We aim to support a just transition to a sustainable, climate-resilient society that protects the interests of current and future generations, particularly those of vulnerable and marginalized communities

Our approach

The Nicomachos Climate Justice Fund supports legal research and litigation aimed at tackling climate justice issues. We are built to complement the work of existing funds, legal actors, and movements.

Central to our work are:

Speed

We operate at the pace of need, not bureaucracy, with streamlined processes that allow rapid response to urgent opportunities.

Risk

We support strategic but risky cases that traditional funders avoid, catalysing breakthrough litigation.

Global Reach

The need for funding to tackle the climate crisis is global and therefore so are we.

What we do

Research & Development Fund

Our work currently centres around our Research & Development (R&D) Fund

This fund supports research into potential climate litigation pathways and the development of ongoing climate cases.

We award a maximum of 50k in Euros.

We support not-for-profit organisations and/or more or less organised community groups that are looking to scope, research or fund the (external) legal costs of new or ongoing legal cases. We do not support religious or political groups.

We are currently not accepting open applications.

Further documentation on Nicomachos

The report of activities carried out and the financial report will be published on this website within three months after the end of the 2025 financial year.

Nicomachos is a foundation established in the Netherlands

KvK 943 5344 21

RSIN 866 746 523

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Historical portrait depicting Nicomachos, Aristotle's son

The Ethica Nicomachea is the Greek philosopher Aristotle's major work on ethics. Both his father and son were named Nicomachos, and tradition holds that his son played a key role in recording and preserving this foundational text.

We draw on Aristotle's legacy not only for its name, but for what it represents: a belief that justice is not just a concept, but a practice—one that requires courage and action.

In that spirit, Nicomachos supports those using the law to confront the defining ethical challenge of our time: the climate crisis.