Climate Emergency Fund

Climate Emergency Fund
Formation2019; 6 years ago (2019)
TypeNonprofit
Websitewww.climateemergencyfund.org

The Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that supports climate change activist groups involved in civil disobedience. It was founded in 2019 by filmmaker Rory Kennedy, a member of the prominent Kennedy family, and Getty family heiress Aileen Getty.[1][2]

Activities

The CEF often supports groups that use civil disobedience tactics,[3] including Just Stop Oil,[3] Last Generation and Climate Defiance.[4]

The CEF funded actions supporting the Inflation Reduction Act.[5]

Funding

As of August 2022, Getty has donated $1 million to the fund.[2] When he joined the board of directors in September 2022, film director Adam McKay pledged $4 million to the fund.[6][7]

The Washington Examiner reported in May 2023 that the CEF funded groups "deploying unorthodox and extremist methods across the world to protest fossil fuels."[8]

Leadership

Margaret Klein Salamon is the executive director.[2]

Board of directors

See also

References

  1. ^ "Meet the Money Behind Disruptive Climate Protests". Bloomberg.com. April 25, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Buckley, Cara (August 10, 2022). "These Groups Want Disruptive Climate Protests. Oil Heirs Are Funding Them". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Gayle, Damien (April 29, 2022). "Just Stop Oil's 'spring uprising' protests funded by US philanthropists". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  4. ^ Jones, Callum (December 26, 2023). "New breed of climate protesters vows to take fight to 'cowards' of US politics". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Kahn, Debra (April 26, 2023). "The funder backing this weekend's WHCD protests". POLITICO. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Chuba, Kirsten (September 20, 2022). "Adam McKay Pledges $4M Donation to Climate Emergency Fund". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  7. ^ Who is Just Stop Oil, the group that threw soup on Van Gogh's painting?, NPR, October 15, 2022, Archive
  8. ^ "Hollywood and left-wing foundations behind climate charity quietly bankrolling extremist protest groups". Washington Examiner. May 3, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  9. ^ Freedman, Andrew (June 27, 2023). "Climate Emergency Fund adds noteworthy scientist to its ranks". Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  10. ^ Freedman, Andrew (December 4, 2023). "Exclusive: "Succession" star Jeremy Strong joins board of Climate Emergency Fund". Axios. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  11. ^ Gayle, Damien (October 4, 2024). "Chris Packham urges protesters to stop blocking roads as he takes climate role". The Guardian. Retrieved October 4, 2024.