In just a few weeks we’ll enter what some are calling the ‘decisive decade’ for climate action. The decisions we take over the next 10 years will determine our collective future for centuries to come. And, if we are to succeed in halting the climate crisis, these decisions will have to be ambitious enough to make up for several decades of inaction in the face of growing scientific evidence of looming environmental collapse. As the magnitude of this task sets into public consciousness, each sector of society faces tough questions about its responsibility for the crisis, and the role it must now take in addressing it. For charitable trusts and foundations, these questions are not only difficult – they are also relatively novel. While governments and, increasingly, corporations have become accustomed to facing public scrutiny over their actions, the intrinsic public benefit of charitable foundations has thus far been largely assumed rather than tested. To view the full article visit Pioneers Post.
