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We begin by repairing relationships between people, land, water, and systems harmed by extraction, colonization, and racial capitalism. Repair creates the conditions for trust, alignment, and collective self-governance to emerge.
We invest in community leaders and formations to cultivate shared political analysis, strengthen relationships across borders, and practice collective self-governance in real time.
We support frontline communities in designing, implementing, and governing tangible models of Global Climate Reparations that can be replicated and adapted across contexts.
In 2021, frontline communities across the Gulf South and Appalachia facing the realities of climate harm came together to ask questions about our future. What emerged was not just a campaign, but a climate action strategy rooted in frontline governance and the belief that those closest to the harm must shape what comes next. That collective decision now guides our action at Taproot Earth: #WeChooseNow.
We recognize that transformation is collective. The power to reshape our future lives in the relationships, wisdom, and shared leadership of frontline people moving together.
We organize with intention and agency. Choosing means refusing systems that extract and divide while building structures rooted in care, accountability, and shared power.
We act with urgency grounded in possibility. The global climate crisis demands action in this moment, and frontline communities are already building the pathways forward.
In 2024, frontline leaders from across the Global South gathered in Nairobi, Kenya to collectively define what climate repair requires. Through a Movement Governance Assembly process, participants developed a working statement for Global Climate Reparations rooted in Black liberation, Indigenous sovereignty, and collective stewardship of land, water, and resources.
In 2025, that vision continued through a Frontline Peoples Jubilee Convening in Rome, advancing a global call for repair across movements, faith institutions, and systems of power.
In 2026, this work continues through the development of frontline-led solutions across six interconnected pillars of climate justice: water, energy, land, labor, economy, and democracy.
At Taproot Earth, our work unfolds through a two-year arc that pollinates ideas and flowers collective power.
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We honor Indigenous self-determination and stewardship of land and water, challenging colonial borders and extractive systems.
We center the lived experiences, resistance, and leadership of Black communities across the Diaspora most impacted by extraction.
We trust frontline communities’ self-governing power in decision-making and resource flow.
Global Climate Reparations are a frontline-defined vision of climate repair that builds locally governed models for climate finance, migration, land stewardship, and democratic decision-making that shift power and resources to those most impacted by extraction and the global climate crisis.
This vision has evolved into an agenda that steers our work as we advance Global Climate Reparations through tangible action across six interconnected pillars of climate justice. Click a pillar to discover how.
We work toward regenerative economies beyond extraction, centering shared abundance, community ownership, and durable systems of repair.
We strengthen participatory governance, advancing community-led decision-making that restores accountability and power to those most impacted.
We advocate for and defend worker dignity and collective power, advancing labor practices that ensure safety, fair wages, and climate-just livelihoods.
We repair relationship between people and land, advancing regenerative practices and Indigenous-led stewardship that sustain liberated climate futures.
We power frontline stewardship of lakes, rivers, and seas, advancing community governance that protects shared water systems from extraction and harm.
We advance policies and models that shift power away from extractive fossil fuel industries toward responsible, community-governed energy stewardship.
A regional formation of frontline organizations and leaders across 17 states building political power, shared strategy, and community-led climate solutions rooted in the interconnected histories, lands, and waters of the Gulf South and Appalachia. Learn more.
A formation of attorneys and legal workers supporting frontline-led movements with legal strategy, protection, and infrastructure to dismantle extractive systems and advance equitable, democratic futures. Learn more.
A global formation of Black leaders across the African Diaspora connecting climate frontline wisdom to build models of governance, stewardship, and repair rooted in Black liberation and collective self-determination.
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Taproot Earth advances Global Climate Reparations through three interconnected core strategies:
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We design and convene spaces centered in Black liberation where frontline communities can dream, vision, and chart pathways to implement Global Climate Reparations together.
We move resources, training, and infrastructure to frontline leaders to implement community stewardship, movement governance, and tangible models across regions.
We document processes, outcomes, and governance models so frontline-led solutions can inform broader movement strategy and be replicated beyond Taproot Earth.
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Explore frontline voices and stories that bring our theory of action and change to life.
Explore a Climate Cup of Solutions, our global celebration of frontline climate solutions advancing Global Climate Reparations through repair, solidarity, and shared power.
Discover Climate on Tap, a seven-episode virtual storytelling series uplifting frontline leaders advancing climate, economic, and political justice rooted in liberation.
With and for frontline communities, Taproot Earth is building a Liberation Horizon rooted in repair, governance, and collective power.
