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2016 US Council on Foundations: De-polarizing climate change
There is wind in the sails of the global movement to combat climate change. The 2015 Paris Agreement (a historic commitment of 192 states to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels) …
Public opinion: where climate change is needed
Donors rarely make building public understanding a priority. Non-profits also tend not to focus on the long-term need to build public will; rather, they see it as a diversion of precious resources from spending on …
Where is the sense of urgency about climate change?
I found a sense of urgency missing in Matthieu Calame’s article, ‘The long march towards responsible money’, in the December issue of Alliance. As the mission commander famously stated on the Apollo 13 mission to …
Philanthropy can advance climate justice through the SDGs
Sustainable development and climate change are inextricably linked. The governments of the world recognized this in formulating Goal 13 of the Sustainable Development Goals, ‘take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts’. Left …
Philanthropy Can Do Much More to Warn of Climate-Change Dangers
This post originally appeared on The Chronicle of Philanthropy. The original article can be found here> Turn on the television in Washington, D.C., and you will see ad after ad promising that America is being …
IKEA and Gates commit big sums to combat climate change and poverty
The IKEA Foundation has announced a commitment to pump about €400 million ($447 million) towards supporting families and communities in nations vulnerable to floods, droughts, and other fallout from climate change, Reuters reports. This is part …
The SDGs and climate change: a chance to join the dots
2015 is a key year for the climate and development community worldwide. The process of defining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will hopefully culminate in …
Climate change and global governance: day one of the Council on Foundations’ conference
Addressing climate change is a focus issue at the 2015 Council of Foundations’ annual conference in San Francisco, and one of its most eloquent proponents is former Irish president and UN human rights commissioner Mary …
Council on Foundations conference 2014: will the Council come off the fence on climate change?
7 June, aboard United Airlines flight 484 from Denver to Washington DC: As the Council on Foundations annual meeting, entitled ‘Philanthropy Exchange’, takes place in Washington DC this week, many Council members are looking for …