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Conference reports Simon Hungin 30 January 2023

How is Turkish philanthropy funding climate? A Sabancı Foundation seminar explores

If you protect nature, you protect people. On 1 December 2022, the Sabancı Foundation hosted a seminar, presented by Güven İslamoğlu, on philanthropy’s role in the climate emergency. Following a performance by 8-year-old pianist İpek …

News Alliance magazine 27 January 2023

World Economic Forum initiative hopes to generate $3tn a year for climate action

The World Economic Forum has launched an initiative to generate $3 trillion a year by leveraging philanthropic and public capital to tackle climate change and nature loss. Giving to Amplify Earth Action, or GAEA, is …

News Alliance magazine 15 January 2023

Philanthropic giving for climate on the rise in India

The India Climate Collaborative has been engaging with individual philanthropists who are willing to commit significant funds to fight climate change – and it’s paying off. The 2022 EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List revealed a …

News Alliance magazine 2 January 2023

IKEA gives $10.1m to Kenyan and American nonprofit empowering communities vulnerable to climate change

IKEA Foundation has awarded BOMA, a Kenya and US-based non-profit, a grant of $10.1 million to support the organization’s innovative approach to alleviating poverty in regions severely impacted by climate change. ‘We are excited to …

Opinion Padma Venkataraman 30 December 2022

Seeing our mitigation ambition through: The need for climate visionaries

To limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2030, as agreed upon under the 2015 Paris Agreement, India, along with the rest of the world, must strengthen and implement its mitigation ambition. Over …

Analysis Raphael Mweninguwe 5 December 2022

Funding for seed research struggles to make Malawi food secure as climate change hits hard

Over decades now, climate change has devastated smallholder farmers in Malawi. Floods have damaged millions of people’s lives, washing away crops, animals, and property – displacing families. Drought has caused crops to wither while still …

Opinion 1 Murtaza Hashwani 24 November 2022

Flood relief and beyond: how to build and sustain communities amid a deepening climate crisis

Geo-political issues, rise in commodity and energy prices, exacerbating debt problems and finally the devastation of floods – the people in Pakistan have had their share of crises. Lack of infrastructure has left a large …

News Alliance magazine 21 November 2022

Philanthropy organisations pledging climate action reaches 600 during COP27

The number of organisations forming ‘Philanthropy For Climate’, global movement that consists of national climate philanthropy ‘commitments’, reached 600 during the COP27 climate summit Philanthropy For Climate was launched in 2019, calling all foundations, regardless …

Opinion Biswarup Banerjee and Sarah Bieber 11 November 2022

Tackling poverty and climate change: IKEA and Acumen’s $25m energy investment initative

Today, two out of three people living in extreme poverty live in rural areas, often without access to electricity. The combined impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and volatile energy prices caused by the …

Analysis Aina Marzia 3 November 2022

An uneven climate crisis and the case for reparations: What we can learn from Pakistan

The news of Pakistan’s ongoing climate catastrophe has crowded out the headlines, but the long-term and actual effects of Pakistan’s floods are yet to come.   The devastation has caused over 1,350 casualties and over …