Two NT organisations win grants for local efforts tackling climate change

Two Northern Territory initiatives have won a share of $685,242 for their work leading local climate change solutions. See the projects.

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February 2, 2025 - 4:53PM

Tennant Creek resident Norm Frank Jupururrla, his wife Serena Morton Nabanunga and daughter look at a cardboard model of a preliminary house designed for the Wilya Junta (Standing Strong) Housing Collaboration. Picture: Supplied/Andrew Quilty.

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Two Northern Territory initiatives have won grants for their work leading local climate change solutions.

In Tennant Creek the Wilya Ajjul Janta Aboriginal Corporation won $75,000 for its pilot housing project, harnessing traditional ecological knowledge, cultural practices, and climate resilience insights from First Nations communities to create sustainable and culturally appropriate housing solutions.

Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia also won $20,000 for its work in the Top End building capacity in First Nations communities by informing and empowering local women with skills and networks that can contribute to community-led climate solution projects.

The grants were awarded by the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal, which awarded almost $700,000 to 27 different initiatives empowering rural communities across the country to reduce emissions and address the impacts of climate change.

Women's Environmental Leadership Australia were granted $20,000 to support their Northern Australia Environmental Leadership Intensive. Picture: Supplied.

“Local not-for-profits and community organisations want to play a bigger role in creating sustainable and enduring climate solutions for their communities. This program responds to that need, which is why it continues to attract more and more applications,” FRRR program lead Sarah Matthee said.

“The 27 projects funded showcase a diverse range of future-focused, community-led climate solutions, including addressing energy supply, reuse and recycling, distributing knowledge and climate risk adaptation.

“This diversity reinforces the fact that each community’s experience of the social, economic and environmental impacts of a changing climate is unique.”