Community-led resistances and responses to climate crises

Volume 34, Issue 2 | July 2026

 
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We are pleased to share G&D's July 2026 special issue titled 'Community-led resistances and responses to climate crises'.

Co-guest edited by Seema Arora-Jonsson, Dewi Candraningrum, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, and Katie McQuaid, this issue includes contributions from  Cambodia, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Nigeria, the Pacific Islands, Peru, Rwanda, Somalia, and Taiwan.

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Below, you can find free access to the Introduction, four articles, and the Resources and Book Reviews sections of the issue.

For free access to all of the articles, visit the Oxfam Policy & Practice website and search using the article title.

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Articles

Community-led resistances and responses to climate crises
Seema Arora-Jonsson, Dewi Candraningrum, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Katie McQuaid, Shivani Satija & Anandita Ghosh

Rethinking ‘citizen’ and ‘science’ from the margins
Grace Chilongo, Deborah Dixon & Lazaros Karaliotas

Climate change from the neighbourhood: FUNVIMUFROIN’s community climate school in Cali, Colombia
Luana Esquenazi & Agustina Menéndez

No one left behind: towards disability-inclusive approaches for gender and climate research
Rahkel Mercy, Jay Nasilasila, Jane Alver & Cristy Clark

Understanding of ecological justice through Adivasi women’s writings
Sunita Purty

Building relationships and sharing expertise: co-created approaches for forest conservation with Indigenous communities
Rowenn B. Kalman, Deborah Delgado Pugley, Marisol García Apagüeño, Lauren T. Cooper, Ciro Castro Pacheco, Cristina Miranda-Beas, Wilfredo Tsamash Cabrera, Luis Milton Sangama Cachique, Fernández Sejekam Ikam & Harol Patrick Chujandama Apagüeño

Omah Sawah at Ungaran Mountain: women-led Indigenous care narratives, organic farming, and climate justice
Puspa Aqirul Mala, Hotmauli Sidabalok & Dewi Candraningrum

Sa’icelen as community strength: Indigenous women, care work, and disaster justice in eastern Taiwan
Daniel Pai & Lily Tang

Warga bantu warga! Climate finance from below: community-led flood recovery after Cyclone Senyar in Sumatra, Indonesia
Dewi Candraningrum & Kania Bening Rahmayna

Pride in the pipeline: queering climate justice through LGBTQI+ youth lead fossil resistance in the Niger Delta
Paul O. Awoniyi & Asher Mhuiesiri Obenorakpovio

More-than-human farming: cooperatives, climate shocks, and digital adaptation in Rwanda’s agrarian economy
Caroline Wamala Larsson, Linley Chiwona-Karltun, Simeon Sibomana, Alfred R. Bizoza & Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah

Women, water, and peace: strategies for climate adaptation and agricultural sustainability in Somalia
Sahra Ahmed Koshin & Newman Tekwa

Guardianas del Agua del Putumayo: climate change, the energy transition and social mobilisation led by women in high-risk territories
Juliana Rincón Flórez, Diana López Castañeda & Lora Forsythe

From factory floors to climate frontlines: women workers’ reframing union agendas for worker-led climate adaptation
Deeksha Gulati

Networked ecofeminist activism, politics of coalition, and the articulation of resistance against mining: evidence from Southeast Sulawesi
Rivi Handayani & Ratna Noviani

Resources

Here you can find additional materials related to the issue. These are compiled by Anandita Ghosh and Dewi Candraningrum

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Book Reviews

AI Frontiers: Transforming Health, Agriculture, and Education edited by Sonia Juneja, Irphan Ali, Prabhat Kumar Srivastava, Valentina Emilia Balas, and Monika Nagar. Reviewed by Nidhi Tandon