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How funders can make conservation more effective

Nida Al-Fulaij, People's Trust for Endangered Species, and Becky Holmes, The Helvellyn Foundation How funders can make conservation more effective

Posted on 30 May 2023

Whatever the scale, and wherever the location, most of our funding could be better spent if we ensure the work being proposed is based on reliable evidence, whether that be from academic literature, from centuries (or millennia) of local understanding, or from other sources. Funders can be instrumental in encouraging applicants to check the available evidence for the actions they are proposing, to ensure they have the best chance of success.

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COP15 in Montreal: Reasons to be cheerful?

Catherine Bryan, Synchronicity Earth and EFN COP15 in Montreal: Reasons to be cheerful?

Posted on 2 Mar 2023

COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity has set a course for nations to significantly step up their actions to halt the loss of biodiversity. But will the new ‘plan of action’ for nature adopted at COP15 – termed the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework – succeed? In this blog, Catherine shares her personal reflections on the conference and the 'reasons to be cheerful', despite the challenges left unresolved.

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Five ways to become a better climate justice funder

Nani Jansen Reventlow, Systemic Justice Five ways to become a better climate justice funder

Posted on 16 Dec 2022

To truly address the impact of the climate crisis, funding must be anti-racist and address social injustice. In this blog, Nani Jansen Reventlow sets out five ways to become a better climate justice funder.

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Making deforestation-free private wealth a reality

Alex Robertson, Global Canopy Making deforestation-free private wealth a reality

Posted on 12 Dec 2022

Global Canopy's new deforestation-free investment mandate can be a game changer for family offices and foundations to ensure their investments don’t undermine their philanthropic giving. In this blog, Alex Robertson discusses the need for family offices and foundations to ensure their investment portfolios are free from deforestation, conversion and associated human rights abuses and their new investment mandate to help do this.

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What does addressing root causes look like?

Florence Miller, Environmental Funders Network What does addressing root causes look like?

Posted on 5 Oct 2022

Why is 'new economy' work relevant to environmental philanthropy? Reflections on how can funders support work to redesign the economic system to be life-supporting, not life-eroding.

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What does it take to win on environmental issues and how can funders help?

Harriet Williams, The Hour is Late and Hugh Mehta, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation What does it take to win on environmental issues and how can funders help?

Posted on 9 Sep 2022

Insights from our new sector survey show that there is a vital role for philanthropic funding in recognising the importance of environmental action and giving it the stability needed to really make a difference. In this blog, Harriet Williams and Hugh Mehta explore common themes from the What The Green Groups Said survey respondents and what funders can do in response.

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Embodying a Regenerative Economy: EFN 2022 Retreat Keynote Talk

Stephanie Brobbey, Good Ancestor Movement and Aliyah Green, EFN Embodying a Regenerative Economy: EFN 2022 Retreat Keynote Talk

Posted on 29 Jul 2022

Stephanie Brobbey’s informative keynote talk during our annual retreat for funders this year was titled ‘Embodying a Regenerative Economy’. Stephanie laid out some of the problems we face — climate change, biodiversity loss, extreme inequality — and argued that to understand them we need to interrogate systems, starting with the economy.

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Making climate action everyone’s business at the UK’s leading community funder

John Rose, The National Lottery Community Fund Making climate action everyone’s business at the UK’s leading community funder

Posted on 16 May 2022

As the largest funder of community activity in the UK, The National Lottery Community Fund plays a critical role supporting communities to unleash their energy and potential, especially on important issues such as the climate emergency. In this blog, John Rose discusses the work the National Lottery Community Fund is doing to take environmental action and support grant holders to be more sustainable and regenerative.

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Ancestral Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples Are Essential to Conservation

Katy Scholfield, Arcus Foundation Ancestral Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples Are Essential to Conservation

Posted on 6 May 2022

In this blog, Katy Scholfield aims to help build awareness and attend to the intersection of social and environmental justice to bring about increasing recognition and respect for the intrinsic value of all beings, human and nonhuman. This blog explores the Arcus Foundation's Great Apes and Gibbons Program goal of reconciling the well-being and resilience of local, Indigenous, and forest-dependent communities with wildlife conservation objectives.

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The power of good governance in stopping the climate crisis: Six actions philanthropy must embrace in 2022

Brice Böhmer, Transparency International The power of good governance in stopping the climate crisis: Six actions philanthropy must embrace in 2022

Posted on 1 Apr 2022

In 2019/2020, climate finance amounted to US$632 billion globally. Yet, about 30-40% of climate funding was probably spent inefficiently or stolen because of corruption – considering that at least 30% of development aid is lost to corruption. Philanthropy can and must play a crucial role and act now to help stop the leaky pipeline of climate funding. Building on comprehensive analysis and research over the past ten years, here are six concrete and tangible actions for funders to take in 2022.

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