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India warned it must achieve climate jobs transition differently to West
India must prioritise job creation through a climate lens in a way that is done differently to the West, according to a leading Indian social impact advisor. Rathish Balakrishnan, co-founder of Sattva, a social impact …
Why climate philanthropy must increase funding to grassroots agroecology movements
Constructing climate-friendly, healthy food systems that are good for the planet and people remains one of humanity’s great challenges. The ‘modern’ food systems put in place over the past century – with many technologies and …
Insights from SEE Climate Week in Beijing
Over 100,000 delegates participated in COP28 last year, making it the biggest in COP history. China also sent its largest delegation to Dubai, including over 50 foundations and NGOs, highlighting the increasing engagement of Chinese …
Climate philanthropy ‘essential to bring us out of global crisis’, says former Ireland president
Ireland’s former president Mary Robinson has called on climate philanthropy to mimic Irish commitments and respond faster amid multiple global crisis. ‘Climate philanthropy has the opportunity to be nimble, to respond faster than others and …
The Practice of Common Climate Good
The crisis of climate change transcends economies and ecosystems. Accelerated by the burning of fossil fuel, climate change is a ‘global bad’, posing dire consequences for all humankind in the present as well as in …
Latin American Rockefeller fellowship to develop climate solutions
The first cohort of Latin American leaders offering solutions to the climate crisis from across have been selected, as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s ‘Big Bets Climate Fellows’ programme. The fellowship is dedicated towards …
Trust, interconnectedness, and the climate sector
I left this year’s Philea forum reflecting on the importance of trust and the challenges of silos within philanthropy and the social sector. Over the course of the forum, sessions and panellists showcased the interconnectedness …
Global South leadership on climate philanthropy
Discussions around a power imbalance within climate philanthropy are both necessary and important, but have also led to the rise of a problematic and simplistic narrative that philanthropic organisations in the Global South must be …
How is climate finance reshaping philanthropy?
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) at COP28 estimated that $500 billion is needed in developing countries in 2025 under the new finance goal to support climate action. UNCTD estimates this should …
Why don’t they just move? Climate change and the question of worth
We all want to live in safe places. But right now, many rural communities and Native nations aren’t getting the support they need to prepare, respond to, and mitigate increasingly extreme weather. When rural places face …