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Business and philanthropy forum to take place at UN’s COP28 

Shafi Musaddique 17 September 2023

This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as the UN COP28, will host a dedicated business and philanthropy climate forum.   Taking place in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on 1 and 2 …

More power to youth: Doing climate philanthropy differently

Joshua Amponsem and Nathan Méténier 14 September 2023

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 

Shafi Musaddique 13 September 2023

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 …

Philanthropists must not turn their back on the planet now

Marianne Kleiberg 11 September 2023

Up to one million species are now threatened with extinction, marking a rapid and serious decline in the health of the ecosystems we all depend on to survive and thrive. This loss is deeply concerning, …

Winning on Climate Change Is Entirely Possible With a Little More Help from Philanthropy

Henry Platt, Brian Burwell and Sonali Patel 7 September 2023

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 

Shafi Musaddique 5 September 2023

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 …

Bloomberg Philanthropies team up with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in a bid to boost clean energy 

Shafi Musaddique 4 September 2023

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced a new collaboration aiming to boost clean energy deployment across Asia.    In a statement, both the investment bank and the global philanthropy arm of …

The Case for Philanthropic Support of Climate Journalism

Sven Egenter and Philipp Offergeld 21 August 2023

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

Nina Smidt 15 August 2023

‘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

Suzanne Biegel 3 August 2023

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 …