This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the report, State of Climate Action 2021: Systems Transformations Required to Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C (249 pages, PDF), the transformations required to avoid the worst climate impacts span changes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Bertrand Piccard proposed circumnavigating the globe in a solar-powered airplane, the world’s leading aviation experts told him it was a pipe dream. That’s when the former Swiss Air Force…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Elizabeth Yeampierre watched tree branches whip past her windows on the evening of October 29, 2012, as Superstorm Sandy slammed into New York City. She had spent years warning of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A study published last month in Nature Climate Change concluded that at least 85% of the world’s population has already been affected by climate change. While we’re all in it together, not everything is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Much of the news coming out of the U.N. climate conference has focused on the spectacle, and how countries’ pledges aren’t on track to prevent dangerous climate change. But behind…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. CDP recently hosted a webinar, Flood, Famine and Fire: Building a Climate Justice Analysis in Philanthropy, to explore how funders can help address climate change issues by building a more robust…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Benjamin Preston directs RAND’s Community Health and Environmental Policy Program . He specializes in climate risk and adaptation, and its flip side, disaster recovery and resilience. What inspired you to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) leaders of environmental and climate nonprofits experienced a surge in support from US foundations in response to COVID-19 and the murder of George Floyd. But…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COP26, rightly critiqued for its exclusionary approach, will shape how governments respond to the climate crisis. It is also as an organising moment for civil society, and a chance for funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most recent global energy shock is highlighting how important, and how hard, a well-managed transition to net-zero will be. While company engagement on climate change is rapidly evolving, new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The West is burning. The South and East are flooding. There’s a drought in the Midwest. The rapid onslaught of climate change is here, and with it, a paradigm shift;…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The City of Boston recently made headlines for an ambitious plan to mandate all new city-owned buildings to be carbon neutral, part of a wider plan for the city to achieve net zero status by…