One Earth Philanthropy

ONE EARTH IS ACCELERATING COLLECTIVE ACTION TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE, INSPIRING MEDIA, AND AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO CLIMATE PHILANTHROPY THAT DRIVES URGENTLY NEEDED RESOURCES TO FRONTLINE LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTLY IMPLEMENTING CLIMATE SOLUTIONS. THE LATEST SCIENCE, LED BY ONE EARTH, SHOWS WE CAN ACHIEVE THE CRITICAL GOAL OF LIMITING GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE RISE TO 1.5 DEGREES CELSIUS THROUGH THREE PILLARS OF COLLECTIVE ACTION--A SHIFT TO 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2050, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF HALF OF THE WORLD'S LANDS AND OCEANS, AND A SHIFT TO NET-ZERO FOOD SYSTEMS AND FIBERSHEDS.

ONE EARTH HAS THREE CORRESPONDING PROGRAMS--SCIENCE, PHILANTHROPY, AND COMMUNICATIONS--THAT WORK IN UNISON TO ACCELERATE COLLECTIVE CLIMATE ACTION. OUR SCIENCE PROGRAM IS BUILDING A CLEAR ROADMAP OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE 1.5 DEGREE CELSIUS GOAL. THROUGH A HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH, OUR PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM WORKS TO QUICKLY SCALE RESOURCES FOR ON-THE-GROUND CLIMATE SOLUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD. AND OUR MEDIA PROGRAM IS BUILDING A NEW SOLUTION-ORIENTED NARRATIVE ON CLIMATE THAT EDUCATES PEOPLE ABOUT CLIMATE SOLUTIONS AND TELLS THE INSPIRATIONAL STORIES OF THE EVERYDAY HEROES ALL AROUND US WHO ARE ACTIVELY CREATING THE VIBRANT, JUST FUTURE THAT IS POSSIBLE.SCIENCE PROGRAM: PROVING WHAT'S POSSIBLEONE EARTH DEVELOPS AND SUPPORTS CUTTING-EDGE, ACTIONABLE SCIENCE THAT CAN INFORM AND INFLUENCE DECISION MAKERS TO ACHIEVE PARIS-ALIGNED ROADMAPS AND POLICIES IN THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND NGO SECTORS. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH LEADING EXPERTS TO DEVELOP SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS THAT CAN DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE 1.5 DEGREE CELSIUS GOAL. WE ALSO PRODUCE EXECUTIVE BRIEFINGS AND ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATIONS ASSETS ABOUT THE SOLUTIONS PATHWAYS TO INFORM STAKEHOLDERS AND DECISION-MAKERS WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR KEY POLICY SHIFTS. AT THE CORE OF OUR WORK IS THE GROUNDBREAKING ONE EARTH CLIMATE MODEL WHICH PROVIDES A ROADMAP FOR LIMITING GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE RISE TO 1.5 DEGREE CELSIUS USING CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES. THIS RESEARCH, SUPPORTED BY ONE EARTH, WAS THE CULMINATION OF A TWO-YEAR COLLABORATION WITH 17 LEADING SCIENTISTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY (UTS), TWO INSTITUTES AT THE GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER (DLR), AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE'S CLIMATE & ENERGY COLLEGE. THE 500-PAGE BOOK, ACHIEVING THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT GOALS (TESKE ET AL. 2019), WAS RELEASED BY THE PRESTIGIOUS SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHER SPRINGER NATURE AND QUICKLY BECAME THE MOST DOWNLOADED CLIMATE TEXT IN THE PUBLISHER'S HISTORY, CITED IN DOZENS OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS. THE MODEL PROVIDES THE LEAST-COST PATHWAYS FOR DECARBONIZING OUR ENERGY SYSTEM AND SHOWS THE POWERFUL ROLE FORESTS AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS CAN PLAY. THE SECOND VERSION OF THE CLIMATE MODEL WAS RECENTLY RELEASED, WHICH PROVIDES DECARBONIZATION STRATEGIES FOR ALL MAJOR INDUSTRIES AND THE FINANCIAL SECTOR.ONE EARTH ALSO SPEARHEADED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GLOBAL SAFETY NET (GSN), THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL-SCALE ANALYSIS OF TERRESTRIAL AREAS ESSENTIAL FOR BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE, TOTALING 50.4% OF THE EARTH'S LAND. THE REPORT WAS PUBLISHED IN SCIENCE ADVANCES AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE WEB APPLICATION (GLOBALSAFETYNET.APP) ONE EARTH BUILT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOGLE EARTH THAT ALLOWS USERS TO CLICK ON A COUNTRY, STATE, OR ECOREGION TO SEE CONFIGURATIONS OF BIOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT LAND FOR EACH REGION. THE GSN IS QUICKLY GAINING MOMENTUM AND INFLUENCING CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE POLICY AT THE INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS. IN 2021, THE GSN WAS HONORED BY FAST COMPANY AS A "WORLD CHANGING IDEA" IN THE DATA & AI CATEGORY, AND EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS AWARDED SILVER FOR "BEST STRATEGY IN SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE" CATEGORY IN THE INAUGURAL ANTHEM AWARDS. THESE GROUNDBREAKING SCIENTIFIC EFFORTS, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, PROVIDE A GLOBAL BLUEPRINT AND REGIONAL ROADMAPS TO HELP DRIVE SWIFT CLIMATE ACTION FROM THE TOP DOWN AND THE BOTTOM UP, INFLUENCING CLIMATE POLICY AND EMPOWERING THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT WITH DATA THEY NEED TO MAKE SCIENCE-BACKED DEMANDS. THESE SCIENTIFIC EFFORTS CAN ALSO INFORM HOW CAPITAL CAN BE DISTRIBUTED, PROVIDING INVESTORS WITH THE CLARITY AND CONFIDENCE TO INVEST IN SOLUTIONS THAT WORK, AND THEREBY TURNING SCIENCE INTO MEANINGFUL CLIMATE ACTION.PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM: SCALING SOLUTIONS FROM THE GROUND UPCURRENTLY, LESS THAN 2% OF ALL CHARITABLE GIVING GOES TO EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS. AND JUST A FRACTION OF THOSE DOLLARS REACHES ON-THE-GROUND PROJECTS AND COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONTLINES. ONE EARTH'S MISSION IS TO RAPIDLY SCALE CLIMATE PHILANTHROPY BY DEMOCRATIZING ACCESS TO INNOVATIVE AND IMPACTFUL PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD, ENABLING DONORS AT ALL LEVELS TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT CRITICALLY UNDERFUNDED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS AND THE GRASSROOTS LEADERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE DRIVING CHANGE FROM THE GROUND UP.TO THIS END, WE CREATED THE ONE EARTH PROJECT MARKETPLACE, A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND GLOBAL DATABASE OF VETTED, PLACE-BASED PROJECTS, ORGANIZED BY OUR UNIQUE BIOREGIONAL FRAMEWORK AND CATEGORIZED BY THE THREE PILLARS OF COLLECTIVE ACTION TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS. THE PROJECTS ARE SOURCED FROM OUR GLOBAL NETWORK OF TRUSTED PARTNERS AND VETTED BY THE ONE EARTH TEAM, WHICH HAS MANY DECADES OF COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND FUNDRAISING. OUR INTERACTIVE NAVIGATOR PLATFORM ALLOWS DONORS TO QUICKLY VIEW, SEARCH, AND DONATE TO A DIVERSE SELECTION OF IMPACTFUL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD, WITH ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF ONLINE DONATIONS GOING TO THE SELECTED PROJECTS. TO DATE, WE HAVE SOURCED AND VETTED OVER 100 PROJECTS ACROSS 59 BIOREGIONS--FROM THE CANADIAN TUNDRA TO THE AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST--AND WE HAVE FACILITATED $1.7 MILLION IN GRANTS TO MARKETPLACE PROJECTS, PROVIDING DIRECT FUNDING TO CRITICAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS.IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NOTED WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST ZAINAB SALBI AND PHILANTHROPIST JODY ALLEN, ONE EARTH RECENTLY LAUNCHED DAUGHTERS FOR EARTH, A NEW CAMPAIGN AND PHILANTHROPIC FUND THAT AIMS TO MOBILIZE $100 MILLION FOR WOMEN-LED EFFORTS TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE EARTH. DAUGHTERS RECENTLY ISSUED ITS FIRST ROUND OF GRANTS OF OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO 24 WOMEN-LED AND OPERATED PROJECTS ALL OF WHICH WERE SOURCED FROM THE ONE EARTH PROJECT MARKETPLACE. COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM: TAKING BACK THE CLIMATE NARRATIVE CLIMATE NIHILISM HAS, UNFORTUNATELY, GONE VIRAL, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS. CURRENT STUDIES SHOW THAT, WHILE MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING, MANY BELIEVE THAT WORST-CASE SCENARIOS ARE LIKELY, AND SOME BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY TOO LATE. A FEW YEARS AGO, "CLIMATE DENIERS" WERE DERAILING PROGRESS, BUT TODAY THE GREATEST THREAT TO SOLVING CLIMATE CHANGE IS A SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS. WE NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE 1.5 DEGREE CELSIUS GOAL IS ACHIEVABLE IF WE ACT TOGETHER WITH FOCUS AND DETERMINATION. TO SPARK THIS LEVEL OF COLLECTIVE ACTION, ONE EARTH PRODUCES COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS OUR PLATFORMS THAT TELL THE STORY OF THE FUTURE THAT WE KNOW IS POSSIBLE--A WORLD IN WHICH NATURE AND ALL PEOPLE THRIVE TOGETHER. WE UTILIZE THE POWER OF MEDIA TO EDUCATE, INSPIRE, AND GROW A GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE ADVOCATING FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IN EVERY BIOREGION OF THE WORLD, ULTIMATELY MOBILIZING EVERYONE TO BECOME A CLIMATE CHAMPION BY SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS ON THE PROJECT MARKETPLACE.THROUGH OUR ROBUST COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM, WE HAVE PRODUCED OVER 140 UNIQUE VIDEOS IN OVER 700 FORMATS THAT FEATURE THE STORIES OF THE EVERYDAY HEROES IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE, THE CHANGEMAKERS IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS, AND THE INCREDIBLE BIODIVERSITY OF OUR SHARED PLANET EARTH. AS PART OF OUR LOCAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS FELLOWSHIP, WE'VE SUPPORTED 18 YOUNG JOURNALISTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN PUBLISHING A TOTAL OF 90 ORIGINALLY REPORTED STORIES HIGHLIGHTING INNOVATIVE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONS. OUR REACH IS GROWING AT AN ASTOUNDING RATE WITH A TOTAL OF 55.4 MILLION WEB IMPRESSIONS ANNUALLY. OUR CONTENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED IN OVER A DOZEN LANGUAGES, AND OUR GLOBAL DEAL FOR NATURE PETITION, CALLING ON WORLD LEADERS TO PROTECT OF 50% OF EARTH'S LANDS AND OCEANS, CONTINUES TO GARNER ATTENTION WITH OVER 3.2 MILLION SIGNATURES TO DATE. THIS SIGNIFIES A GROWING APPETITE FOR UPLIFTING, SOLUTIONS-FOCUSED, AND SCIENTIFICALLY DRIVEN CONTENT. ONE EARTH IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO BUILD A BROAD PUBLIC MOVEMENT OF ENGAGED AND OPTIMISTIC CHANGEMAKERS INSPIRED INTO COLLECTIVE ACTION. TOGETHER, WE CAN SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS.