*This program is hosted by our partner, the CLIMA Fund, who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.*
This webinar is a part of a four-part series, Not If, But How: Climate, Movements, and Transformative Change:
- January 27 – Not If, But How: Climate Changes Everything
- February 3 – Beyond Band-Aids: From Technical Fixes to Systemic Transformation
- February 10 – Power from the Ground Up: Movements Leading the Way
- February 17 – Reimagining Philanthropy: Building a Just Climate Future Together
The climate crisis is reshaping every issue we care about: from health to democracy, education to migration, gender equity to human rights. Yet for much of philanthropy, climate still sits at the margins. The billions that are invested in climate initiatives often stabilize systems of extraction rather than transforming them. Philanthropy has a role to play in resourcing transformative work and it requires all of us.
Join the CLIMA Fund for a four-part series, Not If, But How, unpacking the climate crisis and how to reach grassroots solutions, grounded in the wisdom and leadership of grassroots movements across the Global South.
Not If, But How is designed for funders and donors across sectors who are ready to deepen their understanding of climate and where to start in funding effective solutions. We will hear from climate justice leaders from around the world and peer funders to explore what it takes to align our funding practices with the scale and urgency of the moment. How can funders bring a ‘climate lens’ to their existing strategies? How are grassroots movements confronting both the drivers and the symptoms of climate change?
Due to the interactive nature of this series, we encourage participants to attend all four sessions live. Each session will be a mix of speakers, panels, breakouts, and engaging practical tools.
Session Objectives
- Session 1: Ground participants in the fundamentals of climate: the science of climate as a force multiplier, the root causes of the climate crisis, and its implications. Introduce the frame of systemic climate strategies and how community-led strategies create scaled change
- Sesson 2: Explore how funders can increase their effectiveness by investing in systemic change. Unpack why narrow, short-term, or top-down interventions often fall short of what science requires, and highlight how systemic transformation unfolds across and beyond national boundaries.
- Session 3: Make visible how grassroots movements drive systemic change. Share how their nonlinear, cross-scalar, and long-term organizing generates impacts that often exceed what traditional metrics capture.
- Session 4: Hear from a diversity of philanthropic leaders how they have incorporated climate into their grantmaking strategies. Leave with concrete next steps and a community of support.
About the host: The CLIMA Fund is a collaboration of Global Greengrants, Grassroots International, Thousand Currents, and Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism. We have resourced climate solutions for over 130 years collectively and have given over 25,000 grants to grassroots movements in 168 countries.
Speakers
- List of Speakers in Formation
Designed for
All interested funders.
Registration
Members and Non-Member Funders: Please click on the "Register Now" link above.
Please note: To ensure fairness among our members, we reserve the right to limit the number of attendees per organization for select professional development programs.
Please email gargi@climasolutions.org with any questions.