Natural Resources
Current patterns of unsustainable consumption and production are irreversibly harming the natural systems that sustain life, exacerbating economic inequalities and threatening human health and the survival of indigenous peoples.
The Fund seeks initiatives which minimize the risks that current levels of production and consumption pose to the health of people and ecosystems around the world; integrate environmental objectives into public and private economic and policy decisions; strengthen civil society participation in economic and environmental governance; and improve or enforce protection of key environmental resources and biodiversity. Program areas include:
Objective I: Climate change
Strategies:
1. Promote clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency
Center for Clean Air Policy - $30,000
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the freight sector (shippings/trucking), expected to be the fastest growing source of emissions in the next 20 years.
Center for Public Interest Research - $15,500
To produce a “hydrogen primer” to educate grassroots activists as well as decisionmakers about how the hydrogen momentum can either help or hinder clean energy, depending on how it is created and distributed.
Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center - $40,000
For “Promoting Renewable Energy as a Solution to Climate Change,” an information campaign in Colorado on the benefits of renewable energy.
Institute for America’s Future - $50,000
General support for the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of unions, environmental groups, and social justice organizations seeking to promote clean domestic energy sources and to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels.
National Wildlife Federation - $66,193
To mobilize effective grassroots demand for global warming action in the United States.
Tides Center/Honor the Earth - $35,000
For the Energy Justice Initiative, to raise environmental awareness among Native people, focusing on the opportunities of renewable energy to improve environmental quality, financial opportunity, and social equity.
World Resources Institute - $100,000
For 1) “Moving to a Hydrogen Economy,” comparing fossil fuel- and nuclear-created hydrogen with renewable-created hydrogen, to determine the correct path toward a clean hydrogen future, and 2) Climate Analysis Indicator Tool (CAIT), a database of greenhouse gas emissions data from all sources for all countries, for use by governments regarding climate change policy, and by NGOs to formulate advocacy positions.
2. Apply accountability/watchdog pressure on government and corporations
Bluewater Network - $25,000
To reduce fossil fuel use and address climate change in the transportation sector, via the Ford Campaign and the ( California) Clean Cars Campaign.
Ecologia - $25,000
For participation in key meetings of the International Standards Organization (ISO) Greenhouse Gas Accounting Initiative, to ensure transparency and avoid corporate capture, as well as to “translate” for other NGOs.
Institute for Policy Studies – SEEN program - $5,700
For travel expenses for two campaigners to watchdog the annual Conference of the Parties (COP10) of the climate treaty in Buenos Aires.
3. Develop new approaches to produce U.S. leadership
National Environmental Trust - $100,000
For Global Warming Public Education Campaign, to expose the oil and gas bias of the U.S. government, push climate change as a key issue in the elections, urge Congress to fill the leadership vacuum, and promote state initiatives.
Natural Resources Defense Council – $40,000
For the U.S. Climate Action Network’s work as coordinator of the network of U.S. NGOs working on climate change issues.
Union of Concerned Scientists - $50,000
For the “Climate Solutions Campaign,” to promote action on climate change, by developing technical solutions that are credible and understandable, and focusing on specific impacts at the state and regional levels to motivate change.
United Nations Foundation and www.pewclimate.org - $60,000
For the Pew Center Climate Dialogues, a series of three high-level, international dialogues on ways to advance the multilateral effort to address climate change.
4. Influence markets to support reductions in greenhouse gases
CERES - $50,000
For the “Sustainable Governance Project,” to mobilize institutional investors to recognize the financial risk of ignoring climate change and to pressure corporations to take voluntary action.
5. Build diverse constituencies for reform
Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest - $40,000
For the “Energy Project and Climate Change Initiative,” to promote clean and efficient energy in the midwestern U.S., including building new constituencies and testing models for national policies.
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) - $50,000
For work on energy, climate and clean air policy work, using doctors to educate policymakers and the general public about the connection between public health and degraded air quality and to expose the deficiencies of many government policies and rollbacks.
Objective II: Consumption
Strategies:
1. Create consumer and institutional pressure
Center for a New American Dream - $60,000/year for up to 2 years
To work with individuals, institutions, government agencies and companies to conserve natural resources, counter the commercialization of our culture, and promote socially and environmentally responsible consumer choices.
Corporate Ethics International - $40,000/year for up to 2 years
For the Business Ethics Network’s work improving the effectiveness of corporate campaigns involving collaboration among diverse organizations (such as environmental, labor, health, social justice), by improving strategic planning, the exchange of knowledge among organizations, and the organizations’ skills, abilities, and resources.
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International – $65,000
Core support for the International office, which sets the standards, builds and maintains the integrity and credibility of the FSC brand, accredits certifying bodies, ensures consistent operations in all parts of its network, and links the efforts of different organizations on different continents so that lessons can be learned and better efficiency achieved.
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) US – $70,000
Core support for market campaigns to increase FSC visibility in the green building and paper industries in the U.S., and to promote the highest standard of certification and maintain the integrity of the FSC brand.
ForestEthics - $40,000
For the Paper Campaign, which uses market pressure to help shift consumer and corporate behavior to reduce consumption of forest and paper products from old-growth forests.
Sierra Club of BC - $25,000
For the Markets Initiative, to protect ancient forests by shifting consumer demand and industry to ancient-forest-free alternatives.
WorldWatch Institute - $50,000
For research, publication, outreach and education examining the link between environmental pressures and national security.
2. Accountability/watchdog pressure on government and corporations
Pacific Institute - $50,000
For work on standards, to educate international NGOs; analyze the role of standards in trade and their impact on social justice and environmental issues; and analyze the implications of the ISO’s water management standards.
3. Build markets for environmentally preferable products that also enhance the livelihoods of local communities
Forest Trends - $65,000
To develop the market value for natural systems, to link greenhouse-gas reduction strategies with sustainable forestry practices, and to ensure that economic opportunities are realized by the local communities that depend on forests.
Objective III: International Finance and Trade
Strategies:
1. Empower marginalized local communities to exert grassroots pressure on trade and finance institutions
Amazon Watch - $50,000/year for up to two years
To protect Amazon basin ecosystems and the rights of the region’s indigenous peoples, by bringing the voices and concerns of indigenous and local communities to decision makers and the media.
Aspen Institute - $70,000
For the Global Environment Program, a nonpartisan education program for Members of Congress regarding public policy issues affecting the environment.
Bank Information Center - $70,000
To empower citizens in developing countries to influence multilateral bank-funded projects and policies, by providing information and support to local communities affected by corporate abuses fueled by such public subsidies.
Corner House - $38,000 for Year 1; $92,000 for Year 2
For “Human Rights, Trade, Investment and the Environment Project,” to call attention to the human rights, environmental, and social impacts of large infrastructure projects like dams, mines, and pipelines, ant to advocate for reform within the UK export credit agency and the World Trade Organization.
Council of Canadians - $40,000
For the “Blue Planet Project,” a broad coalition of grassroots movements and the NGO community working to secure water as a fundamental human right.
Friends of the Earth – U.S. - $70,000
For “Promoting Sustainability in International Public Finance,” to encourage global financing institutions such as the World Bank and Export Credit Agencies to take into account the potential environmental and social impacts of the development projects they finance.
Global Greengrants - $25,000
To fund grassroots groups around the world to fight for environmental protection, and to build movements to create policy change.
Institute for Policy Studies - $14,000
For advocacy work urging implementation of a World Bank report recommending a phase-out of fossil fuel projects, the Extractive Industries Review, on the theory that the Bank’s support for extractive industries is antithetical to its mission to alleviate poverty.
International Rivers Network - $40,000
To document the destructive impact of dams, through work at the grassroots and policy levels.
Mani Tese and www.crbm.org - $70,000
For the “MDB, ECA and IFI Reform Campaign,” a network comprised of 42 Italian NGO members that monitors projects and policies of the World Bank, the European Investment Bank, and other financial players, to mobilize public support for reform.
Sage Foundation - $30,000
For the Halifax Initiative, a coalition of Canadian environmental, human rights, labor and faith-based organizations, working to reform export credit agencies which support projects such as dams, mining, nuclear energy, and oil and gas extraction having adverse impacts on human rights and poverty.
Urgewald - $70,000
To strengthen the environmental and social standards of German banks, export credit agencies, and international financial institutions in which Germany is a shareholder. Germany is the third largest shareholder of the World Bank, with significant influence over its development and financial policies.
2. Address corporate abuses, transparency and accountability, and promote sound public policy solutions
EarthRights International - $30,000
To help local communities protect themselves against both human rights and environmental abuses by multinational corporations, through litigation, education and training for international advocates, and coordinating coalitions between labor, human rights, and environmental NGOs.
Pacific Environment - $40,000
F or the “Responsible Finance Campaign,” to reform export credit agencies globally, with a specific focus on the Russian Far East and grassroots campaigns to influence the development of the world’s largest gas and oil project, the Sakhalin-II.
Public Citizen Foundation – $300,000 over two years
For the Global Trade Watch Division, which focuses on public education on the real life implications of globalization, including impacts on democratic governance, economic development, equity, the environment, public health, and food and product safety.
Rainforest Action Network - $100,000/year for up to two years
For Jumpstart Ford, Global Finance, and Old-Growth Campaign efforts to transform business-as-usual throughout the global marketplace by advocating for corporate policies and long-term strategies that embrace ecological and community sustainability.
San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds/Democracy Center - $35,000
For “Stories from the Front Row,” to help ordinary citizens better relate to the seemingly distant and arcane world of trade and globalization, through a combination of investigation, reporting, campaigning and training citizens in the art of public advocacy.
3. Support a strong, effective non-governmental community who can press for reform through watchdog and other mechanisms
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) - $75,000
To push for stronger environmental and equity policies in international trade law and deepen the connections between human rights and environmental laws.
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) - $85,000 for Year 1 & $75,000 for Year 2
For the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN), which examines the social and environmental consequences of the fossil fuel industry and the public funds that make this industry possible, and for advocacy to encourage the World Bank to implement the recommendations of the Extractive Industries Review.
Objective IV: Ecosystems/Biodiversity
Alaska Conservation Foundation - $31,500
For the Alaska Oceans Program, to protect and restore the diversity of the North Pacific’s ocean ecology, including fish, wildlife, and seabirds and their habitat, while providing for sustainable human uses.
Fauna & Flora International - $65,000/year for up to 2 years
For gorilla conservation work in Africa, to raise worldwide awareness of biodiversity conservation generally, and demonstrate an example of how to more effectively use conservation tools at local, national, and international levels.
Fauna and Flora International - $1,000
Core support for U.S. office.
RARE - $50,000
To achieve conservation results in the world’s most threatened natural areas through community-based education and economic development solutions.
Wildlife Conservation Society – $78,500
To help households living on the periphery of protected wildlife and forest areas in Zambia achieve increased food security and household income in a way that also links these efforts to increased household support for wildlife conservation.
World Wildlife Fund/TRAFFIC-North America - $55,000
To ensure that wildlife trade is conducted at sustainable levels and in accordance with domestic and international laws and agreements.
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