News & Resources: ‘Climate Change’

Women in India: How grassroots groups are strengthening food security

Mar 7, 2013

This is the first in a four-part series on women’s role in agriculture in India. Rucha Chitnis is the South Asia Program Director of Women’s Earth Alliance and an advisor to Global Greengrants Fund. She recommends grants in Jharkhand and West Bengal.

The Next Generation Climate Board: grants to end climate change

Feb 21, 2013

Climate change is already altering life on our planet. Sea levels are rising, storms are striking with unprecedented intensity, and farmlands are becoming virtual deserts. In Africa alone, as many as 185 million people will die this century because of… Read more

Niger Delta community wins landmark ruling against Shell

Feb 21, 2013

A Dutch court ruled on January 30 that Royal Dutch Shell is responsible for a series of spills that devastated a Nigerian community. The milestone ruling sets a precedent that multinational climate polluters can be held accountable for environmental damage they cause in impoverished, resource-rich countries like Nigeria.

Grassroots activism’s unsung role in saving Indonesia’s rainforest

Feb 20, 2013

In a major step forward for global climate and human rights, paper giant Asia Pulp & Paper has promised to stop bulldozing Indonesia’s rainforests. But in attributing APP’s new policy solely to market pressure, U.S. media have glaringly omitted the role grassroots activists have and will continue to play in holding APP accountable for its environmental and human rights record.

Firing up Canada’s indigenous rights movement

Jan 29, 2013

We talk about Canada’s indigenous rights and environmental justice movement with Corvin Russell, an indigenous rights activist in Toronto and an original organizer for Defenders of the Land, a Global Greengrants Fund grantee.

12 Top Global Greegrants Successes of 2012

Dec 18, 2012

You know we always say your support makes a difference? As 2012 comes to a close, we’d like to share 12 of Global Greengrants Fund’s top success stories from the past year. Here are just some of the victories we celebrated in 2012.

Sandy, Climate, and Youth: Announcing the Next Generation Climate Board

Nov 28, 2012

Trucks shoveling sand from main streets. Children wading through the sludge that used to be their living rooms. As I took in the reports from friends and news media on Hurricane Sandy, I began to realize that we have entered a new era. This is not Indonesia, or the island of Tuvalu. This is New York City.

What can we learn from this? What do we need to know about this new era? Listen closely, and you might hear Sandy speak. Keep reading.>>

Honduras: Building Resilience Against Climate Disasters

Jul 31, 2012

When Hurricane Felix struck the Moskitia coast of Central America in 2007, flooding and mudslides devastated the region. With a $3,000 grant, a local women’s group created three seed banks to safeguard subsistence farmers from the risks of losing everything again.

Climate Change in Cameroon: Thoughts from COP 17

Jan 25, 2012

Our activist-advisor was in Durban for last year’s climate talks to raise the concerns of indigenous communities in the Congo Basin.

2011 Climate Talks: Reflections from Grassroots Experts

Jan 25, 2012

Our advisors were at the United Nations climate talks in Durban last month to call for the inclusion of local voices. Hear what they had to say about the outcomes of the discussions.