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Conferences in February, March and April 2009
9-11 February Forum for Foundations on Climate Change and Development Wilton Park Conferences Wilton Park, UK Contact http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk 17-18 February 3rd Annual Climate Change Summit Ethical Corporation London, UK Contact http://www.ethicalcorp.com/climate 23-25 February Africa Grantmakers’ …
Possible environmental silver lining to financial crisis, UNEP official tells seminar
According to Angela Cropper, Deputy Executive Director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP), the global financial crisis may not be entirely bad if it stimulates governments to boost spending on renewable energy and energy efficiency. …
Conferences January – March 2009
26-27 January IHRFG Semi-Annual Meeting International Human Rights Funders Group San Francisco, USA Contact http://www.ihrfg.org 27 January-1 February World Social Forum 2009 WSF Belem, Brazil Contact http://www.fsm2009amazonia.org.br/?set_language=en 29-30 January The 2009 Leadership Conference on Global …
Vodafone world’s ‘most accountable’ company, according to rating
Vodafone is the most accountable of the world’s 100 largest corporations, according to the 2008 Accountability Rating compiled by AccountAbility and Csrnetwork. According to a press release from AccountAbility, the company’s initiatives, which range from …
CGI Asia meeting nets $185 million in commitments
The Clinton Global Initiative has announced $185 million in commitments in the areas of education, energy and climate change, and public health made during its first meeting in Asia, which took place in Hong Kong …
Exploring our futures
You may notice that the special feature in this issue of Alliance is shorter than usual. Well, you may not notice – and you may wonder why I’m drawing your attention to a housekeeping issue …
Whispering from the rooftops
In September 2007, Alliance ran a special issue on climate change in which Stephen Heintz, President of Rockefeller Brothers Fund, described the work that RBF has been doing for some years in the USA. The …
The sky isn’t falling …
Everyone loves to moan about a crisis, in this case an economic one. The words meltdown and tsunami are frequently used to describe the current situation. We are prone to take the most dire situation …
What is a global fund to do?
After months of consultations, there are still some questions being raised as to what sorts of entity the Global Fund for Community Foundations should be supporting. Should it be organizations that conform, or almost conform, …
Mission in meltdown?
Progressive social change foundations exist to improve the lives of disadvantaged people. Many have shown great imagination, professionalism and tenacity in so doing. But now that disadvantaged people worldwide are facing threats of unprecedented scale …