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Foundations Platform F20
Clean energy: good for the planet, good for our health
Energy makes the world go round. The importance of its availability and accessibility cannot be underestimated; it sustains life as we know it.
Yet despite our dependence on it, many of its sources are having catastrophic effects on our climate. While energy makes the world go round, so does money. And funding from philanthropic sources has the power to accelerate systemic change and support equitable solutions.
The Foundations Platform F20 stresses the point, that with flexibility over funding priorities, and the ability to take bigger risks than other types of funders, foundations can model what is possible so that others have the courage to follow suit.
Yet despite our dependence on it, many of its sources are having catastrophic effects on our climate. While energy makes the world go round, so does money. And funding from philanthropic sources has the power to accelerate systemic change and support equitable solutions.
The Foundations Platform F20 stresses the point, that with flexibility over funding priorities, and the ability to take bigger risks than other types of funders, foundations can model what is possible so that others have the courage to follow suit.
