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More power to youth: Doing climate philanthropy differently
Last month 16 young people from Montana sent shockwaves through the environmental and legal communities. A landmark legal decision affirmed that young people have an inherent right to a clean environment. It’s a judgment that …
Bezos Earth Fund CEO urges banks and philanthropists to think outside the box to tackle climate change
The CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund has called on development banks and philanthropists to think more creatively to tackle the climate crisis. Andrew Steer told the Reuters IMPACT conference, held in London, that World …
Winning on Climate Change Is Entirely Possible With a Little More Help from Philanthropy
Entertaining the thought of winning on climate change requires us to keep two apparently opposed ideas in mind: first, that we are living in a time of escalating peril and crisis, and second, that major …
Africa Climate Summit: Energy group founded at COP26 calls for collaboration to address climate crisis
Ahead of the inaugural Africa Climate Summit taking place in Kenya, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), an organisation bringing together philanthropy, government, finance and technology, has called for increased investment and …
Accessible fund created for emerging climate justice movements
The Movements Trust established a pooled, accessible fund for climate activists at this year’s Climate Justice Camp in Lebanon. The camp brought together 500 climate justice advocates and campaigners this summer from across the …
The Case for Philanthropic Support of Climate Journalism
Foundations around the world have set out to drive solutions to prevent the worst from unchecked, human-made climate change. Some progress has been made: in many countries, climate movements, severe weather events and the relentless …
Climate change education: Learning to act
‘It would have been extremely helpful if we had been taught a bit more about what’s happening around us as an aftermath of climate change at school. You are very often left alone when it …
It’s time for philanthropists to step up on climate finance
According to the latest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world needs to increase green investment by three to six times current levels in order to limit global temperature rises to 1.5 …
UK foundations make progress on fitting climate action and cost of living crisis within long term strategy, report finds
Foundations across the UK feel that they have made progress in understanding how they can commit resources towards tackling climate change. That’s according to findings outlined a progress report published by The Association of Charitable …