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What the UN's Loss & Damage Fund Can Learn from Scotland’s Prototype

Our series Loss & Damage explores what it would look like to localize climate funding

Jessica Newfield
Magic Cabinet
What Loss & Damage Funders Can Learn from Scotland’s PrototypeWhat Loss & Damage Funders Can Learn from Scotland’s Prototype
Democracy
Participatory democracy
Zimbabwe NGO Helps the People Take Charge of Climate Resilience

Zimbabwe’s climate strategy isn't responsive to rural communities; Green Institute engaged citizens to change that.

Ben Wrobel
citizens assemblies
People Powered
A people's climate policy agenda emerges in ZimbabweA people's climate policy agenda emerges in Zimbabwe
The Youth Climate Justice Fund Is Building Power for Young Leaders in the Global South

Forty grantees have been chosen through a unique participatory process

Ben Wrobel
Climate, participatory grantmaking, YCJF
Magic Cabinet
The Youth Climate Justice Fund Is Building Power for Young Leaders in the Global SouthThe Youth Climate Justice Fund Is Building Power for Young Leaders in the Global South
The Protagonism of Black Women in the Third Sector

Most black women in Brazil’s grassroots and territorial organizations work informally – reinforcing inequalities

Luana Batista
Brazil
The Protagonism of Black Women in the Third Sector: Invisibility and RecognitionThe Protagonism of Black Women in the Third Sector: Invisibility and Recognition
What international donors don’t get about Brazilian philanthrop(ies)

Brazilian philanthropy is often treated as a single, unified field, but that’s an oversimplification of a diverse and complex sector.

Maria Amalia Souza
Brazil
What international donors don’t get about Brazilian philanthrop(ies)What international donors don’t get about Brazilian philanthrop(ies)
Potatoes & Progress | Moving Forward in East Africa

East Africa’s potato boom is transforming farming, markets, and food security through innovation and rising demand

Wambui JL
Nairobi, Kenya
Potatoes & Progress | Moving Forward in East AfricaPotatoes & Progress | Moving Forward in East Africa
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