Author Identifier (ORCID)
Naomi Joy Godden: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9881-3365
Bronte Alston: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8033-0292
Kylie Wrigley: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4589-0866
Shajimon Peter: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7051-0861
Julie Nyanjom: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7051-0861
Raphaela Raaber: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4170-7383
Janine Joyce: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5849-5646
Elizabeth Jackson-Barrett: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3662-657X
Mehran Nejati: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1199-8617
Katharine Marsh: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3238-9274
Susan Bailey: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0768-7058
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
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