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Climate philanthropy
Looking after the natural common goods
Preservation of the common good must be a common endeavour, however philanthropy has a specific and important role to play The Valle de Bravo-Amanalco basin is one of the fountains of Central Mexico’s environmental wealth. …
Global South leadership on climate philanthropy
Discussions around a power imbalance within climate philanthropy are both necessary and important, but have also led to the rise of a problematic and simplistic narrative that philanthropic organisations in the Global South must be …
From roots to resilience: Raintree Foundation’s journey towards building community stewardship
As pressing reality of climate change looms large over us, the need for action has never been more evident. With each passing year, we witness the escalating impact of climate change, from extreme weather events …
Rooting change and cultivating support for Indigenous people
The shimmering, futuristic skyscrapers of Abu Dhabi are a world apart from the humble villages I’ve visited in the tropical rainforests of Latin America, Central Africa and Southeast Asia. Members of these remote and tree-covered …
Why don’t they just move? Climate change and the question of worth
We all want to live in safe places. But right now, many rural communities and Native nations aren’t getting the support they need to prepare, respond to, and mitigate increasingly extreme weather. When rural places face …
Philanthropists’ role in empowering Africa’s environment guardians
African communities have for centuries played a critical role in forest conservation. By empowering these communities, philanthropists have stepped in to not only preserve rich cultural heritage but also tap into their invaluable wisdom for innovative …
Philanthropy must address the erosion of the ‘outer commons’
In North America, social ideals encompassing the ‘common good’ have existed from the earliest times of human habitation. First Nations tribes, groups of European settlers landing from England, France and Spain, enslaved Africans arriving under …
April 2024: Around the world with our regional reps
Every month Alliance regional representatives provide a report on the latest happenings in philanthropy from their region. Below is roundup for April 2024 Successful demonstration test of world’s first zero-emission ship in Japan By Fan Li, …
What Funders misunderstand most about funding social change innovation
The last decade has seen a raft of big new ideas about innovating financing models for social enterprises. Philanthropic organisations and program investors have been overwhelmed with gurus promising smart new thinking about how to …
Biodiversity conservation a top philanthropic priority in China
Biodiversity conservation is a top priority of environmental philanthropic funding in China, according to China’s largest environmental grant-making foundation. Findings by the Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology (SEE) Foundation show that $270 million was …
