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Why the United States should build back better: A call for post-COVID, climate-forward policy
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a gut punch to the world. Millions of people infected. Hundreds of thousands dead. Hospitals (again) overflowing. And the effects disproportionately falling on BIPOC communities facing systemic racism and structural …
Environmental philanthropy and COVID-19: More urgent than ever
With much of the world exiting a pandemic and entering a recession, the environment and conservation may not seem a pressing concern – but climate change and biodiversity loss remain the most significant threats we …
Benban solar park in Egypt receives $4 billion in funding
Egypt’s Benban park, a 37 square kilometre solar park in Aswan desert with over seven million photovoltaic panels, has received $4 billion in funding from thirty international infrastructure developers. Among the investors is infrastructure fund …
New Climate Pledge calls for $1 billion for climate funding by 2021
The Climate Pledge is calling for the philanthropy community to come together and allocate more than $1 billion in new funding for climate change by the end of 2021. Announced at the AVPN 2020 annual …
At the intersection of climate change, water, and equity – a growing field of practice
When I started in philanthropy in 2016, I was given an extraordinary opportunity: to create an initiative at the intersection of climate change, water, and inequity. These issues are profoundly interconnected, but back then, the …
Open letter to Jeff Bezos: Consider this when spending $10 billion Earth Fund
Funders for Just and Equitable Climate Solutions, a group comprising some foundation and movement representatives in North America, have published an open letter to Jeff Bezos asking him to consider some principles when spending the …
Foundations across Europe are tackling the other big challenge: climate change
The COVID-19 crisis has dramatically changed our world, in so many ways. Things will never be the same again. The first task is to save lives. The next challenge is, in the words of UN …
On climate justice, funders could do better
Philanthropy is falling short when it comes to supporting the climate justice movement that is rapidly growing across the globe Despite what he terms ‘amnesia and individualism’, Nathan Thanki of Global Campaign to Demand Climate …
The time is now
Extinction Rebellion is not just about saving what we can of the ecosystem, it’s about establishing a new order When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5 Warming report was released in autumn 2018, …
Mercy Corps AgriFin programme awarded $100,000 in Columbia, Rockefeller partnership
Students at Columbia Business School, in collaboration with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, have awarded a $100,000 grant to the Mercy Corps AgriFin programme, an innovative fintech solution for small farms facing climate change. The grant was …
