We have recently been in touch with Germany based organisation ‘Active Philanthropy’ who have published a fascinating new report to make the case for more investment by philanthropic bodies into climate change.
Their new report, ‘Funding the Future - how the climate crisis intersects with you giving’, is aimed at foundations, trusts and individual givers who have not previously engaged with climate change.
The key point is that the forthcoming climate catastrophe will have an all-consuming impact on the multiple other causes we all care about. It’s something our work in Nepal makes us acutely aware of.
The steady progress that has been made over the last few decades - especially in hill communities - to improve health, education, women’s empowerment, the economy, democracy and so on could be swept away in one generation if climate chaos descends.
Indeed, if communities weren’t being enabled to adapt to the changes they are already experiencing, some of this progress might already have stopped or gone into reverse.
To put it even more bluntly, while programmes to improve health, education, gender equality and employment opportunities in remote mountain villages are hugely important; climate breakdown might render them meaningless if those villages end up being abandoned.
If you know, or work with any foundations or trusts who are considering a move into funding climate change; please encourage them to read the report. It can be downloaded via the Active Philanthropy website.
Active Philanthropy are launching their report with an online event on 20th October. You can find more details here: https://www.activephilanthropy.org/what-we-do/climate-guide/2020-10-20