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CONTENTS

• Editorial 2
• Letters - including Alliance editorial board members' responses to Bill Drayton's proposal to dispense with the term 'non-profit' 3
• News from around the world 6
• What's new at … 13
• Conference reports 17
• Opinion - John Elkington 19
• Opinion - Barry Gaberman 20
• Books 55

ARTICLES

Beyond verbal confusions
Steven Burkeman believes that a global philanthropy lexicon is needed 21

Time for an end to business as usual FREE ARTICLE
Foundations must move beyond business as usual if they are to respond to climate change effectively, says Stephen Heintz 23

Philanthropy's environmental crisis
Bernard Mercer on why donors need to abandon the false dichotomy between funding for human issues and funding for the environment 28

Time to stop moving the deckchairs
Ben Tuxworth on why climate change is an issue for all funders 30

How can we raise our game?
Jon Cracknell looks at how grantmakers can help communicate the climate change message better 31

What about the assets?
Mark Campanale considers how foundations can use their investments to respond to climate change 33

Interview
Uday Khemka talks about what the Khemka Foundation is doing to address climate change, in India and globally 35

A chance for China
The fast-developing giant can blaze a low carbon development trail for other emerging economic powers, says Changhua Wu 39

Standing or falling together
Andrew Milner looks at the responses to climate change in developing countries and considers the special challenges and opportunities 41

Solutions for climate change
Kathryn Murdoch describes how the Clinton Climate Initiative is jumpstarting the market in order to find solutions 44

An unprecedented climate of change FREE ARTICLE
Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff describes New York City's ambitious effort to transform the city and combat global warming 46

Winning the battle in cities FREE ARTICLE
...while his London counterpart, Nicky Gavron, sets out the plan for low carbon London 47

Supporting local initiatives
Michelle Wyman explains how ICLEI supports local government efforts 49

A huge return on investment
Funding think-tanks like the Center for Climate Strategies can achieve tremendous leverage, says Tom Peterson 50

From climate action to green economy
Jane Gray describes what's happening in the Canadian province of Manitoba 52

Capping carbon at source
Peter Barnes offers a neat solution to the problem of where to put the cap on carbon 53

Action now for our planet
Stephen Heintz and Changhua Wu look to the future 54

From Alliance, Vol 12, No 3, September 2007

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