We advance peaceful, climate-resilient futures by elevating the inherent wisdom, power, ingenuity, and voices of the communities that we serve.
Our Values
Envision the Harvest
We join with communities to envision and build ideal futures. With a strengths-based approach, we transform obstacles into opportunities for peaceful change and meet impending climate threats with resilience and optimism.
Behaviors of Mutual Regard
Trust isn’t just earned; it’s developed and cultivated through sincere action and demonstrated respect. That’s why we come to our collaborations with humility, curiosity, and an eager commitment to understand and embrace local perspectives and practices.
Focused on Peace and Justice
Sustainable peace is only achievable when everyone’s voice is valued. Our work intentionally invites and is influenced by people of every age, social status, and ideology, particularly those from historically marginalized groups. Together we collaborate in the development of brighter, equitable, more inclusive futures.
Relationship and Partnership Building
We believe that relationships built on mutual trust and shared incentives lead to powerful and permanent results. We move beyond transactional engagements to build meaningful and lasting relationships with communities and populations, and remain committed to our shared goals and to our co-creators.
Right Communication
We listen first, always. Then we maximize the lasting value of our own words and actions by honestly and clearly communicating our goals, intentions, and strategies at every step of our efforts.
Service-Honoring Culture and Proximity
Pragmatically Process-Focused and Data-Driven
We are committed to advancing pragmatic, practical, and process-focused solutions that are supported by data and we work to make this data accessible to communities everywhere.
An Introduction to the Institute for Climate & Peace
When rights are accepted, neighbors enjoy good relations, information flows freely, and resources are more equitably distributed—all indicators of positive peace—exponentially fewer people suffer the effects of natural disasters and global warming.
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@climateandpeaceWayfinding Through The Storm: Pacific Leadership in a Shifting Political Climate
For many communities impacted by shifting political tides and policies, the next four years appear stormy. The impacts of climate change on communities are undeniable, yet at a time when global cooperation is more critical than ever, the United States has turned inward, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and abandoning its commitments to climate action.
But we are not without guidance in this journey. We have collective agency in dispelling harmful narratives, building communities of solidarity, and designing and implementing powerful solutions.
Climate and Peace Convening | Aotearoa 2025
ICP’s Climate and Peace Convening in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa last week catalyzed profound, intimate, & meaningful community-building and exchanges.
In partnership with Taranaki Whanui, ICP hosted a 3-day convening supported by the U.S. Embassy in New Zealand, with goals to strengthen relationships with our Pacific neighbors and to amplify collaboration among Indigenous communities in our shared work of climate action and positive peacebuilding across the Pacific and globally.
Ka‘a I Ka Wiwo‘ole: Brave Enough From the Frontlines of Our Climate Resilient Futures
In March 2024, ICP launched our newest program: Ka‘a I Ka Wiwo‘ole: Brave Enough From the Frontlines of Our Climate Resilient Futures. This multigenerational training and networking program uplifts adolescent BIPOC girls and women leaders to co-create and contribute to their community’s resilience and build the skills, networks, and passion to champion climate justice together.
Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day! Today and everyday we must all work to heal our planet and our relationship with it.
Here are 9 ways to care for our planet today and everyday! #EarthDay2024
March Limu Planting with Ke Kula Nui O Waimānalo
March Limu Planting with Ke Kula Nui O Waimānalo! Our ICP girls program was honored to take part in Waimānalo Limu Hui’s monthly limu plantings.
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Pilina: Our ICP Community in Montgomery
ICP had the opportunity to explore the heart of Montgomery, Alabama this September, and it was all about community love and history. Our unforgettable journey, in collaboration with our friends Michelle Browder and the More Than team, exemplifies the strength of unity and local connections.
ICP remains rooted in Indigenous and regenerative practices.
We are re-envisioning how we relate to ourselves, each other, and our environment by investing deeply in transformative strategies that effectively center the human experience and support the vision of communities at the frontlines of climate change.