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In our attempts to address the #metacrisis around climate, biodiversity and the living system (including the abiotic natural world), we must move far beyond carbon. We must recognize and be custodians of our places, their natural capital, their realities, and build societies and economies in sync with those realities. The passionate folks at Jagriti Enterprise Centre - Purvanchal are really taking charge of their entire region and leading this effort from the front, with numerous partners both local and from elsewhere. This really needs to grow, and we're hoping to see a lot more of this happen elsewhere too, so we can start coming together in service of our places and the people there at scale, and become the people our places need us to be. cc Socratus Foundation for Collective Wisdom Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) Water, Environment, Land and Livelihoods (WELL) Labs ClimateRISE Alliance Dasra Aaditeshwar Seth Bharath Palavalli Living Landscapes
Building the Bioregional CoE @ Jagriti Enterprise Centre - Purvanchal • Imperial College London • Sustainable Business • Circular Economy • Social Impact • Yatri '24
The Carbon Fixation : This new report by Culture Hack Labs critiques climate philanthropy's focus on tech solutions and market-driven strategies that overlook the root causes of the crisis: global inequality, resource extraction, and overconsumption. It calls for a shift to community-driven solutions that prioritize justice, equity, and sustainability, urging climate finance to address both environmental and social inequities. The fight against climate change needs more than tech—it needs systemic transformation. Here's an excerpt from the report that I found very powerful 👇 "One of the most significant assumptions guiding climate philanthropy is the belief that carbon emissions are the core problem that must be addressed. This carbon-centric worldview is evident in how philanthropic funds are directed primarily toward technological solutions, such as clean electricity and industrial decarbonization. These approaches treat carbon as the ultimate metric of success, with the belief that reducing greenhouse gasses (GHGs) through technological interventions will be sufficient to mitigate climate change. While carbon emissions are certainly a major driver of global warming, this singular focus on carbon reduction limits philanthropy’s ability to address the systemic causes of environmental destruction. The climate crisis is a complex problem that includes issues of social justice, economic inequality, and political power. Carbon reduction alone cannot solve the broader ecological crises—such as biodiversity loss, land degradation, and resource depletion—that are intimately linked with climate change. Moreover, many of the most vulnerable communities in the Global South—who are least responsible for GHG emissions but are most affected by climate change— receive little philanthropic attention. Indigenous land management practices, which often prioritize ecosystem health over carbon metrics, are overlooked because they do not fit neatly into the technocratic, reductionist framework that defines climate philanthropy." Ashutosh Kumar, Anurag Dixit, Anand Singh, Sameer Shisodia, Rainmatter Foundation #ClimateJustice #Sustainability #Philanthropy