SLYCAN Trust Announces Official Name Change to Clima Trust
Bonn, Germany—15/09/2026—SLYCAN Trust, a global non-profit think tank, today announced it is officially changing its name to Clima Trust. Alongside the rebrand, the organisation will transition to a new web domain at climatrust.org. The new name reflects the organisation's growing regional and global presence and continued commitment to driving ambitious change in multilateralism and global processes as well as on the ground.
Founded in Sri Lanka as a think tank in 2019, SLYCAN Trust has grown from a nationally-focused organisation to a global actor working across working on climate change, sustainable development, finance, security, just transition, entrepreneurship and innovation, biodiversity, oceans, and social justice—including gender and youth empowerment. The transition to Clima Trust marks an important strategic milestone in our seven-year journey to expand our country-level and regional partnerships with enhanced and strengthened links to our global presence. Our name may be changing, but the core of our work is not—we remain committed to closing critical knowledge gaps, raising ambition in international negotiations, and supporting evidence-driven policymaking and its successful implementation.
While our global work will move forward under the Clima Trust name, our Sri Lankan office will continue to operate as SLYCAN Trust during the transition, and will function as a national partner of Clima Trust in our future work. This arrangement will preserve SLYCAN Trust’s distinct identity and longstanding relationship with Sri Lanka, and ensure continuity across the programmes that are currently being implemented in the country.
Join us on this new journey as we strive towards our vision for a truly global organization.
"Transitioning to Clima Trust represents a pivotal moment for the entity in focusing on global matters, while staying true to our values and perspectives."
"Changing our name to Clima Trust marks the next step in our journey as a trusted global provider of knowledge and evidence for policy processes and negotiations."
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"Locally grounded, regionally connected and globally ambitious—that is the climate action Clima Trust stands for."
"Clima Trust aims to bring the evidence and voices of those most affected by climate change to the heart of global climate policy, shaping pathways towards a resilient and sustainable future for the most needy."
"We explain European developments to the South, and the South to Europe – reading it with an insider's fluency and an outsider's stake in the answer. The name is new. The perspective is what we have been building all along."
"Clima Trust symbolises the unwavering commitment to carry our work further, widening our scope from the national to global level, with the same dedication, rigour, and values that brought us here."
Find our new website here: https://climatrust.org
Our Knowledge Hub remains accessible here: https://climatrust.org/knowledge-portal/home
Connect with us via: info@climatrust.org
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Clima Trust is a non-profit think tank. It has been a registered legal entity in the form of a trust since 2016, and a guarantee limited company since 2019. The entities focus on the thematic areas of climate change, adaptation and resilience, sustainable development, environmental conservation and restoration, social justice, and animal welfare. SLYCAN Trust’s activities include legal and policy research, education and awareness creation, capacity building and training, and implementation of ground level action. SLYCAN Trust aims to facilitate and contribute to multi-stakeholder driven, inclusive and participatory actions for a sustainable and resilient future for all.
