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Celebrating One Year of the Disability Rights and Climate Justice Board

By Yolanda Muñoz, Disability Rights and Climate Justice Board Coordinator In July 2023, Global Greengrants Fund celebrated the first anniversary of the Disability Rights and Climate Justice (DRCJ) Advisory Board, an initiative that stands at the crossroads of two pressing global issues—disability rights and climate justice. Global Greengrants Fund’s disability work began in 2018, when […]

Celebrating the 2023 Goldman Prize winners

Congratulations to the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize winners! Since 1989, the Goldman Prize has awarded an annual prize to grassroots environmental defenders from all over the world for their work to protect and enhance the natural environment. Each year, we are honored to see that many of the Goldman Prize winners are connected to Global […]

A year of grantmaking in the Middle East and North Africa

By Lydia Baker, Global Greengrants Fund UK In January 2021, thanks to seed funding from the Sigrid Rausing Trust, Global Greengrants Fund established a new Advisory Board for grantmaking in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The Middle East and North Africa is a region of critical importance for the climate and biodiversity emergency, […]

Why donors should put their trust and funds in the hands of young people

By Hannah Dillon, Director of The Iris Project Photo credit: Dana Romanoff Photography, LLC It’s no secret that the philanthropy sector needs a shake-up. For too long, well-intentioned environmental initiatives have been designed in isolation from the communities they purport to serve, by people in the Global North who lack both the imagination and lived […]

Facing off against extractive industries in South Africa

By Shena Cavallo, Philanthropic Partnerships Officer Photo credit: Rob Symons (Flickr) Activists in South Africa secured an important victory in May 2022 when a Pretoria High Court judge ruled that a coal mine firm cannot expand a local mine. For years, community members and activists have been facing off against the Tendele mining company whose […]

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