Health
Putting Health at the Center of Climate Change
Businesses need to take actions that improve not only the environment, but also human health and well-being, particularly among vulnerable communities in their value chains.
Tag: Climate Change
Business
A Framework for Business Action on Climate Justice
Why we need to move business from the margins to the mainstream on climate justice, and how to get there.
sponsored
Advancing Climate Justice Priorities Over Profit-Led Research
Through intentional investments and informed divestments, investors, philanthropists, and foundations can support environmentally conscious, community-centered, and reparative approaches to economic and technological change.
Energy
Transitioning to a Green Economy
A successful transition away from fossil fuels will require strong and vocal civil society organizations and social movements, along with government and business, to make the changes that are necessary if we are to avoid the calamities of global warming.
Food
Food System Innovation in China
Food consumption is deeply shaped by the cultural and socio-economic conditions in which it is embedded. How can civil society put food system transformation on the agenda in developing countries that only recently eliminated or are still fighting widespread hunger?
Philanthropy & Funding
To Meet the Climate Challenge, Philanthropy Must Challenge Itself
Recent rapid growth in climate philanthropy risks redundancy, waste, and friendly fire.
Environment
Racing to Net-Zero: A Captivating but Distant Ambition
While CDR will be crucial in the long term, firms working toward net-zero, now, need to work toward reducing emissions.
Environment
Legislating for Climate Justice Starts With Listening
Illinois’ Climate and Equitable Jobs Act shows that transformative policymaking is dependent on a genuinely inclusive process.
Economic Development
SSIR Online, Spring 2022 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about blockchain for good, collective impact, overcoming racial equity fatigue, and carbon offsets.
Podcast
Environment
Crisis and Change: Conversations With Leaders—Climate Solutions
Tonya Allen of the McKnight Foundation and John Palfrey of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation discuss how they’re answering the global call for climate solutions that promote equity and protect vulnerable communities and encourage others in the philanthropic sector to act at this critical time. Produced in partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts.