The latest climate science makes clear the urgent need for greenhouse gas emission reductions over the next decade if we are to keep open the possibility of a world where temperature increases are kept well below 2ºC. We seek to accelerate these reductions through two areas of focus.
First, we support initiatives that can significantly reduce emissions of super pollutants over the next decade, with a focus on methane from oil & gas. Super pollutants have greater global warming potential than carbon dioxide yet live in the atmosphere for a short period. Limiting emissions has a significant benefit that is felt immediately. Despite this, philanthropic funding to reduce short-lived climate pollutants like methane is limited. The Foundation focuses on the policy and on-the-ground actions that can help achieve rapid and deep reductions of short-lived climate pollutants.
Second, we support nature-based climate solutions. Our reliance on healthy and resilient landscapes is increasingly clear, and the latest science points strongly to an overlooked and critical role for nature and our management practices to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon. Our goal is to support initiatives that build the resilience of our land base and the livelihoods that depend on them while adding significantly to climate solutions.
Grantees in this strategy include Nature United, Environmental Defense Fund, FluxLab at St. Francis Xavier University, WWF-Switzerland, and the European Climate Foundation.
Spotlight on Our Grantees
WWF is an international conservation organization known for protecting fauna, flora, and ecosystems around the world. In Switzerland, WWF works to protect against the habitat destruction that accompanies increasing human expansion; as agriculture becomes more and more...
Flux Lab is a gas detection and measurement research lab at St. Francis Xavier University. Whether by foot, truck, drone, robot, or satellite, they aim to provide information and solutions that will help Canada’s energy sector achieve greenhouse gas emission...
Environmental Defense Fund is the global technical leader on methane emissions, including monitoring and measurement of emissions and policy and regulatory options. They have been pivotal in bringing attention to the urgency needed in addressing methane emissions and...
ECF was created by a group of philanthropic foundations to collboratively invest in research, policy development, and advocacy in order to increase the political and policy viability of pursuing a net-zero carbon future. John McCall MacBain was...
Formerly known as TNC Canada, Nature United puts investing in people to drive change at scale, advancing reconciliation with indigenous peoples, and innovating to advance natural climate solutions at the core of its work. Its philosophy is to...