Climate

The Open Society Foundations work with partners in civil society and government to ensure that social, economic, and environmental justice serves as the foundation of any policy response to the climate crisis.

Climate Finance

Unlocking Sorely Needed Investment in Green Energy Projects Across the Global South

Allied Climate Partners, supported by Open Society and other funders, aims to mix public and private funds to support clean energy production and transport in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

February 27, 2024 | Georgia Levenson Keohane

In Depth Art for Healing

Land, Memory, and the Power of Art

How can communities use art to imagine a better tomorrow that protects and celebrates nature—and the people that live within it? The 2023 Soros Arts Fellows will pursue projects that reckon with the role of socially engaged art in a time of crisis.

December 15, 2023

Two figures stand on a bridge dressed in hand-made Indigenous regalia. — This still from Cannupa Hanska Luger's "Future Ancestral Technologies - We Live" (2021) illustrates the artist’s blending of Indigenous futurism, place, storytelling and documentation of living practice as two figures pledge accountability to the land and waters through their physical presence. Like many projects from this year’s art fellows, the work incorporates knowledge and practice from native communities that live in harmony with nature to imagine how the whole world can improve our relationship with the Earth.

People-Centered Progress

The Challenge at COP28: Safeguarding Climate Justice

A young girl sits on the shoulders of one of three people walking through floodwaters.

Evidence of the climate crisis abounds, but progress in addressing it has been far too slow. At COP28, wealthy nations need to fulfill their commitments to aid developing nations on the front lines of climate change.

November 30, 2023 | Yamide Dagnet

Biodiverse Economic Development

More than Açaí: How a $15 Million Investment Will Help Reforest Brazil’s Amazon

The Soros Economic Development Fund is investing $15 million in businesses that support reforestation of the Amazon, and economic opportunities for smallholder farmers.

November 30, 2023 | Georgia Levenson Keohane & Heloisa Griggs

Workers' Rights

How Resilience Workers Help Combat the Climate Crisis

After climate disasters hit, migrant workers play a key role in rebuilding U.S. cities. But in this multibillion-dollar industry, they face abuse and exploitation. Now, they're fighting to have their rights recognized.

August 25, 2023 | Saket Soni

Environmental Defenders

Q&A: Fighting for Climate Justice in the Caribbean

Protesters gather and a woman holds a poster.

Latin America and the Caribbean took a major step toward protecting the environment and those who defend it in adopting a ground-breaking treaty. The promise and perils of the region’s Escazú Agreement.

May 18, 2023

Inside Open Society

Climate Justice: The Ultimate Challenge of Our Age

Technocratic fixes won’t suffice. The challenges posed by the climate crisis demand a people-centered approach that gives vulnerable communities the support they need to thrive in a world transformed by climate impacts.

November 3, 2022 | Yamide Dagnet

Food Security

Freeing Ukraine’s Bountiful Food Supply

Ukraine’s grain helps feed the world. But Russia’s invasion has blocked their path to market, contributing to global famine.

July 25, 2022

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