Environment

This page shows a selection of some of the projects and organisations we have funded in the environmental sector. Particular interest areas are climate change and tackling environmental injustice.

David Cameron being lobbied by Stop Climate Chaos coalition members
Stop Climate Chaos: creating a mandate for political action
Initiated by NSC, the coalition brought together NGOs, large and small, to campaign for UK political action on climate change. 2004-2010: £466,499
New Economics Foundation
New Economics Foundation: The Great Transition
NEF has launched a major piece of research and a campaign with partners, on developing a sustainable and just economy which puts the environment at its heart. 2009: £105,980
client earth
Client Earth: UK Coal Litigation Project
The UK’s first law firm devoted to environmental litigation, Client Earth helped force a change to government policy on the proposed coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth. 2009: £15,620
Blue Ventures
Blue Ventures: Marine Reserves Market Forces
This project is developing the business case for halting fisheries over-exploitation in southern Madagascar, by showing that marine protection areas make sound economic sense.
2009: £15,000
Gas Flaring in Nigeria
Friends of the Earth International: Gas Flaring in Nigeria
This funding supported legal action against Shell in Nigeria to stop gas flaring, which creates more green-house gas than the rest of sub-Saharan Africa combined and causes severe pollution and health problems locally. 2007: £10,000
hard rain
Hard Rain: United Nations Exhibition
This is a uniquely moving collection of photographs showing the effects of climate change, set by kind permission to the song by Bob Dylan. Around the world, at least 12 million people have seen it. 2008: £10,000
20's plenty for us
20’s Plenty for Us: Campaign Support
Supporting communities and local authorities which want to establish area-wide speed limits, 20’s Plenty works to reinforce the local sense of ownership of the solution, and therefore the likely compliance with the limits. 2009: £5,049
Corner House
Corner House: Global Strategy Meeting for Climate Justice
The Corner House carries out research, and aims to provoke strategic discussion. As a member of the Durban Group, it works on behalf of those disproportionately impacted by climate change around the world.2007: £4,680
"The Network for Social Change approach works because there is a personal touch through the sponsor who presents the project as well as the evaluators who ask challenging questions."