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Los Angeles based nonprofit organization

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.

Activities

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

The CEF funded actions supporting the Inflation Reduction Act.

Funding

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

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

Leadership

Margaret Klein Salamon is the executive director.

Board of directors

  • Adam McKay, film director (September 2022–present)
  • Rose Abramoff, climate scientist (June 2023–present)
  • Jeremy Strong, actor (December 2023–present)
  • Chris Packham CBE, naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author (October 2024-present)

See also

References

  1. "Meet the Money Behind Disruptive Climate Protests". Bloomberg.com. April 25, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  2. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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.

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