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Blog Archives: December 2021

Voices of Truth, Voices of Hope: Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities Report on COP26

December 20, 2021
Confluence Philanthropy
At this year’s COP26 in Glasgow, Indigenous peoples represented the second largest civil society group in attendance. Indigenous peoples and communities often lie at the frontier of climate change, experiencing some of the earliest and most disruptive effects of the global climate crisis. This is all too ironic given the fact that indigenous peoples have imparted so many lessons on sustainable living and environmental stewardship, yet they continually bear a disproportionate burden of the damages of anthropogenic climate change. Their ...

Grounding Strategy in Science: A Seminar to Explore Climate Pathways for Values-Driven Investors

December 14, 2021
Kylee Barton, World Resources Institute
On the heels of COP26, Confluence convened a two-hour virtual seminar to hear from four scientists who are using advanced modeling and hard data to build on the results and implications from the COP26 climate talks. Grounding decision-making in science cuts through the human complexity providing clarity about the tough decisions – and enormous opportunities – before us. As part of Confluence’s Call to Net Zero, this seminar encouraged investors and their investment managers to ground commitments and investment decisions in science-based ...

Key Takeaways from COP26

December 02, 2021
Aimée Christensen, Christensen Family Office
This autumn has been packed with unprecedented activity on climate aimed toward COP26, the COVID-delayed 26th gathering of the governmental Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Along with the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, the UNFCCC is one of two global treaties signed at the Earth Summit in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, setting forth the vital frameworks to protect nature and the stability of our planet’s climate system. I attended the Rio summit as a young advocate, not in the ...

COP26: Philanthropy Can Drive Systemic Change –And Back More Equitable Climate Solutions

December 01, 2021
Ed Dean, Ashden
The COP26 climate talks brought hope and frustration – but also reminded us of the unique role philanthropy can play in creating a fair and sustainable world. Despite the hard work and good intentions of many of the delegates (fossil fuel lobbyists aside), the agreement reached in Glasgow falls very short of launching the rapid transition needed to stay within 1.5 degrees of warming. However, it is too easy to blame countries like India and South Africa for pulling back on the phase out of fossil fuels. Most of the carbon currently in the ...

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