From lived experience to political change.
Climate Justice for Rosa is a youth-led climate and human rights organisation. We bring the realities of climate survivors into political institutions, public debate and international negotiations.
The climate crisis is about peopleWe turn remembrance into recognition, and recognition into action.
Founded after the devastating European floods of July 2021, our work connects climate justice, children's rights, human rights, public memory and political accountability.
People affected by the climate crisis belong where decisions are made.
Their experiences reveal the human consequences of political choices. We help make sure those experiences lead to influence, solidarity and accountability.
Influencing decision-makers
We bring concrete demands and lived experience into meetings with European Commissioners, ministers, parliamentarians, diplomats and international institutions.
Creating platforms
We organise side events, panels, workshops and press conferences where young people and climate survivors can speak directly to policymakers, journalists and the public.
Building recognition
We campaign so that people killed or harmed by climate disasters are recognised, remembered and able to find one another, organise and access support.
Clear demands for a liveable and just future.
A fair and rapid phase-out of fossil fuels
There can be no meaningful response to the climate crisis while coal, oil and gas continue to expand. We call for a fair, fast and fully funded transition away from fossil fuels.
We support the goals of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty: ending expansion, managing an equitable phase-out of existing production and supporting a just transition for workers and affected communities.
Learn about the Fossil Fuel TreatyChildren's rights at the heart of climate action
Children are among those most exposed to climate harm, while they have contributed least to causing it and remain underrepresented in decision-making.
Climate policy must protect children's rights to life, health, education, housing, family life, participation and a safe environment. Children and young people must also be able to shape the decisions that will define their lives.
The right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Since 2023, we have been an active member of the civil society coalition campaigning for an additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights recognising this right.
We take part in online and in-person coalition meetings, strategy discussions and advocacy with the Council of Europe. We work alongside human rights, environmental and children's rights organisations to push this legal recognition forward.
A binding right would strengthen protection for present and future generations, clarify governments' obligations and create stronger tools for accountability.
Accountability for climate harm
Climate disasters are often described as unavoidable tragedies. But the scale of their harm is shaped by political and corporate decisions.
We demand stronger climate legislation, access to justice and climate litigation. Governments and companies must be held accountable when they knowingly increase climate risks or fail to protect people from foreseeable harm.
Courts, parliaments and governments all have a role to play.
Inside the rooms where policy is shaped.
Our representatives are invited to speak at major European and international forums, contribute to policy discussions and meet directly with decision-makers. We use that access to bring the realities and demands of young people and climate survivors into the conversation.
- European Parliament
- Council of Europe
- United Nations Climate Conferences
- European institutions and human rights experts
- National parliaments and public institutions
- Universities, schools and civil society events
These meetings are not symbolic. We bring concrete demands, personal testimony and the perspectives of people who are too often excluded.
Making space for young people to speak for themselves.
At major international conferences, especially the UN Climate Conferences, we regularly organise and co-organise events that put young activists and directly affected people in front of policymakers, journalists and other decision-makers.
Many participants have never spoken publicly before. We help them prepare, build confidence, connect with organisations and engage with the media, so they can share their experiences and demands safely and on their own terms.
The COP30 youth press conference is one example. Together with children's rights organisations, we created a platform for young people from different regions of the world to address the international media. Several spoke to international journalists for the first time.
Climate Justice for Rosa organises events at COP supporting young people from around the world to bring their experiences and demands directly to decision makers.
Recognition of climate victims and survivors.
Climate Justice for Rosa led the campaign for 15 July to become the EU and Belgian Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis. We are also working with partners to establish a permanent public monument in Brussels.
We are demanding official lists of those who died.
There is still no complete official list of the people killed by the 2021 floods in Belgium. The same is true in Germany, and after the floods in Valencia.
Without official records, families can spend years believing they are alone. They struggle to find one another, organise collectively, advocate for change or obtain the long-term support they need.
Every person deserves to be recognised by name and remembered with dignity.Connect
Official recognition helps bereaved families and survivors find one another.
Support
It makes shared remembrance, peer support and appropriate long-term care possible.
Organise
It allows affected people to build a collective voice and demand justice.
Remembering the victims is not the end of climate action. It is where climate action begins.
From isolation to solidarity and influence.
People affected by climate disasters are often left isolated once public attention moves on. We are developing a network that connects survivors and survivor-led initiatives across countries and continents.
Survivors should not only be invited to tell painful personal stories. They should be recognised as partners in shaping the political response to the climate crisis.
- Connect survivor-led organisations and directly affected individuals
- Support new initiatives after climate disasters
- Strengthen representation in policy, litigation and climate negotiations
- Build links between communities in the Global South and Global North
- Develop safe and trauma-informed approaches to advocacy
The climate crisis is not a graph. It is about people.
We use storytelling, education, culture, media and public remembrance to make the human consequences of the climate crisis visible.
For Rosa / Pour Rosa
A theatre production bringing climate justice, grief and young people's power to schools and public audiences.
15 July and the climate victims' monument
Building a lasting culture of recognition for those killed and affected by the global climate crisis.
Testimonies, media and international events
Bringing lived experience into news coverage, exhibitions, conferences and public institutions.
Schools, workshops and new advocates
Helping young people understand their rights, find their voice and take part in climate decision-making.
Small, independent and internationally connected.
Climate Justice for Rosa is young and largely volunteer-led. Our size keeps us personal and close to those whose experiences guide our work. Our reach allows those experiences to travel much further.
Youth-led
Young people remain at the centre of our decisions and direction.
Survivor-informed
Our work is grounded in lived experience and shaped by affected people.
Rights-based
We treat the climate crisis as a human rights and children's rights crisis.
Independent
We only work with partners whose actions and values align with our mission.
Collaborative
We connect survivors, activists, scientists, artists, lawyers and decision-makers.
Help turn lived experience into lasting change.
We welcome collaboration with climate survivors, youth organisations, human rights groups, researchers, artists, schools, policymakers and funders who share our commitment to climate justice.