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 […]
The Arctic Ocean and its seas are among the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems, facing multiple threats from climate change, increased commercial shipping and fishing, and expanded offshore drilling. These activities decimate the precious Arctic environment, and impact the whales, polar bears, seals, bird species, and fish who live there. They also threaten the existence of […]
By Katy Neusteter, Director of Communications Today, the phone calls from friends and family are starting to trickle in. My email is still quieter than usual. I am struggling to organize my thoughts. To paraphrase the novelist Attica Locke: “I am not crushed. I am awake.” I am awake to the fact that freedom, empathy, and […]
As seas continue to rise, temperatures increase, and life-changing storms become more commonplace, the need to take drastic action on climate change becomes more urgent. While Global Greengrants Fund continues to support those on the front lines implement localized solutions, the world prepares for continued conversations about action at a global level. The 22nd session […]
Last week, two land rights defenders in Honduras were shot and killed in a drive by shooting in Tocoa, Colón. In response to the assasinations of human rights defenders José Ángel Flores and Silmer George, our friends at Frontline Defenders are calling on Honduran authorities to take action with the below letter. “On 18 October 2016, land […]
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