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As communities around the globe press their case at the COP27 conference in Egypt that climate damage is forcing migration and causing suffering as never before, philanthropic foundations pooled their resources to donate more than $2 billion to support climate adaptation projects. Overall, though the amount of charitable funding directed toward climate related projects remains small.

Global climate talks were scheduled to end negotiations Friday, though many expect they will go beyond the deadline to reach a deal.

From AP News

https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-africa-business-egypt-caa2477341b0d1ad420f7ebedb1e6866

From the EGA

Check out the infographic and accompanying article in Stanford Social Innovation Review along with our short video on Reimagining Scale to learn about the models of scale in mainstream philanthropy limiting us in supporting grassroots climate solutions, and how funders and donors can serve grassroots groups as they continue to scale their critical work. Grassroots movements have sophisticated approaches to growth, which ensure sustainable, resilient, and equitable solutions. By expanding our view of scale, funders can better understand and resource strategies that are likely […]

Over the last two centuries, human actions have resulted in rising temperatures, a massive carbon imbalance, and tremendous biodiversity loss. However, there are cases in which human stewardship seems to help remediate this damage. Researchers examined tropical forests across Asia, Africa, and the Americas and found that the forests located on protected Indigenous lands were the healthiest, highest functioning, most diverse, and most ecologically resilient.

From Science Daily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221026114054.htm

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who campaigned to protect the rainforest, narrowly beat Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian presidential election

From NewScientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2344713-brazil-election-lula-win-hailed-as-victory-for-the-amazon/

A surprising new study links residential segregation such as redlining with damaging effects on urban wildlife

From Salon magazine

https://www.salon.com/2022/10/20/systemic-blunts-the-genetic-diversity-of-urban-wildlife/

There’s a freezer door in the mountainside outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. Tom Douglas opens it and we step inside, breathing in cold air and musky dust as we start to walk back through time.

This isn’t fantasy. It’s the Permafrost Tunnel run by the U.S. Army’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Alaska, where Douglas is a Senior Scientist.

https://www.enn.com/articles/71358-walking-back-in-time-to-learn-about-the-future-of-permafrost

Sweden’s new right-wing government has sparked an outcry after scrapping the Ministry of Environment in a move the opposition has branded “devastating”.

Previously, the ministry was a high-profile stand-alone department with a minister in the cabinet, but now it will operate as part of another ministry instead.

https://www.euronews.com/2022/10/18/devastating-consequences-as-new-swedish-government-scraps-environment-ministry