| Formation | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Website |
www |
The Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) is a Los Angeles based nonprofit organization that supports climate change activist groups involved in civil disobedience. It was founded in 2019 by filmmaker Rory Kennedy and Getty family heir Aileen Getty. [1] [2]
Activities
The CEF often supports groups that use civil disobedience tactics, [3] including Just Stop Oil [3] and Climate Defiance. [4]
The CEF funded actions supporting the Inflation Reduction Act. [5]
Funding
As of August 2022 [update], Getty has donated $1 million to the fund. [2] When he joined the board of directors in September 2022, film director Adam McKay pledged $4 million to the fund. [6] [7]
The Washington Examiner (a frequent publisher of climate-change denialism [8]) reported in May 2023 that the CEF funded groups "deploying unorthodox and extremist methods across the world to protest fossil fuels." [9]
Leadership
Margaret Klein Salamon is the executive director. [2]
Board of directors
- Adam McKay, film director (September 2022–present) [6]
- Rose Abramoff, climate scientist (June 2023–present) [10]
- Jeremy Strong, actor (December 2023–present) [11]
See also
References
- ^ "Meet the Money Behind Disruptive Climate Protests". Bloomberg.com. April 25, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ a b c Buckley, Cara (August 10, 2022). "These Groups Want Disruptive Climate Protests. Oil Heirs Are Funding Them". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ a b Gayle, Damien (April 29, 2022). "Just Stop Oil's 'spring uprising' protests funded by US philanthropists". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ Jones, Callum (December 26, 2023). "New breed of climate protesters vows to take fight to 'cowards' of US politics". The Guardian.
- ^ Kahn, Debra (April 26, 2023). "The funder backing this weekend's WHCD protests". POLITICO. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ a b Chuba, Kirsten (September 20, 2022). "Adam McKay Pledges $4M Donation to Climate Emergency Fund". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ Who is Just Stop Oil, the group that threw soup on Van Gogh's painting?, NPR, October 15, 2022, Archive
- ^ "Washington Examiner op-ed cherry-picks data and misleads readers about climate models". Climate Feedback. August 31, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "Hollywood and left-wing foundations behind climate charity quietly bankrolling extremist protest groups". Washington Examiner. May 3, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ Freedman, Andrew (June 27, 2023). "Climate Emergency Fund adds noteworthy scientist to its ranks". Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ Freedman, Andrew (December 4, 2023). "Exclusive: "Succession" star Jeremy Strong joins board of Climate Emergency Fund". Axios. Retrieved December 8, 2023.