Philea publishes “How to Integrate Climate into Your Philanthropic Programmes: What Foundations Need to Know, and Where to Begin”
Philea has published “How to Integrate Climate into Your Philanthropic Programmes: What Foundations Need to Know, and Where to Begin“, a new report exploring how foundations can integrate climate into any and every level of decision-making, from far-reaching, strategic decisions to day-to-day activities.
For most foundations, climate change is not at the core of their mission. Yet, the reality is that no foundation’s work is untouched by it. Climate change poses a growing risk to all philanthropic activity, as well as our partners and grantees and societies at large.
Integrating a climate lens into the design and implementation of your programmatic work is one way to mitigate these risks and creates co-benefits which strengthen the overall impact of your work. Essentially, integration means thinking about climate when making decisions.
This publication supports foundations to begin or deepen their climate integration journey, in a way that aligns with their organisational values, assets and experience. The scale and the interconnectedness of the climate crisis requires us to transform our mindsets, our practices and our processes ‒ but you do not have to start from scratch. This is an opportunity to integrate climate in a way that reflects your unique organisational values, assets, relationships, experience and expertise.
The report is a product of the European Philanthropy Coalition for Climate and acts as a companion to the Philanthropy For Climate commitments, which support foundations to take a multi-pillar, interconnected approach to climate action.
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