This research describes the systemic interconnections that drive our modern world and impact the global climate, and explain why a holistic, integrated perspective is required to solve the most pressing societal issues we face today.
This brief builds on a previous report in which the ClimateWorks Foundation outlined opportunities to enact deep reductions in emissions across sectors and geographies by the end of this decade, and the analysis on where philanthropic capital for climate change mitigation (mostly foundation giving) is being deployed across the various sectors, geographies, and levers of change.
This research provies a brief overview of government and philanthropic spending aimed at COVID-19 recovery. This research also examines eight examples of initiatives that philanthropy has or could begin to support, in order to facilitate the large-scale transitions needed to keep people and the planet thriving and resilient to climate change. The case studies presented in this research are based in Brazil, India, South Africa, and the U.S., as well as on the global level, focusing on where equity issues intertwine with social and racial justice, climate, and/or economic recovery goals.