Around the world LGBTQI organisations are not only working to ensure the resilience of their communities in the face of the climate crisis, but are also contributing meaningfully to climate movements across mitigation, adaptation, capacity building, and just transition initiatives. However, the marginalisation of LGBTQI communities in climate policy and action spaces means that they lack funding to develop and scale their vital work. That is why GiveOut held our world-first LGBTQI Climate Convening in March 2025, to explore barriers to funding and co-create recommendations on how to support and scale LGBTQI climate work.
This report summarises key findings from this convening and GiveOut’s broader research through the LGBTQI Climate Fund, with highlights summarised below. We hope that it will inspire you to integrate LGBTQI communities into your climate work as dynamic drivers of change. Through doing so we can strengthen climate movements and ensure that our community is not left behind as we confront the escalating climate emergency threatening our planet and future.