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Promoting Climate Justice Around the World

Climate change is the biggest environmental and rights threat of our time. But solutions to climate chaos exist on the front lines of the struggle to save our planet. Global Greengrants Fund supports projects to restore forests, resist bad development, and advocate for smart climate policies. We invest in the people who have the most […]

4 Grassroots Environmental Wins of 2016 – and 1 Miss

2016 was a big year for those standing up for the environment and human rights. Major victories were achieved, providing cause for celebration. There were also devastating failures, giving even more urgency to our efforts to protect the environment and the rights of local people who depend on it. Many of the stories below have […]

Standing Up to Hazardous Waste Dumping in South Africa

Words by Liziwe McDaid, Coordinator of the Southern Africa Advisory Board, and Allison Davis, Deputy Director of Programs Noxious fumes, contaminated water, sick children. For residents of the KwaZulu Natal Province of Durban, South Africa, the above are a regular part of daily life. Liquid that seeps through an industrial landfill near their homes produces […]

The Dakota Access Pipeline and the Struggle of Indigenous Communities Everywhere

By Alex Grossman, Digital Marketing Specialist UPDATE: On Sunday December 4, the Army Corps said it will not approve an easement necessary to permit the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota. This is a monumental victory for those who have been standing in protest of the pipeline.  Headlines about the Standing Rock […]

Still Hopeful Despite Lack of Action at COP22 in Marrakech

By Nnimmo Bassey, Global Greengrants’ Board Chair, and Founder of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (@NnimmoB) The 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change doubled as the first meeting of Parties to the Paris Agreement agreed to at COP21 in 2015. Optimists in Marrakech thought that with so much […]

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