💵 If you had £1m for climate action, how would you spend it? Here’s what people at COP30 told Raysa França - but what would you add? Comment below ⬇️ Thank you to our brilliant interviewees Connah Snape (Youth and Environment Europe (YEE)), Juliette Tronchon (ProVeg International), Ransford Sackey (CHAiNT Afrique), Angelos Pastras CEng MICE MBA ACGI (DNV), Matthaeus Menezes Assef, Kayode Ogunleye Emmanuel (Youth Sustainable Development Network (YSDN)) Interviews: Raysa França Content: Areeba Hasan & Sarah Farrell Editing: Areeba Hasan --- 🔎 About us: Impatience Earth’s team of experienced climate and philanthropy experts provide pro-bono advisory services to corporates, foundations, and high-net-worth individuals that meet our criteria for impact. 👋 If you are interested in launching or scaling a fund for regenerative agriculture, and would like advice and support, please get in touch at info@impatience.earth or via our website here: https://impatience.earth/
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🇧🇷 Thank you GIFE for inviting us to speak at this COP30 event! Great to talk about the power of philanthropy and celebrate the Brazilian Commitment on Climate Philanthropy (Compromisso Brasilero da Filantropia sobre Mudanças Climaticas) which is part of the global #PhilanthropyForClimate movement WINGS Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association
Brasil alcança marco inédito no Sul Global ao consolidar o primeiro esforço coletivo da filantropia nacional para integrar a agenda climática às suas estratégias de atuação. Durante a COP30, o GIFE apresentou os resultados do 1º ciclo de monitoramento do Compromisso Brasileiro da Filantropia sobre Mudanças Climáticas, que reúne 44 organizações comprometidas em incorporar o tema climático às suas operações, decisões de investimento e práticas de gestão. Os dados mostram avanços importantes: - 72% das signatárias respondentes já traduzem o Compromisso em ações práticas, com mudanças percebidas na cultura institucional e nas estratégias de atuação; - 44% estão em processo de transição para integrar o clima às agendas prioritárias, reforçando a tendência global de tratar a crise climática como pauta transversal. Em um cenário no qual a filantropia nacional já investe proporcionalmente mais em clima do que a média mundial, os resultados reforçam o avanço do setor na integração entre clima e desenvolvimento, em alinhamento ao Roadmap Baku–Belém e às urgências de adaptação e redução das desigualdades nos territórios. Os achados foram apresentados no painel “Filantropia Brasileira na Ação Climática”, na Cas’Amazônia, em Belém (PA), com participação de lideranças do setor, incluindo Cassio França e Pedro Paulo Bocca pelo GIFE, além de João Rocha (Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS)), Erika Sanchez Saez (Instituto ACP), Rodolfo Garuba de M. Mota (Instituto Votorantim) e Raysa França (Impatience Earth). Leia o Relatório de Progresso 2023–2025 do Compromisso Brasileiro da Filantropia sobre Mudanças Climáticas: https://lnkd.in/d36P5BbD Confira o Panorama de Dados Censo GIFE 2024–2025 sobre Filantropia e Agenda Climática: https://lnkd.in/efgtaivR #GIFEnaCOP #CensoGIFE #Filantropia #COP30 #Clima
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🌎 We’ve been busy at #COP30‼️ 🇹🇭 On Gender Day it was wonderful to join the ‘Bridging Gender and Climate Policy’ panel, organised by the Youth Negotiators Academy at the Thailand Pavilion. Raysa França shared real-life examples from Impatience Earth’s work supporting intersectional climate funding, and highlighted the huge disparities in how climate impacts are felt. Her message was clear – the need for intersectional climate funding is not just a Global South demand: funders in countries like the UK have a role to play in inclusive climate action. 📘 Raysa’s contribution connected to a wider story of why women and marginalised groups must be central to funders’ climate resilience strategies – the crux of our new report, Invisible Women, published this year (read here: https://lnkd.in/ebgfRzEG) The report shines a light on women across the UK facing multiple, intersecting structural inequalities, and how these shape their experience of climate risks. Our research underlined why a gender lens is essential when building resilience. Without it, the most at-risk groups remain invisible in data, in decision-making, and in climate finance. 🌍 Raysa also joined the 'Innovative Youth, Innovative Funders' session organised by Re-Earth Initiative, Youth4Nature, and Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) at the COP Resilience Hub. The conversation unpacked how today’s funding models remain top-down with limited youth involvement, and how we can move funders towards genuine power-sharing and a redefinition of what counts as “success”. She spoke about solutions for designing equitable and resilient systems, including youth pooled funding and our work convening the Roots and Routes fund in the UK (see more here: https://lnkd.in/e2QBuggs) 🫂 Raysa closed with a message on courage: “It’s very difficult to have courage when you’re alone. My message to funders is: you’re not alone. Help is available. There are plenty of people like us that exist to support funders move with ambition. At Impatience Earth, we believe that together we can go further, and know that you will have support in this journey.” Looking forward to Week 2! #COP #philanthropy #climatephilanthropy #youthfunding #gender #climateandgender
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Y’all, I sat through hours of panels, wrote 16 pages of notes in the old school way, and had countless cups of tea, so I could share the good stuff from the Climate Implementation Summit, minus the fluff ☕ 1. Paying less today means paying more tomorrow Every pound (or real) we save now translates into higher costs later. Speakers, such as Sandrine Dixson-Declève, highlighted how the effects of the cost of inaction are already affecting our economies beyond the world of ‘climate finance’. 2. The magic words of ‘blended finance’ were repeated in almost every panel Blended finance, which is used to describe pots of public or donor money to attract private investment, came up again and again, with the main narrative being that governments alone can’t pay for climate goals. Blended finance is not the only solution to fill this gap, but it can be a bridge if designed well. It can reduce or share the risks and open doors to private finance. Instituto Arapyaú and Natura shared examples how they are doing blended finance. Impatience Earth’s new report on #regenerative agriculture also explains what it is and provides examples of its application. (link in the comments!) 3. Donations can be one of the most important tools of climate finance Philanthropic capital is very often seen as ‘wasted capital’, something you do for charitable purposes or to strengthen your brand as a responsible business. In reality, what I’ve heard from speakers such as Stefaan Decraene from Rabobank, donations can fund experimentation and spaces where ideas grow before they become “bankable.” The bottom line is that giving can be an act of #strategy, as well as generosity. 4. Not all money is the same We often celebrate the “how much,” but forget the “how.” Some capital fuels solutions and justice, while others follow what’s already profitable. Izabella Teixeira (She/Her) tells us to ask the tough questions of who holds the assets and what is the traceability of these funds. Why are the ones funding renewables the same ones funding the oil industry? The quality of finance, the transparency, fairness, and power distribution, is as critical as quantity. 5. Money doesn’t move just because we say it should Data is our friend, but facts alone won’t redirect funds. For systemic change, we need imagination, and Kirsten Dunlop from Climate KIC reminded us that change comes from culture. Art, film, storytelling, and music can shift what we aspire to. Ironically, we need funding to make this imagination possible. Investing in culture is not a side project; it’s part of climate implementation and a key part of climate finance. 💭 Now, if you had one million dollars to make available for climate action, what would you fund? Got any interesting ideas, reflections on philanthropy, or just a general good vibe? Come say hi :) I’m at COP from November 14-19 and would love to chat and connect. Follow me here and drop a message!
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🇧🇷 COP30 starts today, and Impatience Earth is in Brazil! 👋 Our climate philanthropy advisor, Raysa França, will be in Belém from 12th-21st November. Check out the events she will be speaking at and don’t forget to say olá if you see her around! We’ve heard many COP30 attendees are going with mixed feelings - hope, frustration, enthusiasm, trepidation. Raysa spoke about this on a recent episode of Shaken Not Burned. 📊 Here are some facts to reflect on: ➡️ The length of the Amazon’s dry-season has increased significantly since 1980, killing trees and making them less resilient to future changes, with studies suggesting the rainforest is becoming a carbon source - not a sink. ➡️ At the same time, less than 1% of climate finance reaches indigenous peoples and traditional communities who protect the world's tropical forests.. ➡️ Additionally, youth-led climate movements remain drastically underfunded, with just 0.96% of grants from major climate foundations supporting youth-led climate initiatives in recent years. Keeping this in mind, Raysa will lead discussions and join events that explore how philanthropy can advance racial justice, youth leadership, and equitable climate solutions in Brazil, the Global South and beyond. From the @Resilience Hub panel on equitable and resilient funding systems with Re-Earth Initiative, Youth4Nature & Green Africa Youth Organisation (GAYO)Botswana (GAYO) to an online dialogue with Next Generation Philanthropy on the intersections of racial justice and climate, she will share insights grounded in lived experience and Impatience Earth’s work with funders driving systemic change. 🗓️ Scroll through to see her full agenda below. We’re at COP30 to listen, learn, and connect, and to champion philanthropy’s role in accelerating a just climate transition! 📩 Get in touch with Raysa França or our team at info@impatience.earth if you would like to connect. #COP30 #ClimateFinance #TrustBasedPhilanthropy #ImpatienceEarth
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Why did so many of us buy a bucket hat in summer 2025? Why do our families go for a steak dinner to celebrate milestones? And why have so many people with central heating installed wood-burning stoves in the last few years? Cultural norms, identity and status - not scientific facts - determine the choices we make. Plus these things bring (some of) us joy! I work in climate action and a few years ago I was probably saying ‘follow the science’ and ‘we need to keep 1.5C alive’ on a daily basis. That approach assumed that once people knew what the issue was then we’d all be on our way to a regenerative, low-carbon and resilient future. ...this approach has not worked (though massive progress has been made). So these days I say ’we need better storytelling’ and focus on our comms with George Harding-Rolls Areeba Hasan. Then a few weeks ago, I joined a panel at an event hosted by Sarah Philp Aaron Cezar Rose Goddard to talk about culture, climate and philanthropy alongside some brilliant people Suzanne Dhaliwal Caius Pawson Gordon Seabright Yasmin Ahammad Heather S. Rory Brooks Ibraaz London Avant Arte Justas Janauskas Since then I've been thinking... If culture is the most important tool for climate action, what can we do to support the artists and creatives who shape it?
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The Conference of the Parties, or COP30 this year in Brazil, can seem remote; maybe even bureaucratic, elite, or hard to connect with. But it’s also one of the few spaces where solidarity can still take shape. The same is true of philanthropy: when it’s built on listening and trust, not hierarchy or control, it becomes a bridge between people and resources rather than another layer of power. This week's guest is Raysa França, climate justice educator and philanthropy advisory manager at Impatience Earth. We talk about philanthropy, power, and persistence – and why, even when global climate talks feel distant or political, moments like COP30 still matter. The episode is available at this link https://lnkd.in/d7ws4pST and why not subscribe to our newsletter? https://lnkd.in/da-vetRN #cop #cop30 #brazil #philantropy #climatejustice #justtransition
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🪞 Is regenerative agriculture the latest ‘eco-bluff’? How can comms professionals avoid greenwashing? Here’s an excerpt from Impatience Earth’s new guide for agri-businesses, this time focused on those leading the brand and external communications. ⚖️ Transparency, honesty, and humility are key to creating public trust in businesses’ abilities to be a force for good. 🌍 The guide is designed to help agri-businesses start, test and scale your investment in climate resilience and regenerative agriculture. It is packed with case studies and top tips from across the agri-business world. 🔗 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/d7PdKGgE Sarah Farrell, Aditi Shah, Vicky Murray, George Harding-Rolls --- 🔎 About us: Impatience Earth’s team of experienced climate and philanthropy experts provide pro-bono advisory services to corporates, foundations, and high-net-worth individuals that meet our criteria for impact. 👋 If you are interested in launching or scaling a fund for regenerative agriculture, and would like advice and support, please get in touch at info@impatience.earth or via our website here: https://impatience.earth/
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🌍 How do individuals and small organisations take action on climate change? Impatience Earth’s Director and The BRIT School alum Rosine Uwineza will be joining Youth Music’s November event to talk about practical climate actions we can all take alongside Music Declares Emergency and Nick Perks. 🟢 When: 11-12.15 UK time, Tuesday 11th November 🟢 Where: Online 🟢 Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gg4hp46g Climate Live
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🍏 Sustainable sourcing and procurement leads - this one’s for you. The latest excerpt from Impatience Earth’s new guide for agri-businesses on how to fund the regenerative agriculture transition ‘Strategic briefing: what the head of procurement needs to know’. 🌪️ Procurement teams know already that climate change and other global shocks are increasingly impacting agri-business. The good news? There’s a lot you can do to mitigate damage from these shocks, and the time to act is now. If you invest in longer-term supplier partnerships, you’ll improve supply chain resilience and the surety of ingredient sourcing. 🌍 The guide is designed to help agri-businesses start, test and scale your investment in climate resilience and regenerative agriculture. It is packed with case studies and top tips from across the agri-business world. 🔗 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/d7PdKGgE Missed our previous excerpts? Read our briefings for CEOs (pages 15-16) and CFOs (pages 17-19) here: https://lnkd.in/d7PdKGgE 💚 We can’t say it enough: thanks to all those who contributed to the guide Christina Archer, Dominik Klauser, Estelle Gayout, Geraldine Gilbert, Ivana Gazibara, Lianne Van Leijsen, CFA, Lucie Smith, Martin Lines, Mario Diaz Marcos (he/him), Nadja Gruhler, Nick Shallow, Rex Raimond, Robin Sundaram, Valentina Toledo, Yanniek Marijn Schoonhoven Sarah Farrell, Aditi Shah, Vicky Murray, George Harding-Rolls --- 🔎 About us: Impatience Earth’s team of experienced climate and philanthropy experts provide pro-bono advisory services to corporates, foundations, and high-net-worth individuals that meet our criteria for impact. 👋 If you are interested in launching or scaling a fund for regenerative agriculture, and would like advice and support, please get in touch at info@impatience.earth or via our website here: https://impatience.earth/