HO-503001 Digital Platform Introduction
WWF-NL intends to connect VCA with African Activist for Climate Justice (AACJ), through Oxfam Novib to collaborate in connecting climate activities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America on a global scale. AACJ is a global South Consortium led by the PanAfrican Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) and includes:  Natural Justice, FEMNET, African Youth Commission (AYC), and Oxfam Novib.
The collaboration achieves the implementation of the core components of the VCA movement-building strategy.  The collaboration addresses one of the gaps faced by VCA to establish a dedicated, accessible space and capacity to enable dialogues and collaboration amongmovements on a global scale.
Justification of a safe digital space.
The climate justice movement hasgained momentum in influencing wealthy nations/people to stop/reduce the burning of fossil fuels and enable vulnerable communities to implement their adaptation strategies. However, activists are facing increased risks in the process. According to the front-line defenders’ global analysis, 59% of Human Rights defenders killed in 2021 worked on defending land, environmental, and indigenous people’s rights while 18% of those killed identified as women. This explains the increasing targeted attacks on climate activists but also the shrinking civic space inwhich they are working. The alternative use of digital platforms for advocacy and organizing has also come with various ways to shrink that space as well through various threats like internet censorship which is done through repressive laws and regulations, partial and full internet shutdowns, cyber surveillance, cyberbullying, misinformation, targeted attacks translating online to offline and more which have created fear within activists and movements toengage the communities and organize using these spaces in strengthening the struggles for climate justice. These spaces also continue to close for various engagements like civic awareness and engagements especially on exercising their fundamental rights.
It's therefore upon these that Oxfam Novib and partners under the AACJ are inthe process of establishing a digital platform, Power to Voices, with an intention to create a safe space for activists to come together and continue organizing, continue mobilizing, continue the discussions, campaign, rally solidarity, learn together and strengthen their movements amidst increasing curtails on exercising their fundamental rights, especially in the online world.
WWF-NL intends to connect the VCA and AACJ networks to strengthen and broaden the dialogue and safety of climate justice movements in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and enhance their collective lobby and advocacy.

Objective
The main objective of this platform is to contribute to a brave, safe, and accessible global space for climate activists to connect at different levels and strengthen their movements and campaigns in advocating for climate justice.
Specifically, this space will provide VCA network a platform to connect with wider movements.
Methodology
Technical
The platform anchors its approach to creating a space as safe as possible, and this has been done by implementing various security measures at different levels. From the CMS where the platform is being developed, to the region where it’s being hosted (being GDPR compliant), implementing multi-factor authentication and at a level of discussions. The platform hasdeveloped quite a number of guidelines to help moderate the community to ensure it embraces diversity and challenges discrimination. It has therefore been built with a component that allows users to report any malicious activity that could lead to the suspension of anyone’s account. However, clean talk has also been enabling to allow users to filter out discussions that theywouldn’t want to see on their timelines, for a healthy mind.
Periodically, the platform will undergo various penetration testing with several service providers to aid in identifying possible/emerging security vulnerabilities that could be caused to security breaches, and that way, close these gaps.