Tag: Climate solutions

Verizon Climate Resilience Prize winners receive $500k to scale climate solutions

Stuart Mitchell

Verizon has announced the three winners of its inaugural Climate Resilience Prize at the GreenBiz22 conference, awarding a prize pool of $500,000 to help scale proven, in-market solutions that are focused on mitigating the disproportionate impacts of climate change in vulnerable communities. In partnership with GreenBiz and the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Climate Resilience Center, Verizon’s Climate Resilience Prize recognizes next-gen solutions that have already demonstrated results in real-world application and are ready to scale. The Prize was announced at GreenBiz’s VERGE 21 Conference in October, and applications were evaluated by a…

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Blackbaud Makes Major Donation to Project Drawdown to Advance Climate Solutions Around the World

Stuart Mitchell

 Blackbaud has announced it will make a multi-year, six-figure gift to Project Drawdown® to advance climate solutions around the world. Project Drawdown is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and a leader in science-based climate solutions research, communications and engagement—informing, inspiring and influencing current and future climate leaders.  Project Drawdown’s mission is to help the world reach “drawdown”—the point in the future when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline, thereby stopping catastrophic climate change—as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible. “Blackbaud provides technology and data-driven solutions…

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Climate solutions, changemakers, and celebrities: major UN podcast series launched

Stuart Mitchell

The UN has launched No Denying It, a new 10-part climate action podcast, featuring interviews with inspiring young activists, and the voices of internationally renowned celebrities, such as actors Ed Norton and Michelle Yeoh. Across the world, young people are refusing to accept the state of the climate, and are fighting to make the planet a better place for them, their families and their communities.  However, their stories tend to be overshadowed by the stream of worrying, and sometimes overwhelming, news surrounding climate change, and the real, immediate, dangers it…

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