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The effective altruism movement should be worth checking out. They're focused on finding the most cost-effective options for charitable giving. They mainly tar
by duckerude 7y ago
The effective altruism movement should be worth checking out. They're focused on finding the most cost-effective options for charitable giving.
They mainly target other cause areas in which they expect marginal donations to do more good, but their general approach is very useful to understand even if you have a narrower goal.
There is general information about the approach here: https://www.effectivealtruism.org/ https://www.effectivealtruism.org/
And an analysis of climate change in particular here: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/research/other-causes/climate-change/ https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/research/other-causes/climat...
https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/post/2013/11/less-burn-for-your-buck-part-ii/ https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/post/2013/11/less-burn-for-y... evaluates a few specific charities that attempt to reduce greenhouse gases.
- henryaj 7y agoLet's Fund (I'm a co-founder) has a campaign aimed at tackling climate change - by increasing publicly funded clean energy R&D [0]. We think it's a hugely neglected way to tackle climate change (and Bill Gates agrees! [1]). [0] - https://lets-fund.org/clean-energy https://lets-fund.org/clean-energy [1] - https://twitter.com/billgates/status/1154787966256058368?lang=en https://twitter.com/billgates/status/1154787966256058368?lan... We're very much EA-aligned.
- henryaj 7y agoNote that the Giving What We Can recommendations are from 2013; they're likely no longer valid.