have the capacity to address and challenge structural barriers to environment and climate justice in Palestine”.

Programme Geographical Areas

The consortium (We Effect and PAIC) targets five diversified geographic areas in ensuring wide outreach among rural communities in Palestine (Gaza, West Bank including Area C, Hebron District, East Jerusalem and Jordan Valley). These five geographic clusters have been analyzed through the climate vulnerability mapping study during the inception phase, to select the most vulnerable areas, sectors, social groups, local grass root organizations, communities and targeted groups for the programme. Assessing vulnerability to climate change is important for defining the risks posed by climate change and provides information for identifying measures to adapt to climate change impacts.