Biden administration paid climate NGOs created just months ago millions of dollars ahead of elections
1 week, 4 days ago

Biden administration paid climate NGOs created just months ago millions of dollars ahead of elections

Op India  

After the revelations of now-defunct USAID and other US federal agencies funding dubious organisations, including leftist media and individuals across the world, it has emerged that the Biden administration paid over $20 billion to various environmental groups. The New York Post reported that in one such case, former Vice President Kamala Harris gave a cheque of $7 billion to Maryland-based group Climate United Fund in April 2024. While the Climate United Fund announced that it secured a $6.97 billion cheque from Kamala Harris, there was no publicly published accounting of how it plans to spend the $7 billion, the NY Post reported. Climate United Fund did announce a few projects including a $10.8 million “pre-development loan” solar project on Tribal lands in eastern Oregon and Idaho and a $32m solar energy project at the University of Arkansas, however, the funds allocated to these projects is minuscule in front of the vast funding the group secured from the former Vice President. In December 2024, US’s Environment Protection Agency advisor Brent Efron was caught revealing how the agency hastily parcelled out a related $20 billion climate fund that was held by Citibank before the end of the Biden administration and Trump assuming office.

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Hopes of trillion dollar climate fund dim at Cop29 after developed countries fail to offer commitment
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hopes of trillion dollar climate fund dim at Cop29 after developed countries fail to offer commitment

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s like developed countries are saying the dog ate their homework.” open image in gallery Activists demonstrate for climate …

Money to respond to climate change is key. Here’s how nations are raising it
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Money to respond to climate change is key. Here’s how nations are raising it

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Just as a simple lever can move heavy objects, rich nations are hoping another kind of leverage — the financial sort — can help them come up with the money that poorer nations need to cope with climate change. Money could be in the form of loans, grants or private investment Experts put the number needed for …

US climate envoy says work will continue despite Trump’s return
4 months ago

US climate envoy says work will continue despite Trump’s return

The Hindu  

U.S. climate envoy John Podesta urged governments to keep faith in the country’s promise to combat global warming, saying Donald Trump can slow, not stop, the transition from fossil fuels when he returns to office in January. The annual U.N. climate summit began on Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, with many country delegations concerned Trump’s victory in U.S. presidential elections on …

Biden-Harris paying billions to 'radical left' climate change groups and Chinese communist party: report
4 months, 1 week ago

Biden-Harris paying billions to 'radical left' climate change groups and Chinese communist party: report

Daily Mail  

The Biden-Harris Administration has been slammed for giving $41 billion to fund nonprofits that 'spread radical, left-leaning ideology' to eliminate fossil fuels. The Biden-Harris Administration has been slammed for giving $41 billion to fund nonprofits that 'spread radical, left-leaning ideology' to eliminate fossil fuels While the US currently produces one third of its solar panels domestically, it faces fierce competition …

At least $2.1 billion in new funds pledged at COP28, as foundations focus on health and agriculture
1 year, 3 months ago

At least $2.1 billion in new funds pledged at COP28, as foundations focus on health and agriculture

Associated Press  

With the United Nations climate talks wrapping up in Dubai, foundations and other funders pledged at least $2.1 billion in new financing to reduce climate impacts, especially from agriculture, and increasing help for vulnerable communities. “The honest answer is that the global health community, including us, was so focused on COVID-19, that we probably didn’t pay enough attention to all …

Reparations fund ‘historic’, but real fight begins now: Climate campaigners
1 year, 3 months ago

Reparations fund ‘historic’, but real fight begins now: Climate campaigners

Al Jazeera  

Experts say the loss and damage fund launched at COP28 is just the first step towards climate justice. The launch of a ‘loss and damage’ fund on Thursday at the start of the United Nations COP28 summit marks a landmark moment but is only the first in a series of necessary steps in the fight for climate justice, say experts …

Cop28 opens with fund set up for countries hit by worst of climate disasters
1 year, 3 months ago

Cop28 opens with fund set up for countries hit by worst of climate disasters

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nearly all the world’s nations on Thursday finalized the creation of a fund to help compensate countries struggling to …

On 1st day, UN climate conference sets up fund for countries hit by disasters like flood and drought
1 year, 3 months ago

On 1st day, UN climate conference sets up fund for countries hit by disasters like flood and drought

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The world just took a big step toward compensating countries hit by deadly floods, heat and droughts. Sultan al-Jaber, the president of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, hailed “the first decision to be adopted on Day One of any COP” — and said his country, the United Arab Emirates, would chip in $100 million. …

In victory on first day, U.N. climate conference sets up fund for disaster-hit nations
1 year, 3 months ago

In victory on first day, U.N. climate conference sets up fund for disaster-hit nations

LA Times  

Protesters call for compensation for countries hit badly by climate change at last year’s United Nations summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Nearly all the world’s nations finalized the creation of a fund to help compensate countries struggling to cope with loss and damage from climate change, seen as a major first-day breakthrough at this year’s United Nations climate conference. Rachel …

Biden making $20 billion available from 'green bank' for clean energy projects
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden making $20 billion available from 'green bank' for clean energy projects

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Biden administration is …

African activists cast doubt over climate talks' credibility
2 years, 1 month ago

African activists cast doubt over climate talks' credibility

The Independent  

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Climate justice needs more than a fund. It needs accountability
2 years, 3 months ago

Climate justice needs more than a fund. It needs accountability

Al Jazeera  

The COP27 fund is an important step forward. After innumerable fits and starts, COP27 witnessed a win for climate diplomacy in November, when the United Nations climate conference agreed to set up a fund for loss and damage caused by global warming — a key demand of many developing nations. Its message that “loss and damage is not charity, it’s …

EXPLAINER: How will UN climate deal on loss and damage work?
2 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: How will UN climate deal on loss and damage work?

Associated Press  

SHARM el-SHEIKH, Egypt — The decision Sunday by nations around the world to establish a fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet was one of the most significant since U.N. climate talks began 30 years ago. HISTORY In the early 1990s, the Alliance of Small Island States, a group of low-lying coastal and small island countries, …

UN climate deal: Calamity cash, but no new emissions cuts
2 years, 3 months ago

UN climate deal: Calamity cash, but no new emissions cuts

Associated Press  

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — For the first time, the nations of the world decided to help pay for the damage an overheating world is inflicting on poor countries, but they finished marathon climate talks on Sunday without further addressing the root cause of those disasters — the burning of fossil fuels. “We have finally responded to the call of hundreds …

Historic compensation fund approved at UN climate talks
2 years, 3 months ago

Historic compensation fund approved at UN climate talks

Deccan Chronicle  

Sharm El-Sheikh: Negotiators early Sunday approved a historic deal that would create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries' carbon pollution, but an overall larger agreement still was up in the air because of a fight over emission reduction efforts. This is how a 30-year-old journey of ours has finally, we …

How will U.N. climate deal on ‘loss and damage’ work?
2 years, 3 months ago

How will U.N. climate deal on ‘loss and damage’ work?

LA Times  

Mari Carmen Zambrano dries out her broken, drenched bed outside her home after Hurricane Ian tore off her roof in La Coloma, Cuba, on Oct. 5, 2022. The decision Sunday by nations around the world to establish a fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet was one of the most significant since U.N. climate talks began …

Foundations call for cooperation, some new pledges at COP27
2 years, 3 months ago

Foundations call for cooperation, some new pledges at COP27

Associated Press  

As communities around the globe press their case at the COP27 conference in Egypt that climate damage is forcing migration and causing suffering as never before, philanthropic foundations pooled their resources to donate more than $2 billion to support climate adaptation projects. On COP27’s opening day last week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced $1.4 billion in support for …

Foundations call for cooperation, some new pledges at COP27
2 years, 3 months ago

Foundations call for cooperation, some new pledges at COP27

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On COP27's opening day last week, the Bill & …

Most agriculture conservation spending doesn’t help climate, say findings
2 years, 5 months ago

Most agriculture conservation spending doesn’t help climate, say findings

Hindustan Times  

Farm conservation programs will need to dramatically shift funding priorities if they are to fulfill the key role combating climate change that the Biden administration promotes for them, according to an environmental group’s analysis of projects funded in recent years. Of the two largest conservation programs, one devoted less than a quarter of funds to projects the Agriculture Department deemed …

As cost of climate change rises, UN urges compensation
2 years, 6 months ago

As cost of climate change rises, UN urges compensation

Associated Press  

From drought to floods and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from both top officials and activists about how to pay for it. Pakistan, along with dozens of other developing countries around the world, are scrambling to adapt to the effects of climate change, with …

Advocates: Senate bill means environmental health, also harm
2 years, 7 months ago

Advocates: Senate bill means environmental health, also harm

Associated Press  

Billions of dollars in climate and environment investments could flow to communities in the United States that have been plagued by pollution and climate threats for decades, if the proposed Inflation Reduction Act becomes law. And some who live and work where climate and environmental injustices are the norm worry that those parts of the bill force their communities to …

Advocates: Senate bill means environmental health, also harm
2 years, 7 months ago

Advocates: Senate bill means environmental health, also harm

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And some who live and work where climate and environmental injustices are …

Funds for climate justice flow to groups around the U.S.
2 years, 8 months ago

Funds for climate justice flow to groups around the U.S.

Associated Press  

Fourteen environmental justice organizations from around the United States have begun to receive money under the Justice40 initiative, a business accelerator announced Wednesday. Both groups wrangled the funding with help from the Justice40 Accelerator, created by a coalition of environmental and climate nonprofits led by The Solutions Project to help smaller community organizations navigate the federal funding process. “There’s an …

Report: Philanthropy can help protect against climate change
2 years, 9 months ago

Report: Philanthropy can help protect against climate change

Associated Press  

Philanthropists could help ease the damage from climate change by donating more money to address global warming and the communities most at risk from it, according to a report that the research organization Candid released Wednesday. “There can be huge climate value-for-money in supporting communities to address the inequalities that are causing their climate vulnerability,” Heather McGray, of the Climate …

How are US special interests undermining climate action?
2 years, 10 months ago

How are US special interests undermining climate action?

Al Jazeera  

On Monday, April 18 at 19:30 GMT: The United States is one of the world’s most populous democracies, but it is also its second-biggest carbon polluter – and climate action advocates are alarmed at the unchecked influence of well-funded US lobbyists who are hampering urgent steps to curb global heating that the majority of the public demands. Research published in …

WH environmental justice advisors press for Justice40
2 years, 11 months ago

WH environmental justice advisors press for Justice40

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Key members of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council …

2021 Was a Huge Missed Opportunity on Climate Action
3 years, 2 months ago

2021 Was a Huge Missed Opportunity on Climate Action

Wired  

Just like that, a pandemic-fueled glimpse of a better world is growing hazy—or smoggy, to be more precise. “What we witnessed was more or less one year of emissions decline that would help put us on a reasonable trajectory,” says environmental economist Mark Paul of the New College of Florida. “But there was also tremendous pain for tens of millions …

Foundations commit billions to fight climate change
3 years, 4 months ago

Foundations commit billions to fight climate change

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Philanthropic grants to address climate change were on the …

Climate finance isn’t charity, says Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav at COP26
3 years, 4 months ago

Climate finance isn’t charity, says Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav at COP26

The Hindu  

Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav says rich countries have “an obligation, responsibility, duty and a vow” to provide climate finance to developing nations and should deliver on an unfulfilled promise to raise $100 billion a year. “Because if there is any gap that remains it is in the action for climate finance.” Mr. Yadav heads the …

Lukewarm: rich states set to fall short of $100 bln climate funding goal
3 years, 5 months ago

Lukewarm: rich states set to fall short of $100 bln climate funding goal

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Wealthy countries likely missed a goal to contribute $100 billion last year to helping developing …

Developing countries need money to fight climate change, Mark Carney says
3 years, 8 months ago

Developing countries need money to fight climate change, Mark Carney says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The former boss of the …

What is Jeff Bezos’s Earth Fund and how will its money be spent?
3 years, 9 months ago

What is Jeff Bezos’s Earth Fund and how will its money be spent?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of online retail behemoth Amazon, announced the establishment of …

Jeff Bezos plans to spend $10 billion on climate change by 2030
4 years ago

Jeff Bezos plans to spend $10 billion on climate change by 2030

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy AmazonCEOJeff Bezos plans to spend the $10 billion he invested in the Bezos Earth Fund …

Bezos plans to spend $10 billion by 2030 on climate change
4 years ago

Bezos plans to spend $10 billion by 2030 on climate change

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to spend the $10 billion he invested in the Bezos Earth Fund by 2030, the fund’s new CEO said Tuesday. “The Earth Fund will invest in scientists, NGOs, activists, and the private sector to help drive new technologies, investments, policy change and behavior,” Steer tweeted. “We will emphasize social justice, as climate …

Bezos plans to spend $10 billion by 2030 on climate change
4 years ago

Bezos plans to spend $10 billion by 2030 on climate change

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans …

Communities of color are saving the planet — why won't funders support what works?
4 years, 1 month ago

Communities of color are saving the planet — why won't funders support what works?

Salon  

What images come to mind when you think of memorable climate wins in the last few years? Now that President Biden has pledged a "Climate Administration" and philanthropies are poised to give greater focus to addressing climate change, it is urgent that we aim the country's attention on a part of the climate movement that often gets siloed or dismissed …

Jeff Bezos blasted for hypocrisy over $10bn climate fund: 'One hand cannot give what the other is taking away'
5 years ago

Jeff Bezos blasted for hypocrisy over $10bn climate fund: 'One hand cannot give what the other is taking away'

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Environmental groups have accused …

Why Big Banks Are Accused Of Funding The Climate Crisis
5 years, 5 months ago

Why Big Banks Are Accused Of Funding The Climate Crisis

Huff Post  

Rachel Heaton understands better than most the power banks have to shape our world. 350 Seattle Heaton’s group is just one element of a global divestment movement, pushing cities, religious organizations, cultural organizations, pension funds and other big institutional investors to stop investing their money in banks that fund fossil fuels and other projects which exacerbate the climate crisis. For …

A Little-Known Climate Fund Is Suddenly In The Spotlight
7 years, 9 months ago

A Little-Known Climate Fund Is Suddenly In The Spotlight

NPR  

A Little-Known Climate Fund Is Suddenly In The Spotlight Enlarge this image toggle caption Anton Petrus/Getty Images Anton Petrus/Getty Images The Green Climate Fund has been thrust into the spotlight of late. The GCF was created as a vehicle to carry out one of the major commitments made by developed countries at the 2010 Cancun meeting: By 2020, they promised …

Revealed: Millions in covert donations are backing the climate denial movement
9 years, 9 months ago

Revealed: Millions in covert donations are backing the climate denial movement

Salon  

The first thing it's important to remember about people who deny the scientific reality of climate change is that there really are very, very few of them: whether or not the planet is warming and human activity is contributing to it isn't even a question that's up for debate in the scientific community. According to an investigation by the Guardian, …

US to pledge $3B to help poor nations with warming
10 years, 4 months ago

US to pledge $3B to help poor nations with warming

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The United States is giving $3 billion to a U.N. fund to help poorer vulnerable countries prepare for a changing climate and develop cleaner energy. The United Nations is trying to raise at least $10 billion for its Green Climate Fund to help developing nations adjust to rising seas, warmer temperatures, and more extreme weather. And if federal …

A barrage of lawsuits is needed to curb climate change
10 years, 10 months ago

A barrage of lawsuits is needed to curb climate change

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. To spark a clean energy revolution, …

Exclusive: Billionaires secretly fund attacks on climate science
12 years, 1 month ago

Exclusive: Billionaires secretly fund attacks on climate science

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A secretive funding organisation in the United States that guarantees anonymity for its billionaire donors …

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