UAE-based Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation has launched a new initiative aimed at bringing in more women into the growing AI sector.  There is an increasing trend in equipping all professionals and youth in particular in AI skills as part of the mandate of many NGOs and philanthropic foundations.  The Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation was launched in 2015 when Abdulla Ahmad Al Ghurair, an Emirati businessman and philanthropist, pledged of one-third of his personal wealth, AED …

China has a growing role in global climate philanthropy – that is the message put forward by the China Environmental Grantmakers Alliance in its most recent impact report, launched at COP29 in Baku this week. ‘Impact Report: Climate Philanthropy Case Studies‘ is the first philanthropic report from a Chinese environmental nonprofit at a global climate summit, according toe CEGA. The report, introduced by CEGA members such as the Vanke Foundation, SEE Foundation, Changjiang Conservation Foundation, …

Ecosystem is a widespread term today, having grown in popularity in recent years. Discussions across various fields echo this word as a mantra, from business and technology to environmental science and social justice. There is an urgency and a need to recognise the interconnection and interdependence of complex systems to tackle the intertwined crises we face today. These include climate change, wars, conflicts, rising inequality, or democratic regression. But does simply labelling something an ecosystem …

Nine high-net wealth families and foundations have pledged $405 million in climate related philanthropy, in what represents Canada’s largest ever climate pledge on record.  It signals a boost at climate-related programmes, given Canada’s historically poor contribution when compared to the global average.    Analysis by the Clean Economy Fund shows that only 0.9 per cent of total philanthropic giving in Canada, well below the global average of 1.6 per cent, goes towards climate.   ‘The urgency …