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Funding trends 2024: Climate change mitigation philanthropy
Report
ClimateWorks Foundation. Authors Narine Esmaeili, Karolina Janik, Tim Lau, Surabi Menon, Hannah Roeyer and Megan Turnlund
PART 2 The Purposeful Investment Landscape
Philanthropic Giving
Strategies for Giving
Covers the latest trends and opportunities in climate change mitigation philanthropy, which can help in making informed decisions to strategically fund impactful climate initiatives.

This ClimateWorks Foundation report, Funding trends 2024: Climate change mitigation philanthropy (Part 2: The Purposeful Investment Landscape) by Narine Esmaeili, Karolina Janik, Tim Lau, Surabi Menon, Hannah Roeyer and Megan Turnlund, documents a marked increase in philanthropic funding for climate mitigation in 2023 and highlights priority opportunities—including Brazil, industrial decarbonization, and adaptation—while offering actionable donor strategies (collaborative giving, multi-year flexible core support for grantees, and holistic, equity-focused investments). Cited on page 95, the report is included because it supplies up-to-date empirical trends and practical funding strategies that directly inform the book’s Philanthropic Giving chapter and the Strategies for Giving subchapter, helping readers make strategic, impact-oriented philanthropic decisions.
