Advocacy Initiatives

"A Global Deal for Nature (GDN): Guiding Principles, Milestones, and Targets” proposes a bold vision for what we need to do to ensure the functioning of the biosphere.

Artist and rapper Lil Dicky debut “Earth,” a new music-led initiative to raise awareness for climate change and the environment.

Support ongoing communication efforts and research for this important project.

UNDP releases white paper detailing the need for environmental conservation to help address a growing water crisis.

Mongabay will launch a special reporting project that looks at opportunities for protecting some of the world's most important habitats on land and in the oceans.

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders amplifies the impact of philanthropic and investment communities in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems.

Inspired by the clear vision in Pope Francis’ encyclical on creation care, Laudato Si’, the Global Catholic Climate Movement turns the Church’s teaching into action.

Young people across the globe have catalyzed a climate movement to build the world that they want for their future.

A Carbon Tracker report shows that trillions of dollars are at risk as energy transition disrupts entire sectors.

The project will enable deeper regional experience and curriculum development, providing an important stepping stone toward creating a national curriculum for carbon farm planning.

Oceana is the world’s largest ocean advocacy organization focused solely on restoring the resilience, diversity, and abundance of marine ecosystems to ensure that our oceans are a significant source of wild-caught fish that can help feed the world. They achieve measurable change by conducting targeted, science-based campaigns with fixed deadlines and articulated goals.

This movement empowers the next generation of climate leaders and builds political will for a bold and pragmatic solution to climate change: putting a price on carbon.

Oceans 5 is an international funders’ collaborative comprised of new and experienced philanthropists dedicated to protecting the world’s five oceans. They focus investments and support on large, opportunistic projects and campaigns to establish marine reserves and constrain overfishing.

The Quick Response Fund for Nature – launching in partnership with RESOLVE and the Weeden Foundation – is providing a solution-oriented approach towards saving the world’s most important sites.

Before the Flood presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we can take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.

The Elephant Crisis Fund identifies and supports the most effective projects and partners in Africa, and in ivory consuming nations, to end the ivory crisis. The ECF exists to fuel their efforts, encourage collaboration, and deliver rapid impact on the ground – even within 24 hours of a poaching crisis.

The Lion Recovery Fund funds game-changing conservation actions by the most effective, vetted partners who work collaboratively to bring lions back. Through strategic investments and collaboration with other public and private donors, LRF aspires to double the number of lions in Africa, regaining those lions lost over the past 25 years.

The Pangolin Crisis Fund (PCF) has one goal: Eliminate the demand, trafficking, and poaching crisis that puts all eight species of pangolins at risk of extinction. The PCF aims to achieve this goal by investing in the best projects to stop the poaching of pangolins, stop the trade and demand for pangolin products, and raise the profile of this little-known animal.

The Shark Conservation Fund (SCF) is a philanthropic collaboration focused on halting the overexploitation of the world’s sharks and rays, preventing extinctions, reversing declines and restoring populations.

From Lot To Spot (FLTS) is dedicated to creating community-invested greenspaces in low income, communities of color in the greater Los Angeles area one vacant space at a time.

Mni Wiconi Health Clinic and Farm will strive to promote community health and holistic wellness for the Lakota/Dakota Nation by reclaiming, revitalizing, and reactivating ancestral knowledge of traditional ceremonial practices, medicines, foods, and all other aspects of Lakota/Dakota lifeways to improve physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.

LA Compost's objectives are to make food scrap collection, compost creation, and compost education accessible by developing a community-based model to keep the valuable resource of organics local, especially in LA County’s most vulnerable neighborhoods.