Tag: climate justice
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A Time for Solutions
Resources that Make Climate Justice Work We have heard it all before: “well, if we had more funding, we would do x” or “we had a lot of momentum going on this project, but it was only funded for a year, so we have to focus on other priorities.” In the eleven years I’ve spent in the…
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A Time for Solutions: Part Two
Creative and Intentional Resourcing In 2021, Walton, along with key frontline Climate Justice leaders, played a key role in helping to reallocate $141 million from the Bezos Earth Fund to frontline accountable intermediaries, with The Solutions Project (TSP) receiving $43 million themselves. Additionally, TSP co-developed three movement support funds with frontline organizations, The Justice 40 Accelerator, Communicating Our Power Fund and The Fund for Frontline Power (A note that…
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The Rainy Day is Now a Hurricane—Holding ClimateWorks Foundation and its Funders Accountable to Resource the Frontlines. (Part 2 of 2)
Climate Justice Organizations’ Rally Cry is Echoing Movement groups have spent years sending out the same rallying cry: “Fund the frontlines. Fund a Just Transition away from the fossil fuel-based economy. Listen to us. Support us.” Funders have seen countless funder briefings, closed door meetings, toxic tours, reports, zines, and conferences. This message from the ground,…
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The Rainy Day is Now a Hurricane—Holding Climate Philanthropy Accountable in an Age of Climate Change Denialism to Resource the Most Vulnerable. (Part 1 of 2)
NCRP launches the second phase of our Climate Justice and Just Transition campaign: holding climate funders accountable for their continued underfunding of these necessary frontline organizations with this special 2-part blog. Look out for part 2, where NCRP will dig further into CWF’s grantmaking data, including the increase in overlapped funding for non-frontline organizations between…
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The Tale of Two Climate Weeks: Part 1 of 2
In September 2024, NCRP’s Senior Movement Engagement Manager for Climate Change Senowa Mize-Fox and NCRP’s Research and Development Associate Spencer Ozer attended New York City Climate Week. Climate Week is a series of events sponsored by The Climate Group that aims to bring together actors from all different sectors with a shared vision of tackling…
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The Tale of Two Climate Weeks: Part 2 of 2
In September 2024, NCRP’s Senior Movement Engagement Manager for Climate Change Senowa Mize-Fox and NCRP’s Research and Development Associate Spencer Ozer attended New York City Climate Week. Climate Week is a series of events sponsored by The Climate Group that aims to bring together actors from all different sectors with a shared vision of tackling…