The Collaborative
for Systemic Climate Action

Together, we are more than just the sum of our parts.

Together, we are moving beyond division and towards a collective action that meets the moment.

Who we are
How we work

The Collaborative
for Systemic Climate Action

Together, we are more than just the sum of our parts.

Together, we are moving beyond division and towards a collective action that meets the moment.

Who we are
How we work

The
Challenge

Climate change is no longer a looming threat. It is fully upon us, deepening poverty, inequality, and conflict, and accelerating biodiversity collapse. These interrelated crises are intrinsically linked to health and wellbeing, human rights, and the ability of Earth to sustain life. They affect all of us – especially the most vulnerable – and they demand interconnected solutions that are systemic and holistic.

Yet climate action today is fragmented and outdated, often entrenching instead of breaking destructive patterns. Moreover, capital is competitive, fragmented and, frankly, insufficient. Funding for individual projects, programmes, of singular solutions and small-scale investments are all necessary but if they are not linked, they are just drops of water on a parched landscape

And yet, the opportunity for change has never been greater. The actions we take in this decisive decade will affect generations to come. Never has the time been so rife fora bold, courageous movement to lead us to a kinder, just society where all beings can thrive.

Our
vision

We believe in a future where humanity and nature thrive within the Earth's planetary boundaries. This future is within our reach if we choose to act with the scale, speed and joined-up action that this moment demands. By breaking siloed climate action, we can enhance the lives of millions, while accelerating systemic transformation towards a resilient, equitable, and regenerative future for all.

we believe

A collaborative
solution

This moment calls for a fundamental shift in how we work together. We are confronting fragmentation and competition by reimagining how action is designed, financed, and delivered in radical collaboration.

Our collaboration

Our collaboration is rooted in shared ideology, pooled capital, and systems thinking. Formed in 2023, our intention is to build a unique collective approach: a powerful alliance of implementing and funding organisations that work together in trusting relationships, shared intelligence and collective incentives.

The change we need

Our goal is to mitigate climate change, regenerate and restore ecosystems, and build the resilience of people and ecosystems over the next decade. This can only be achieved when we act and invest in the crucial elements of narrative and mindset shift, policy and amplification, and new financial and economic models–all of which must be both underpinned by supportive enabling conditions and integrated through orchestration.

Meet
all our
partners

Our partners represent various fields, perspectives, and geographies. They have different skills and different areas of expertise. But we have one shared goal and believe in the power of radical collaboration for systems transformation. Get to know our partners.

our partners

We
believe

Our ambitious vision can only be achieved when we come together to act and invest in five underfunded, yet crucial elements.

Narrative
and mindset shifts

Storytelling reframes the way we make sense of the world and paves the way for behaviour change and policy acceptance.

Policy support
and amplification

Coherent and system public policies that are aligned with sustainability, resilience and civic processes are critical to lasting change.

New financial
and economic models

Transformation requires new models that prioritize and incentivize sustainability, aligning business with policy and sustainability goals.

Enabling
conditions support

Systems changes must be underpinned by a foundation that supports knowledge and capability building, enhanced civic trust and cohesion, and access to resources.

Integration
and orchestration

Systemic outcomes are impossible without active orchestration that combines multiple solutions and theories of change, and facilitates synergies to address interdependencies.

How
we
work

To tackle the interconnected crises, we must change the structure of the system. We do this by sparking transformation at all levels of that system. This demands unprecedented collaboration across disciplines, sectors, fields and geographies. As a collaborative, our work focuses on key areas where different efforts overlap, helping to create greater impact than any single initiative could achieve alone.

Working in Portfolios

Systems change is complex and non-linear. To accelerate change and navigate uncertainty, we work in a portfolio approach, which advances diverse initiatives simultaneously. By combining existing and new initiatives, we create synergies, facilitate collective learning and overcome fragmentation. Through constant collaborative sense-making, we continually uncover interconnections and identify effective local and global solutionsThis dynamic, multi-faceted approach ensures that our efforts remain adaptive and impactful.

Pooled Funding

We fundraise as a collective, creating flexible, pooled funds that make it possible orchestrate systems change to “join the dots”. This funding strategy strengthens and connects projects, providing additional resources needed to integrate, coordinate and amplify our work. We  also use this funding to build the organisational capacity, governance, and learning capabilities that underpin and strengthen the portfolio approach.

Learning

We are building a strong network of learning, connection, and collaboration. By investing in shared learning with partners, funders, and local stakeholders, we continuously improve and grow together. Each Collaborative member is deeply committed to learning and. sharing collective insights and funding is explicitly allocated to ensuring that knowledge is captured, shared widely, and used to amplify our collective impact.

In action

As a collaborative we not only work together on projects and initiatives, but we also have a deliberate practice of building joint portfolios positions and of collective learning and sense-making. Find out more about our work and the lessons we are learning.

Collective Learning

Power of Collaboration

In these times, collaboration is not a nice-to-have, is it the primary infrastructure for systems change.

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Collective Learning

Making Sense Together

Partners gathered in October 2025 in Geneva to learn collectively and find out what’s breaking down and what’s breaking through.

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Who
we
are

The Collaborative for Systemic Climate Action is a bold alliance of 25 globally active implementors, working in six continents. Together we share over 400 years of combined impact in fields including science-to-policy, innovation and entrepreneurship, community-led development, multi-stakeholder processes, leadership activation, financial innovation, culture and mindset shifts, and more.

Together with our funding partners, we are working as a collective to scale systemic transformation, matching the scale, urgency, and complexity of the crisis.

Funding
partners

Hans Wilsdorf Foundation

Oak Foundation

Quadrature Climate Foundation

Implementing partners

These leaders and their teams work together as part of The Collaborative for Systemic Climate Action

Leah Seligman

The B Team

Laura Clarke

Client Earth

Kirsten Dunlop

Climate KIC

Sandrine Dixson-Declève

Club of Rome | Earth4All

Tania Rodriguez Riestra

CO_Plataforma

Anthony Zacharzewski

Democratic Society

Sylvain Ferriere

HERO

Tom Mitchell

IIED

Jordan Fabyanske

Integral

Sophie Lambin

Kite Insights

Eva Gladek

Metabolic

Martin Wainstein

Open Earth Foundation

John Holm

Pyxera Global

Chad Fischmann

RegenIntel

Mille Bojer

Reos Institute

Events

10 – 21 Nov 2025

United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30

Belén, Brazil
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Join us

In a fractured and distracted world, we must find ways to connect, coordinate, rebuild hope and act at speed, and scale. We must harness the critical power trust-based collaboration and large scale organizing.

If you are interested in funding The Collaborative or becoming a member, let us know. We would love to talk!

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