Abstract

This study utilized Feminist Participatory Action Research in collaboration with community service organizations (CSOs) in Western Australia to assess knowledges, capacities and capabilities regarding climate justice. Through surveys, interviews, and workshops, CSO workers explored organizational responses to climate change and social justice. Participants self-reported a low-to-medium understanding of climate justice and a desire for capacity building, especially in decolonial practice. Half of participating organizations had policies regarding climate change and social justice and engaged in climate advocacy, but identified a lack of sectorial and organizational leadership. Participants recommended opportunities for CSOs to operationalize climate justice and disaster resilience via climate justice mainstreaming, partnerships and collective activism. CSOs prioritized co-producing a Climate Justice and Resilience Toolkit as a social innovation to embed climate justice and disaster resilience across CSO operations. This demonstrates the significance of collaboration in addressing the social injustices of climate change and fostering innovative outcomes for CSOs.

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

1-1-2025

Publication Title

Human Service Organizations Management Leadership and Governance

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

School

Centre for People, Place and Planet / School of Arts and Humanities / School of Business and Law / School of Education / Kurongkurl Katitjin

RAS ID

82713

Funders

Australian Research Council / Lotterywest / Commonwealth Government of Australia

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Comments

Godden, N. J., Alston, B., Wrigley, K., Peter, S., Nyanjom, J., Hansen, G., Raaber, R., Joyce, J., Jackson-Barrett, E., Nejati, M., Wijekoon, D., Marsh, K., Porteous, C., & Bailey, S. (2025). Community service organizations and actions for climate justice: An exploration of the Western Australian context. Human Services Organizations Management Leadership & Governance. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2025.2534150

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10.1080/23303131.2025.2534150