December 9, 2024

Climate conundrums for nonprofits

To fund or not to fund, that is the question.

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The cartoons featured in the article are created by Rohan Chakravarty. The captions are written by Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies’s climate and environment partners.

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A cartoon depicting a funder getting an eye test. The optometrist tells the funder that he has climate tunnel vision-nonprofit humour

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a cartoon where an elephant as a symbol for human-wildlife conflict is crushing a hut, a tornado is approaching, but the people have only been given funds for natural farming-nonprofit humour

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a cartoon about one-size-fits-all solutions, where a solar panel has been installed above a small farmer's crops, hiding the sun-nonprofit humour

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a cartoon depicting a maze of various government departments that work on climate change-nonprofit humour

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a cartoon about climate finance, where a sack titled 'climate finance' has most of the money, whereas a sack titled 'social aid' has very little money-nonprofit humour

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a cartoon about climate jargon 'microfauna' trending with GenZ, and a tiger disrobing in front of papparazzi-nonprofit humour

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Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies (RNP) looks to support ideas, individuals, and institutions doing ground-breaking work that enables a strong samaaj with ethical leadership, a sense of urgency, and the courage to learn. RNP seeks to strengthen communities that work for their own betterment. It does this by supporting work anchored in networks and movements, often sitting at the intersection of samaaj, sarkaar, and bazaar. It makes grants in four areas: environment, biodiversity and conservation, gender equality, and active citizenship and access to justice.

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