Climate Justice and Wikimedia Projects

Justicia climática y proyectos Wikimedia (Climate Justice and Wikimedia Projects) is a working group within the Wikimedia movement, founded in 2023 and focused on leading initiatives from Latin America and the Caribbean to improve content about the environment, climate change and sustainability across Wikimedia projects. It describes itself as a working group on environment, rights and communities, and frames its mission through an intersectional, human-rights, diversity and epistemic-justice perspective. The group is composed of Wikimedia affiliates and is open to participation by other affiliates. The working group is coordinated on Meta-Wiki, the Wikimedia project coordination wiki, where it maintains a public page describing its aspirations, principles, participation rules and initiatives. Its membership includes Wikimedia Argentina, Wikimedistas de Bolivia, Wikimedia Colombia, Wikimedia Chile, WikiAcción Perú, Wikimedistas de Uruguay and Wikimedistas de la UNLP. This composition gives the group a distinctly Latin American and Caribbean scope, with participating affiliates drawn from several countries across the region. The group organizes its activity around five working axes. Under "Activar" (Activate), it generates initiatives so that communities appropriate Wikimedia projects as a platform for communication about the environment and climate change. Under "Colaborar" (Collaborate), it works on strategic alliances to bring essential knowledge about the climate crisis into the free-knowledge ecosystem. Under "Comprender" (Understand), it seeks to diagnose information gaps on environment, climate change and sustainability in Wikimedia projects. Under "Fortalecer" (Strengthen), it aims at the sustainability of Wikimedia communities by training and supporting future audiences interested in the climate crisis. Under "Visibilizar" (Make Visible), it teaches how to use Wikimedia projects to highlight the socio-environmental challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean. As a Wikimedia working group rather than a commercial company, Justicia climática y proyectos Wikimedia does not sell products or services. Its "offerings" are collaborative initiatives, content campaigns, diagnostics, training and partnerships aimed at improving climate and environmental knowledge on Wikimedia platforms. Its public presence is primarily its Meta-Wiki page, which serves as the hub for its rules of participation, initiatives and membership information.

Justicia climática y proyectos Wikimedia was founded in 2023 as a working group within the Wikimedia movement. It emerged from a coalition of Wikimedia affiliates across Latin America and the Caribbean: Wikimedia Argentina, Wikimedistas de Bolivia, Wikimedia Colombia, Wikimedia Chile, WikiAcción Perú, Wikimedistas de Uruguay and Wikimedistas de la UNLP. The group is hosted on Meta-Wiki, the coordination wiki for the Wikimedia projects, where it maintains a public page with sections on its aspirations, principles, participation and initiatives. The group defines itself as a working group on environment, rights and communities, focused on leading initiatives from Latin America and the Caribbean that improve content about the environment, climate change and sustainability in Wikimedia projects. Its stated perspective is intersectional, grounded in human rights, diversity and epistemic justice. It is composed of Wikimedia affiliates and remains open to participation by other affiliates, with participation rules published on its Meta-Wiki page. From its founding, the group organized its work around five axes. "Activar" focuses on generating initiatives so communities appropriate Wikimedia projects as a platform for communication about the environment and climate change. "Colaborar" focuses on strategic alliances to bring essential knowledge about the climate crisis into the free-knowledge ecosystem. "Comprender" focuses on diagnosing information gaps on environment, climate change and sustainability in Wikimedia projects. "Fortalecer" focuses on the sustainability of Wikimedia communities through training and support for future audiences interested in the climate crisis. "Visibilizar" focuses on teaching how to use Wikimedia projects to make visible the socio-environmental challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean. As of the available evidence, the group's history is documented primarily through its Meta-Wiki page and its Wikidata item, which describes it as a Latin-American Wikimedian environmental working group. The page history confirms ongoing edits and maintenance of the project page. No commercial operations, products or corporate ownership are associated with the group; it operates within the Wikimedia movement's volunteer and affiliate ecosystem.

• 2023

  Justicia climática y proyectos Wikimedia is founded as a working group of Wikimedia affiliates from Latin America and the Caribbean.

• 2023

  The group establishes its public coordination page on Meta-Wiki with sections on aspirations, principles, participation and initiatives.

A Latin American and Caribbean Wikimedia working group advancing climate justice, environmental content and epistemic justice within the free-knowledge movement.

• Activar (Activate)

  Initiatives so communities appropriate Wikimedia projects as a platform for communication about the environment and climate change.

• Colaborar (Collaborate)

  Strategic alliances to bring essential knowledge about the climate crisis into the free-knowledge ecosystem.

• Comprender (Understand)

  Diagnosing information gaps on environment, climate change and sustainability in Wikimedia projects.

• Fortalecer (Strengthen)

  Sustainability of Wikimedia communities through training and support for future audiences interested in the climate crisis.

• Visibilizar (Make Visible)

  Teaching how to use Wikimedia projects to highlight the socio-environmental challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean.

1. 1Justicia climática y proyectos Wikimedia - Meta-Wikimeta.wikimedia.org
2. 2Justicia climática y proyectos Wikimedia - Meta-Wiki (page history)meta.wikimedia.org
3. 3Meta:About - Meta-Wikimeta.wikimedia.org
4. 4Justicia climática y proyectos Wikimedia - Wikidatawikidata.org
5. 5Justicia climática y proyectos Wikimedia - Meta-Wikimeta.wikimedia.org