Back to resources

Opportunities for Philanthropy: Community Resilience and Climate Action

Climate & Biodiversity | COVID-19 | Apr 21, 2020

Today, more than ever, we need ambitious, accelerated climate action that targets the most vulnerable. We need to start from the first mile, where the impact is felt most. We need approaches that enhance community resilience against the health, livelihood, and other shocks arising from climate change related disasters.

We hope this paper will inspire you to do more, with its showcase of the diversity of actors and their approaches in advancing community resilience. The report also identifies opportunities for philanthropy, and collaborative action. Many communities are creatively preparing themselves for the future, with the support of dedicated civil society organisations, and governments. If we put a climate lens on our philanthropy, perhaps we could alleviate some of the cascading impacts of climate change; such as we have seen in the COVID-19 pandemic. We could enable communities and local governments to be more inclusive and self-reliant, more collaborative and much more prepared.

 

Community Resilience: the Heart of Climate Action: Opportunities for Philanthropy [PDF]

More like this

Climate & Biodiversity

Payments for Ecosystem Services

It is clearly time for a new social contract with the farmer and the tribal, if not as a moral imperative certainly as a strategic one. Two symbols come to mind immediately when we look at India as it is instead of through the aspirational prism of an India shining or poised. One: the disenfranchised […]
Aug 3, 2007 | Article

Climate & Biodiversity  |  Civil Society  |  Others

The World This Week - Children's Magazine

Rohini Nilekani is the Founder-Chairperson of Arghyam, a foundation she set up for sustainable water and sanitation, which funds initiatives all across India. From 2004 to 2014, she was Founder-Chairperson and chief funder of Pratham Books, a non-profit children’s publisher that reached millions of children during her tenure. She has written several books for young children, published […]
Jul 6, 2021 |

Climate & Biodiversity

Public Texts @ IIHS | The Urban Treeverse | Harini Nagendra, Seema Mundoli and Rohini Nilekani

Harini Nagendra, Seema Mundoli and Rohini Nilekani in conversation about the book, Cities and Canopies (Penguin, 2019). They discuss trees as memory keepers of cities.  
Jul 25, 2019 | Panel Discussions

Strategic Philanthropy  |  Climate & Biodiversity

Rohini Nilekani and Kamaljit Bawa: How to Grow ATREE in the Era of Climate Change

This is an edited version of Rohini Nilekani’s conversation with Professor Kamaljit Bawa at Indiaspora Climate Summit on April 20th. They discussed the urgency of climate science and ATREE’s work. Out of all of the areas that I fund, I have come to the realisation that my environmental portfolio is perhaps the most critical as […]
Apr 20, 2021 |