About

Nicomachos is a new climate litigation fund built to complement the work of existing funds, legal actors, and movements. We look for projects that are audacious, high-reward, innovative and system changing in approach.

We don’t just fund cases—we help build them from the ground up; from funding essential early research to matching other funders.

We back projects with the potential to:

  1. Enforce emissions reductions by major emitters and their supply chains
  2. Establish legal accountability for polluters who harm people, ecosystems and the climate, and
  3. Protecting the rights of communities in the Global South who are disproportionately affected by climate change

Please note that we are not accepting applications yet.

Team & Board

Our team

Our management board

Our management board oversees our day-to-day operations and consists of two directors:

Eymert van Manen and Jasper Teulings

Our supervisory board

A Supervisory Board supervises our Executive Board, ensuring proper governance, compliance, and alignment with our mission. It currently consists of:

Niels Büller, Sophie Pabbruwe, Diederik Sillevis Smitt, Jaïr Stranders



Further documentation on Nicomachos (in Dutch):

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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Who was Nicomachos?

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, Nichomachos supports those using the law to confront the defining ethical challenge of our time: the climate crisis.