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Foundation spending on climate change
For US and UK foundations, climate philanthropy is around 2% of overall foundation spending. Climate change is arguably the most serious, systemic and far-reaching issue we face as the human race. How much are foundations …
A new focus for climate philanthropy: interview with Florence Tercier and Anne Henshaw
Within the field of climate change, the issue of climate justice has been neglected. The Oak Foundation, however, believes that issues of climate justice are central to the whole climate change question and is poised …
Climate justice: the spectre at the Paris feast
Michael Donoghue writes in this issue that Pacific Islanders are responsible for only a tiny fraction of GHG emissions, yet they are suffering the worst effects of global warming. This unjust situation should be at …
Supporting today’s young climate leaders
For the past four years, one word has dominated my world: divestment. In 2012, I co-founded Divest Harvard, calling on Harvard University to divest its $36.4 billion endowment from fossil fuels. Divest Harvard grew from …
Climate justice must include indigenous peoples
Despite the fact that 40 per cent of the 116 environmental activists murdered in 2014 were indigenous and a significant portion of the oil, gas and mining production (39 per cent now and 46 per cent …
Climate-induced migration and the role of philanthropy
We are now in a ʻno-analogue’ state according to University of Hawaioceanography professor, Dr Richard Zeebe. In other words, in the documented history of our planet, we have not seen the amount of carbon released …
Pacific Islands on the frontline of climate change
The Pacific islands are large ocean states that cover over 10 per cent of the global ocean, and include over 33,000 different islands. The people who live on them contribute less than 0.03 per cent …
Climate philanthropy after Paris
Climate change is arguably the biggest issue facing the planet. It is therefore remarkable and surprising that only a small proportion of philanthropic resources address the issue head on – around 2 per cent. Could …
135 grant-makers receive Nelson Mandela tribute for climate courage
Ellen Dorsey, Executive Director of the Wallace Global Fund, yesterday collected the Nelson Mandela-Graca Machel Innovation Award for Brave Philanthropy on behalf of the 135 philanthropy organisations, trusts and foundations that have pledged to divest …
2016 US Council on Foundations: American philanthropy prepares for climate change in Congress
2016 is a period of flux in US politics with changes afoot in the Presidency, Supreme Court and Senate as well as tax reform proposals due at the end of the year. In this context, …