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The Troublemakers

Boldest leadership comes from the corners.

The edges of a system can reveal what its centre cannot see. South Stars seeks out the ideas and leadership that emerge from these corners, not to bring them into existing systems unchanged, but to create opportunities for them to challenge, influence and reshape those systems.

Some of the most transformative climate leadership is taking place in the Global Majority outside of established institutions or centres of global climate discourse. It emerges from communities, movements, and people who see problems differently because they experience them differently.

The Troublemakers is focused on Global Majority climate leaders working outside of organisational spaces with bold questions, experiments, new organising models, campaigns, stories and ideas that challenge what is considered possible.

What we build

Bold Ideas

Creating space for new approaches that challenge conventional thinking about climate action.

Locally Rooted Solutions

Supporting ideas grounded in lived realities, community knowledge and local contexts.

Experimentation

Making space to test, learn, adapt and develop new ways of creating change.

Visibility

Bringing Global Majority-led ideas and leadership into wider climate conversations.

Connections

Linking changemakers to peers, collaborators and wider ecosystems of support.

Collective Action

Helping individual ideas connect to movements, communities and broader efforts for change.

Get in touch with us!

A new era for CLI is here as we take on new challenges by expanding half a decade of flagship programming with new pilots and new ideas. Let’s do this together - we would love to hear from you and get your insights to shape our future programmes and strategy.

Contact Honorine Isingizwe at

honorine@climateleadershipinitiative.org