1999 GRANTS MAIN INDEX • GRANTS & FINANCES

Environment

The Wallace Global Fund's grantmaking in this arena seeks to address the profound concerns scientists, policymakers, and citizens have raised about the full cost of human activity on the planet. Through support for innovation and recognition of the cross-cutting nature of risks and solutions, the Wallace Global Fund is working to build and strengthen the base of knowledge about, as well as popular and political support for, environmentally sustainable development.

The Fund seeks initiatives which integrate environmental objectives into public and private economic and policy decisions of global significance, and strengthen civil society participation in international economic and environmental governance.

Objective: Integrate environmental objectives into macroeconomic management

Support NGO research, advocacy and outreach on indicators of progress toward sustainability

Support analysis and case study development, as well as policy advocacy and public outreach, on the use of official policy instruments for environmental protection

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Objective: Strengthen the contribution of the international financial institutions (IFIs), such as the multilateral development banks and the International Monetary Fund, to sustainable development

Support policy analysis, advocacy, and outreach to bring about changes in policies, practices, and lending appropriate to sustainable development

Support policy analysis, information dissemination and coalition building to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to implement sustainable development policies and projects

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Objective: Integrate environmental concerns into the decisions of private financial institutions and markets

Support further research, policy analysis and information dissemination of environmental impacts on private investment and business decisionmaking

Support targeted and broad-based advocacy, tools, and outreach on opportunities for improving the environmental performance of private investments and build demand for information on such opportunities within the mainstream financial services industry.

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Objective: Strengthen global political and popular support for effective action to address climate change

Support advocacy, outreach and coalition-building to counter economic and scientific disinformation campaigns, and to mobilize new climate constituencies

Support policy analysis and advocacy on solutions to climate change

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Objective: Mobilize market forces and supportive international arrangements to promote sustainable forestry

Support strategic planning, advocacy, coalition building and outreach on forest certification as well as substitution and demand reduction of wood products

Support policy analysis and advocacy on improved forestry programs in international institutions

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Objective: Increase understanding and awareness of environmental risks to human health

Support policy analysis, technical assistance, and outreach on links between environmental hazards and health risks

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Objective: Integrate environmental objectives into macroeconomic management

Support NGO research, advocacy, and outreach on indicators of progress toward sustainability

Support analysis and case study development, as well as policy advocacy and public outreach, on the use of official policy instruments for environmental protection

Corporation for Enterprise Development - $75,000

For the design and development of the American Common Assets Fund as an equitable and economically beneficial mechanism for advancing the preservation of the environment in the US. The Common Assets Project will promote the concept of common asset ownership as it relates to natural assets such as air, water, minerals, the electromagnetic spectrum, and fragile ecosystems.

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - $22,000 over four months

Support for IISD, Secretariat of the international Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (CGSDI), to organize a Science and Policy Dialogue in Costa Rica, May 7-9, 1999. The goal of the meeting is to promote the development of a set of highly aggregated SD indicators for national-level decisionmakers. The Dialogue is also supported by the Bellagio Forum for Sustainable Development, an international network of grantmaking foundations.

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - $91,000 over eight months

Support for IISD’s role as the Secretariat of the Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators. The CGSDI is primarily concerned with developing an approach to tracking progress toward sustainable development based on a small, robust set of indicators that could potentially be combined into an overall index of progress. In this project period, the CG will continue to modify the Compass of Sustainability, the chosen approach for developing and testing the synthesis of such indicators, and begin to develop a major international collaboration to disseminate an aggregated set of indicators among decision-makers globally.

World Resources Institute (WRI) - $38,000 over seven months

Support for WRI’s senior scientist, Dr. Allen Hammond, to catalyze constructive action toward consensus and implementation of highly-aggregated indicators of sustainable development, bringing together the efforts of the Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators, the wealth of new indicator development activities, and the potential UNEP role. Highly aggregated indicators that can measure progress toward sustainable development are a critical means of galvanizing popular support for needed policy changes, focusing high-level policy attention, and holding governments and private sector entities accountable for lack of progress.

Get America Working! (GAW) - $100,000

Support for GAW's campaign to structurally increase the demand for labor through a fundamental shift in market incentives using tax policy to promote sustainable development. GAW proposes the replacement of payroll taxes and other taxes on labor with a variety of taxes on pollution and natural resources use.

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Objective: Strengthen the contribution of the international financial institutions (IFIs), such as the multilateral development bank group and the International Monetary Fund, to sustainable development

Support analysis, advocacy, and outreach to bring about changes in policies, practices, and lending appropriate to sustainable development

Support policy analysis, information dissemination, and coalition building to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to implement sustainable development policies and projects

Bretton Woods Project - $10,000 over three months

Support for a roundtable meeting in the Netherlands in March 1999 among NGOs and researchers to discuss the role of the Bretton Woods institutions- the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund- and how they could be persuaded to create rather than reduce space for new economic approaches. Questioning the Growth Model: A Meeting to Discuss Core World Bank/IMF Economic Thinking hopes to explore the consequences of outdated and limited economic growth policies in the countries to which they lend, and agree upon specific activities to help NGOs set an agenda based on more sustainable and equitable alternatives.

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) - $12,000 over two months

For a management consultant to improve internal operations. This initial management review will be followed by a review of programs and strategic planning; a review of fundraising and development; and a final phase for implementation and integration.

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Objective: Integrate environmental concerns into the decisions of private financial institutions and markets

Support further research, policy analysis and information dissemination of environmental impacts on private investment and business decisionmaking

Support targeted and broad-based advocacy, tools, and outreach on opportunities for improving the environmental performance of private investments and build demand for information on such opportunities within the mainstream financial services industry.

World Resources Institute (WRI) - $150,000

Support for WRI's projects Greening the Trillions and International Financial Flows and the Environment. The ultimate objective of these projects, and all of WRI's work on capital markets, is to accelerate the integration of environmental and social awareness into investment decision-making. WRI seeks to serve as a resource to partners in the public interest community, and to identify a limited number of issues on the horizon for investment in research and development.

World Resources Institute (WRI) - $150,000

Support for WRI's "Taking it to Market" project, a continuation of their efforts to promote greater recognition amongst mainstream investors of the value, risk and opportunity associated with environmental issues.

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Objective: Strengthen global political and popular support for effective action to address climate change

Support advocacy, outreach, and coalition-building to counter economic and scientific disinformation campaigns, and to mobilize new climate constituencies

Support policy analysis and advocacy on solutions to climate change

Strategies for the Global Environment - $73,000

Support for an informal dialogue between China, Europe, and the US on climate change. The Woodrow Wilson Center (http://wwics.si.edu) is serving as the partner organization.

Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) - $20,000

Support to TERI’s Senior Visiting Fellow Katie McGinty, former Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, to lead an effort in India to promote action to catalyze clean, sustainable development; reduce greenhouse gas emissions in select countries in South Asia; and build better mutual understanding between developing and developed countries in the international climate change discussions. TERI will work within the provisions provided for in the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol- both Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)- to help achieve the goals stated above.

World Resources Institute (WRI) - $150,000

Support for a cluster of three projects within the Climate, Energy, and Pollution Program that will collectively help in making progress in reducing developing country contributions to climate change, particularly by focusing on promoting and financing sustainable development. The first of the policy research and advocacy projects will investigate possible negative impacts of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), or other investment treaties, on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Developing Country Baselines hopes to break the stalemate between developed and developing countries on the issue of emission limitation commitments under the climate treaty. North-South Financial Flows will attempt to increase the understanding and interest in the CDM in developing and developed countries by presenting information on the wide range of benefits that can be derived from active involvement in a CDM market.

Ozone Action - $50,000

Year 1 of two years of core support to Ozone Action for their grassroots advocacy and investigative and media campaigns. Ozone's efforts address the urgent threats from ozone depletion and human-induced global warming.

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) / US Climate Action Network (US-CAN) - $75,000

Support for US-CAN's international climate coordination activities. US-CAN is the US node of the Climate Action Network, a global network of environment and development NGOs working for equitable measures to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.

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Objective: Mobilize market forces and supportive international arrangements to promote sustainable forestry

Support strategic planning, advocacy, coalition building, and outreach on forest certification as well as substitution and demand reduction of wood products

Support policy analysis and advocacy on improved forestry programs in international institutions

Certified Forests Products Council (CFPC) - $50,000

Core support for the CFPC in their efforts to improve forest management worldwide by facilitating the increased purchase, use, and sale of independently certified forest products.

Green Seal - $100,000

Core support to Green Seal to push progress toward environmental sustainability through the promotion of less harmful products, production, and purchasing. The Green Seal label identifies those products that meet rigorous environmental standards established by a third party. Green Seal also offers purchasing guidance to large-scale consumers, like private institutions and government, and works in the policy arena to ensure a favorable climate for third-party eco-labeling.

Forest Stewardship Council, US (FSC-US) - $100,000

Support for FSC-US to continue in its role as key a national initiative within the international FSC structure. FSC-US will concentrate on institutional strengthening, regional standards, high-quality environmental certifications, and demand generation in the marketplace.

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) - $50,000

Support for NRDC's initiative to mobilize market forces and suppportive international arrangements for sustainable forestry. The initiative promotes three main strategies for sustainable forestry: reorientation of timber production away from threatened forest ecosystems; increases in environmentally certified forest management and product labeling, and wood use efficiency to reduce excessive materials consumption, especially in the residential construction sector.

Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT) - $18,500

Add-On grant to support DCAT's participation as Vice Chair fo the new Subcommittee on Sustainable Development of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), as well as travel to Europe to build networks and strengthen alliances around sustainaable building codes.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - $25,000

Support for WWF-US to assist the Forest Stewardship Council, U.S. (FSC-US) in amending its charter and reviewing the organization's bylaws to ensure they both address membership concerns and meet requirements of FSC's international governing body. The ultimate goal is to create an accountable and efficient organization structure that can ultimately serve as the framework for transition to a fully established FSC National Office in the U.S.

Rainforest Action Network / Coastal Rainforest Coalition - $50,000

Support for CRC's campaign to protect the ancient rainforests of British Columbia by redirecting US markets from clearcut old growth BC rainforest wood products and, wherever possible, all old-growth products to ecologically sound alternatives.

Greenpeace - $60,000

Support for Greenpeace's project, "Strengthening the Environmental Aspects of the Forest Stewardship Council," in its effort to promote the continued growth of the FSC certification and labelling system consistent with the development and use of strong ecological and social forest management standards.

Pacific Forest Trust - $75,000

Support for "Creating a Domestic Forest Carbon Market," PFT's project designed to accelerate the development of a domestic forest carbon market to ensure forest conservation and biodiversity. PFT works to educate and promote discussions about the need for a comprehensive treatment of forests under the Kyoto Protocol; to help develop a domestic policy that will implement the Protocol's goals; and to help develop the market for US forest carbon.

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Objective: Increase understanding and awareness of environmental risks to human health

Support policy analysis, technical assistance, and outreach on links between environmental hazards and health risks

World Resources Institute (WRI) - $100,000

Support for the publication and dissemination of Environment and Health Profile of China (in both Chinese and English), a first-of-its-kind report to assist policy makers and the public to better understand the links between environmental pollution and human health. Also part of WRI’s Health, Environment, and Development (HED) program are efforts to estimate the impact of fossil fuel burning on public health in Beijing and Shanghai; to develop environmental health indicators to measure the links between environmental pollution and public health, with emphasis on the risks to children’s health; and to jointly launch a national public dialogue on greenhouse gas emissions reduction and public health benefits.

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