Both ENDS launches new strategy: “Connecting people for an environmentally just world”

By working together, we have achieved important victories over the past years. Thanks to our collective long-term efforts, key public institutions and pension funds have divested from fossil fuels, and more and more governments have rejected outdated investment treaties that prioritise corporate interests over public welfare and climate action. We have leveraged funding for environmental justice organizations all over the world, and locally-led initiatives have proven to strengthen environmental justice. For instance, in the Sahel, communities have regreened 140,000 hectares of land.

Our 2026-2030 strategy builds upon these past successes, while responding to a rapidly changing context. Environmental justice organizations globally face unprecedented challenges, as political shifts and geopolitical tensions increasingly constrain our joint ambitions, limit our space to operate, and reshape the funding landscape. Despite these pressures, we remain committed to advancing environmental justice through collective action. 

Rising to meet the challenges

Our new strategy is rooted in extensive dialogue with partner organizations. Together, we have shaped a strategy that not only responds to current challenges, but also reaffirms our core mission: to strengthen and connect the global environmental justice movement. In these uncertain times, we are deepening our commitment to act in solidarity, to hold the line in protecting democratic and human rights, and to support care and healing from harm done to local communities and ecosystems in the Global South.

We reconfirm our role as a strategic and committed ally to our partners. We foster connections and learning exchanges, we leverage access to funding, and ensure their voices are heard in spaces where key decisions are made on water, land, climate, and energy - including on the systems that profoundly affect these issues, such as international trade, investments and financial flows.

We will focus on fostering locally-led initiatives that advance environmental justice,while addressing systemic obstacles. This means scaling these initiatives through increasing access to finance and strengthening supportive policies. At the same time, we will support agroecological and just energy transitions by removing barriers in current trade and financial systems. With this strategic outlook, we remain passionate and ready to continue our mission.

Moving forward with resilience

Since our founding, Both ENDS has always been part of a resilient and courageous movement. History teaches us that the struggle for environmental and social justice is never linear—it is shaped by setbacks and resistance, but also flourishes through persistence, creativity, and collective power. Across the globe, communities continually find ways to rise, rebuild, and reimagine their future. And so do we. 

We want to thank our partners, funders and allies for their partnership and trust. Together we will navigate the years ahead of us and build an environmentally just world.

Download our Strategy 2026-2030 here