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New advocacy network launches at COP27 to get funds to Indigenous, local women and girls
Grassroots women’s organisations have launched a new advocacy network to scale-up funding for Indigenous and local women and girls. Women in Global South Alliance for Tenure and Climate – the name of the network – …
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 …
Reclaiming resilience: Building in redundancy, complexity and diversity for systems change
Reframing resilience in the context of harmful systems What if we conceived resilience in terms of thriving, rather than merely surviving? Philanthropy is well-placed to help lift the ambitions of actors to see resilience as …
What we can learn from crisis response around the world
How is global philanthropy working to respond and build resilience to crises in their regions? The war in Ukraine, economic instability and a sudden increase in the cost of living, the effects of the Covid-19 …
$1.7bn pledged, $321m given away: Where are we on COP26’s commitment to protecting forests?
Following last year’s commitment of $1.7 billion to Indigenous and local communities to support their work protecting tropical forests, research out today has found that one-fifth of those funds have actually reached grantees – the …
The Pope, Jeff Bezos, and 100 philanthropists walk into The Vatican
A group of philanthropists – including Jeff Bezos – went to the Vatican to see the Pope earlier this month. The Arab Foundation Forum’s Naila Farouky reports on the inaugural ‘Faith and Philanthropy Summit’ When …
Global human rights funding is up, but for certain regions and groups it has decreased
Global funding for human rights is increasing, but grants are dispersed unevenly across the world, leaving major gaps in the field. A new report, out today, from Human Rights Funders Network and Candid found that …
Indy Johar on our extraordinary age
It is the end of summer, and before students come back to Istanbul’s Kadir Has University, around 100 members of the PEX community gather for the second PEXforum to explore what it means to drive …
Global climate giving jumps 25% but remains significantly short of need
Philanthropic giving for climate change mitigation increased by 25 per cent in 2021, according to ClimateWorks Foundation’s annual Funding Trends report. Despite this sharp rise in giving, funding for climate still remains significantly short of …
