Search Results for 'SDG'
Council on Foundations conference 2014: foundations and the post-2015 development goals
One of the best-attended sessions at the Council on Foundations conference this week was on foundation involvement in the global development agenda for the period 2015-30. The standing room only crowd was urged by panellists …
Global Philanthropy Forum 2014 (1): Philanthropy, global goals and delivery science
The annual Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF) was held in Redwood City, California, 23-25 April 2014. The GPF brings together several hundred philanthropists, foundation staff and experts with a focus on global development and poverty alleviation. …
Global Fund for Women and International Museum of Women merge
Global Fund for Women and the International Museum of Women (IMOW) have today announced that they have merged. The merger brings together Global Fund’s expertise on issues, grantmaking and fundraising with IMOW’s skills in awareness …
Rio+20: what next?
The UN Conference on Sustainable Development that took place in Brazil from 20 to 22 June (Rio+20) was the biggest UN conference ever. Over 100 governments were represented at the head of state level. Nearly …
Rio+20: Key issues and outcomes and thoughts going forward
If one can accept that mega confabs such as Rio+20 are inevitably about more talks, then the text (outcome) of the negotiating document that was finalized at about 3am on Tuesday 19 June will not …
Climate change
Climate change: should non-government funders be doing anything other than advocacy? While addressing climate change is seemingly on everyone’s agenda, it is less clear what role philanthropy should play, given the vast amounts of money …