About PICS | Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy

Who We Are

The Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy (PICS) is dedicated to advancing eco-sumud, integrating ecological resilience and steadfastness with strategies to confront the challenges of ecocide, apartheid, and colonialism in Palestine. Rooted in Indigenous knowledge and cultural values, PICS drives impactful local engagement in Palestine while building coalitions centering the Global South to advocate for climate justice and human rights.

Through innovative research, movement-building, and legal and policy advocacy, PICS empowers communities to sustain their connection to the land, resist systems of oppression, and promote a just transition for a liberated and sustainable future.

Mission

What grounds us: The Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy (PICS) is dedicated to advancing eco-sumud, integrating ecological resilience and steadfastness with strategies to confront the challenges of ecocide, apartheid, and colonialism in Palestine. Rooted in Indigenous knowledge and cultural values, PICS drives impactful local engagement in Palestine while building coalitions centering the Global South to advocate for climate justice and human rights. Through innovative research, movement-building, and legal and policy advocacy, PICS empowers communities to sustain their connection to the land, resist systems of oppression, and promote a just transition for a liberated and sustainable future.

Vision

A just, equitable, and sustainable future for Palestine and the Global South, where communities thrive through environmental stewardship, lead the dismantling of systemic oppression, and advance ecological justice as a pathway for collective liberation.

As time passes, our projects and influences might change/grow, but we adhere to four core principles that steer and guide our work and strategy.

Justice and ‘Awda

We uphold justice and freedom for Palestinians, rooted in their right of return, right to national sovereignty, human dignity, and fundamental rights.

Ecological Resilience

We fight against ecocide and the systematic destruction of Palestinian land, advocating for justice and the preservation of Palestine’s ecosystems and cultural heritage.

Climate Action as Liberation

Climate action is a fight for survival and sovereignty. We aim to make Palestinian liberation a compass for the liberation of all oppressed peoples, through restoring the fundamental connections between people and ecology through community-driven solutions and ecological restoration.

Global Solidarity

Through local and global alliances, we stand united in confronting genocide and ecological destruction.

Our Pillars

Our work is rooted in the belief that liberation is ecological and that justice cannot be separated from the right to self-determination.

Global Advocacy

We confront silence with strategy.

From multilateral climate and environmental convenings to international mobilizations, PICS ensures Palestine is not sidelined. We intervene in global spaces where climate and colonialism collide, bringing analysis, demands, and political clarity to shape international discourse on justice and accountability. We seek to work in partnership and solidarity with organisations on the frontlines, fighting shared struggles of liberation.

Knowledge Production

EXPLORE OUR RESEARCH

We build evidence for action.

We don't write to describe injustice. We write to confront it. Our work focuses on four urgent fronts:

Energy Geopolitics and Imperialism
How fossil capitalism and militarism fuel and sustain colonial power.

Political Ecology and Natural Resources
‍How land, water, and food are weaponized and reclaimed.

Decolonizing Law and Governance
‍How legal systems are used to erase, and how they can be challenged.

Liberation and Just Futures
‍How reconstruction after destruction must center sovereignty and justice.

Grassroots Mobilization
and Community

EXPLORE OUR RESEARCH

We're building from the ground up, and outward.

A climate-just future for Palestine starts with equipping people, especially young people, with the tools to understand, act, and organize. At PICS, our work begins with capacity-building and grows outward: from individual knowledge to collective action, from local solutions to multilateral political demands.

Whether through training programs, organizing spaces, or presence at UN conferences, we build power at every level, and we do it together.