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Become Jeff Bezos and put $10 billion [1] towards lobbying... Last Christmas I was looking for a good climate charity to donate to. I was disappointed to find

Become Jeff Bezos and put $10 billion [1] towards lobbying... Last Christmas I was looking for a good climate charity to donate to. I was disappointed to find that GiveWell [2], which does great reviews of charity effectiveness, found a lot effective charities in public health and one in poverty reduction, but nothing in the area of climate. It's very frustrating. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/technology/jeff-bezos-climate-change-earth-fund.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/technology/jeff-bezos-cli... [2] https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities

lkbm 7y ago
Giving What We Can has a section on climate charities[0]. One listed is Cool Earth, which I thought Givewell had recommended in the past, but I'm not seeing it in any of their archived recommendations. (It's also worth noting that addressing global poverty is a pro-climate activity, in addition to be a moral imperative. Its climate-effects may be more long-term than is relevant, though.) [0] https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/research/other-causes/climate-change/ https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/research/other-causes/climat...
foolinaround 7y ago
the best bang for the buck will come when one donates to causes that improve literacy and wholesale lifestyle improvements (both children as well as adults) They will not see immediate results, but the change in a few decades with the new mindset etc will be enormous.
ebildsten 7y ago
Check out the Founder's Pledge report on Climate Change for recommended non-profits: https://founderspledge.com/stories/climate-change-executive-summary https://founderspledge.com/stories/climate-change-executive-... There's a similar analysis by Let's Fund: https://lets-fund.org/clean-energy/ https://lets-fund.org/clean-energy/ From asking a few folks in climate-related academia, they seem to support all of these recommendations

lkbm 7y ago

Giving What We Can has a section on climate charities[0]. One listed is Cool Earth, which I thought Givewell had recommended in the past, but I'm not seeing it in any of their archived recommendations. (It's also worth noting that addressing global poverty is a pro-climate activity, in addition to be a moral imperative. Its climate-effects may be more long-term than is relevant, though.) [0] https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/research/other-causes/climate-change/ https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/research/other-causes/climat...

foolinaround 7y ago

the best bang for the buck will come when one donates to causes that improve literacy and wholesale lifestyle improvements (both children as well as adults) They will not see immediate results, but the change in a few decades with the new mindset etc will be enormous.

ebildsten 7y ago

Check out the Founder's Pledge report on Climate Change for recommended non-profits: https://founderspledge.com/stories/climate-change-executive-summary https://founderspledge.com/stories/climate-change-executive-... There's a similar analysis by Let's Fund: https://lets-fund.org/clean-energy/ https://lets-fund.org/clean-energy/ From asking a few folks in climate-related academia, they seem to support all of these recommendations