Why climate finance needs a justice-first approach, with Impatience Earth CEO Yasmin Ahammad
In conversation with HERO’s Mauricio Porras, Yasmin shares a 101 explainer on climate philanthropy and its role in climate action, explores the challenges of climate funding today and routes forward, and why the biggest risk is doing nothing.
Sarah Farrell On Financing The “Resilience Continuum”
Sarah Farrell, Climate Philanthropy Advisory Director at Impatience Earth, explains why philanthropic investment in climate resilience represents “a leap of faith” that she and her team are working to get more funders comfortable with. She speaks to the different strategies used to coax wary funders to embrace this still poorly understood niche, and explains why it’s so important that progressive donors adopt a more venture capital mindset to supporting resilience initiatives.
Clare Ballantine & Isona Shibata On Philanthropy’s Role In Adaptation Finance
In this episode, Clare Ballantine, Head of the Howden Foundation, and Isona Shibata, Head of International Programs at Ashden, unpack the role of philanthropic capital in building resilience for climate-vulnerable communities in the Global South.
Climate Philanthropy, Amaly Podcast
Our Director of Philanthropy, Aditi Shah, was one of the speakers on this podcast episode to talk about the unique power and responsibility of philanthropy in tackling the climate crisis, with a focus on nature-based solutions and food systems.