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Climate Philanthropy in Action: Youth Voices Echoing Through COP28
Climate philanthropy goes beyond charity, it is an investment in the planet we inherit and the legacy we leave behind. African youth are at the forefront in developing cutting-edge tactics for climate adaptation. They contribute …
Empowering the Next Generation: Green Education is Key
‘If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.’ This ancient Chinese proverb remains relevant to humankind’s future, even as we struggle against an existential environmental …
World Economic Forum seeks $1 billion from corporate giving for climate
A new philanthropic initiative by the World Economic Forum (WEF) aims to nudge corporate foundations towards climate philanthropy by giving at least $1 billion by 2030. It is part of a wider push to …
How philanthropy can transform global shipping into a net-zero industry
A not-so-commonly known fact is that the global shipping industry carries a heavy carbon footprint. The sector is responsible for three percent of all greenhouse gas emissions and over 60,000 deaths each year. In July …
Empowering the Global South: Philanthropy’s Role in the Climate Crisis
In two years’ time the United Nations will host the COP 30 climate conference in the Brazilian Amazon. This is a unique opportunity, and philanthropy should be planning right now to heed the call for …
Coming in to land
I have decided not to fly to any more conferences because I believe the harm I am doing by flying outweighs any value my presence at the conference might have. I neither make nor intend …
Air pollution relegated to philanthropic margins, says Clean Air Fund
Improving air quality is relegated to just a tiny 0.1 per cent of total philanthropic funding, despite some 8.3 million deaths attributed to air pollution globally in what has been described as “one of the …
Newly appointed Wellcome Trust CEO kickstarts tenure
The Wellcome Trust’s newly appointed CEO has begun his tenure. John-Arne Røttingen, a former ambassador for global health at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Norway, was hired back in October. “It is a …
Climate gender equity fund announces inaugural Africa grants
The Climate Gender Equity Fund (CGEF) has announced its first grants focused on Africa, a year after it first launched. The public-private partnership, focused on gender equity in climate finance, has publicised its first cohort …
Can Arab Philanthropy be a Game Changer in Climate Action in the Arab Region?
Last week, during a Global Convening of Philanthropies at the COP28 climate summit, the Arab Foundations Forum, a non-profit membership-based association of philanthropic organizations based or working in the Arab region, announced an Arab Regional …
