In April 2017, spanning five continents, an international coalition of Catholic institutions has divested from polluting fossil fuels. The Global Catholic Climate movement made the announcement October 3, marking the largest joint declaration of divestment by Catholic organizations to date. The total amount divested totals upwards of $5 trillion. Global Greengrants Fund has supported multiple […]
By Julia Woods, Communications Specialist UPDATE: on March 7, 2017, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that Juliana v. United States & President Donald Trump, et al. can proceed to trial, marking the 3rd failed attempt by the Federal Government to have the case thrown out. Read more here. Across the […]
By Alex Grossman, Director of Communications A group of camel herders in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia are celebrating a historic victory. After four years of intense negotiations, the local herder organizations took on a major mining company and won. In this David vs. Goliath story, the locals won a landmark agreement with the operators […]
In a crushing blow to years of indigenous opposition efforts, the Bolivian government has decided to move ahead with plans to build a highway directly through the Isiboro Sécure National Park and indigenous territory, known as TIPNIS. The park, rich in biodiversity and home to thousands of indigenous peoples, will lose protected status and essentially […]
The Brazilian dam of Belo Monte is well known worldwide, mostly for its controversial environmental impacts and the ongoing efforts of indigenous communities to resist the project. Here’s a look at the indigenous struggle against the Belo Monte hydropower plant, a fight Global Greengrants Fund has supported with over 20 grants and almost $90,000 […]
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