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IKEA Foundation grants $20 million in Global South energy transition initiative

Shafi Musaddique 19 September 2023

The IKEA Foundation, philanthropic arm to the Swedish homeware giant, has launched a new philanthropic initiative alongside the ClimateWorks Foundation, in a bid to support communities in the Global South impacted by energy transitions from …

Over a billion Singaporean dollars pledged by newly launched Philanthropy Asia Alliance  

Shafi Musaddique 19 September 2023

Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA), a new organisation launched to tackle environmental and social challenges, has pledged more than $1 billion Singaporean dollars (US $777 million).  The Temasek Trust, based in Singapore, announced the launch at …

Improving partnerships will help our planet

Resson Kantai Duff 18 September 2023

Imagine having to forecast your every action, expenditure, and movement for two weeks, write it down, and then share it with someone else to get their approval for you to get any work done. Or …

Business and philanthropy forum to take place at UN’s COP28 

Shafi Musaddique 17 September 2023

This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as the UN COP28, will host a dedicated business and philanthropy climate forum.   Taking place in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on 1 and 2 …

More power to youth: Doing climate philanthropy differently

Joshua Amponsem and Nathan Méténier 14 September 2023

Last month 16 young people from Montana sent shockwaves through the environmental and legal communities. A landmark legal decision affirmed that young people have an inherent right to a clean environment. It’s a judgment that …

Bezos Earth Fund CEO urges banks and philanthropists to think outside the box to tackle climate change 

Shafi Musaddique 13 September 2023

The CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund has called on development banks and philanthropists to think more creatively to tackle the climate crisis. Andrew Steer told the Reuters IMPACT conference, held in London, that World …

Philanthropists must not turn their back on the planet now

Marianne Kleiberg 11 September 2023

Up to one million species are now threatened with extinction, marking a rapid and serious decline in the health of the ecosystems we all depend on to survive and thrive. This loss is deeply concerning, …

Winning on Climate Change Is Entirely Possible With a Little More Help from Philanthropy

Henry Platt, Brian Burwell and Sonali Patel 7 September 2023

Entertaining the thought of winning on climate change requires us to keep two apparently opposed ideas in mind: first, that we are living in a time of escalating peril and crisis, and second, that major …

Africa Climate Summit: Energy group founded at COP26 calls for collaboration to address climate crisis 

Shafi Musaddique 5 September 2023

Ahead of the inaugural Africa Climate Summit taking place in Kenya, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), an organisation bringing together philanthropy, government, finance and technology, has called for increased investment and …

Bloomberg Philanthropies team up with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in a bid to boost clean energy 

Shafi Musaddique 4 September 2023

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced a new collaboration aiming to boost clean energy deployment across Asia.    In a statement, both the investment bank and the global philanthropy arm of …