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, a member of the prominent Kennedy family, and Getty family heiress Aileen Getty.[1][2]
| Formation | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Website | www |
Activities
editThe 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
editAs 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 reported in May 2023 that the CEF funded groups "deploying unorthodox and extremist methods across the world to protest fossil fuels."[8]
Leadership
editMargaret Klein Salamon is the executive director.[2]
Board of directors
edit- Adam McKay, film director (September 2022–present)[6]
- Rose Abramoff, climate scientist (June 2023–present)[9]
- Jeremy Strong, actor (December 2023–present)[10]
- Chris Packham CBE, naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author (October 2024-present)[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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
- ^ "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.
- ^ Gayle, Damien (October 4, 2024). "Chris Packham urges protesters to stop blocking roads as he takes climate role". The Guardian. Retrieved October 4, 2024.