COP28 Funders , Pledge $2.1 Billion , to Reducing Climate Impacts.<br />ABC reports that foundations and other funders vowed to <br />step up their contributions to combating climate impacts, <br />with a focus on agriculture and vulnerable communities.<br />The promise comes in the wrap-up <br />of the United Nations climate talks <br />in Dubai, the COP28.<br />The summit reportedly contained a number <br />of firsts, including forums on food <br />production, health and philanthropy.<br />The honest answer is that <br />the global health community, <br />including us, was so focused <br />on COVID-19, that we probably <br />didn’t pay enough attention to all <br />the signs of what climate change <br />was doing to global health, Peter Sands, CEO of the Global Fund, via 'The Independent'.<br />The summit also saw the first Business & Philanthropy <br />forum, which COP28 leaders hoped would<br />help increase funding from the private sector.<br />Every sector of society <br />must do more to contribute, <br />including philanthropy. , Helene Desanlis, ClimateWorks’ director of climate philanthropy <br />for global intelligence, via 'The Independent'.<br />Every sector of society <br />must do more to contribute, <br />including philanthropy. , Helene Desanlis, ClimateWorks’ director of climate philanthropy <br />for global intelligence, via 'The Independent'.<br />According to Ozawa Bineshi Albert, co-executive director <br />of the Climate Justice Alliance, while philanthropy is important, <br />government policy and regulation would be more helpful.<br />According to Ozawa Bineshi Albert, co-executive director <br />of the Climate Justice Alliance, while philanthropy is important, <br />government policy and regulation would be more helpful.<br />The government still has to act. <br />If we’re not reducing and eliminating <br />the production of carbon with our <br />energy sources, no matter how <br />much philanthropy invests, we will <br />never be able to dig out of the hole, Christie Ulman, president of the Sequoia <br />Climate Foundation, via 'The Independent'.<br />The government still has to act. <br />If we’re not reducing and eliminating <br />the production of carbon with our <br />energy sources, no matter how <br />much philanthropy invests, we will <br />never be able to dig out of the hole, Christie Ulman, president of the Sequoia <br />Climate Foundation, via 'The Independent'.<br />Christie Ulman, president of the Sequoia Climate <br />Foundation, advocates for ambitious renewable energy <br />targets and decreasing pollutants like methane. .<br />Christie Ulman, president of the Sequoia Climate <br />Foundation, advocates for ambitious renewable energy <br />targets and decreasing pollutants like methane. .<br />We also are there encouraging <br />the fossil fuel phase out agenda <br />and mainstreaming that, Christie Ulman, president of the Sequoia <br />Climate Foundation, via 'The Independent'.<br />We also are there encouraging <br />the fossil fuel phase out agenda <br />and mainstreaming that, Christie Ulman, president of the Sequoia <br />Climate Foundation, via 'The Independent'