Foundations Platform F20

We celebrate the handover of the G20 Presidency from Brazil to South Africa for 2025 🎉 Leading with the theme, 𝘍𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, we congratulate South Africa on their G20 plans to urgently address climate action, mobilise climate finance, and empower civil society. We believe that the contributions of the #G20 Social Forum will play a key role in these plans coming to fruition. It's clearer than ever that ambitious collaboration and long-term multilateralism are essential to shaping our sustainable future. We're enthusiastic to see G20 South Africa lead the way in 2025. To read more about F20's analysis of the Brazilian G20 outcomes, and our hopes for the South African presidency, click here: https://lnkd.in/e9uF4YTH #G20SouthAfrica #G20Brazil #ClimateAction

In the lead up to the much anticipated start of South Africa's G20 Presidency, Global Solutions Initiative invited civil society and industry experts to hear about South Africa's G20 vision from H.E. Phumelele Stone Sizani, the South African Ambassador to Germany. Among the attendees was Foundations Platform 20 Special Advisor, Stephan Contius, who was impressed by Ambassador Sizani's emphasis on the essential nature of multilateral partnerships within the #G20. While highlighting the Presidency's focus on '𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭', what was made clearest is that working together towards climate action is an obligation, rather than simply an option. We're looking forward to seeing how South Africa supports and encourages this approach throughout 2025. #G20Presidency G20 South Africa #G20Brazil #Collaboration #ClimateAction

🎉 In case you missed it, here's some incredibly positive news from the Trottier Family Foundation, one of F20's newest members. 🎉 💸 The Foundation's pledge of $150M towards climate philanthropy is incredibly heartening to see, particularly in the wake of COP29 Azerbaijan's lukewarm outcomes. 👏 It's important to note that although this pledge is the single largest pledge towards climate change in Canadian history, there is still a long way to go to ensure that climate philanthropy grows significantly across the world. This is an incredibly beneficial step towards global climate action, and we're delighted to see our members on the forefront of change.

📆 Earlier this month, F20's Secretary General Katrin Harvey attended a two-day event in Nairobi intended to foster #collaboration and alignment between African and European foundations. ⭐ 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 built on a similar cross-continental exchange held in Paris this May. Along with an incredibly interesting visit to the startup accelerator iHUB Nairobi, the discussions and workshops made it clear that there is a strong interest from African #philanthropy to engage in ongoing and ambitious climate action. 🤝 We're enthusiastic about the potential for future collaboration and open dialogue that this event made possible. With thanks to the list of fantastic partners who made these meetings possible: WINGS, African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), ERFIP - Empower Families for Innovative Philanthropy, Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Fondation de France, OECD Development 📸 : WINGS/Erick Forester

📜 With both the #G20 Leaders’ Declaration published and the COP29 Azerbaijan negotiations concluded, we at F20 are embracing this opportunity to take stock of the outcomes and commitments made this year. 👏 As a philanthropic community, we clearly have our work cut out for us. We need to work together to show up with solutions, encourage ambitious leadership and advocate jointly for the implementation of the SDGs as well as the Paris Climate Agreement. ⏰ Considering the scope of the COP29 and G20 outcomes and the urgency required to act, philanthropic organisations, foundations, and civil society organisations must be emboldened to be more active and dynamic in taking action as well as advocating for stronger leadership from governments. The sources of climate finance clearly need to be broader, more determined, and must centre people first, which philanthropy is uniquely placed to make possible. Read our full statement here: https://lnkd.in/e9uF4YTH

Join F20's Secretary General, Katrin Harvey, and our Project Manager Advocacy and Convening, Celine Strufe, as they share their insights into #COP29. This panel, hosted by GWNET: Global Women's Network for the Energy Transition, will focus on the challenges and opportunities for women in the energy transition, and how discussions at COP29 Azerbaijan have laid the groundwork for women's climate action. 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟮𝟵: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 🗓️ November 26 ⏰ 14:00-15:00 GMT+1 Reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/etu-GHTQ

The second week of COP29 Azerbaijan begins today, and we're energised to see these inspiring philanthropy and climate finance-focused events on the agenda. We hope to network and learn with you there 🤝 𝟷̲𝟾̲/̲𝟷̲𝟷̲ 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗢𝗣 𝟯𝟬 🕰️15:00-16:00 https://lnkd.in/e293Cyvn 𝟷̲𝟿̲/̲𝟷̲𝟷̲ 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗦𝗢 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 🕰️ 11-12:30 https://lnkd.in/eBqEnSTH 𝟸̲𝟶̲/̲𝟷̲𝟷̲ 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 (𝗜𝗟𝗙𝘀) 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 🕰️ 11:10-12:20 https://lnkd.in/ePkr-PZm.. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟮𝟵 🕰️01:00 - 01:30 (GMT+04), this event is online only as part of The Pavilion for the People initiative https://lnkd.in/ebg2KQpQ 𝟸̲𝟷̲/̲𝟷̲𝟷̲ 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗹 🕰️12:30-13:30 https://lnkd.in/ekBhWgaW 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬 - 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 🕰️18:30-20:00 https://lnkd.in/erRU88K5 (all timing is Baku UTC+04:00) #COP29 #ClimateFinance #Philanthropy #SDGAction

With the #G20 Leaders' Summit set to begin in Rio tomorrow, we urge all leaders to keep ambitious climate goals central on the agenda. The global community is at a critical junction; what is decided at COP29 Azerbaijan in Baku and by G20 leaders in Rio will define our long-term response to the climate emergency. #COP29 announcements like Canada's GAIA climate platform make it clear that progressive climate action is happening. The recent TF CLIMA report sent the clear message that green growth is possible. To achieve it, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲. Keeping our 1.5°C goal in sight is crucial to action on social inclusion, global governance reform, and energy transitions. To read the TF CLIMA report in full: https://lnkd.in/gtQH6imw

🗫 We're very excited to share our involvement in the #COP29 panel discussion, 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩 - 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝! 🗫 The panel will feature Celine Strufe, the Project Manager Advocacy and Convening at #F20, alongside an impressive list of fellow speakers: 🎤 Peter Renner, Foundation Development and Climate Alliance, Germany 🎤 Mr. Sum Thy, Director of the Climate Change Department of the Ministry of Environment and the Climate Change Alliance, Cambodia 🎤 Daniel Tutu Benefoh, Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana 🎤 Ms. Pearl Nkusi, Rwanda Environment Management Authority Make sure to register and join us on 17 November at the World Climate Foundation Summit. For more information about the panel: https://lnkd.in/eG4j4Zwz To register: bit.ly/WCS2024BakuRegister   #oneworldoneclimate #WorldClimateFoundation #WCS2024 #NetZero #ClimateAction #Sustainability #ClimateChange #GreenTransition #BakuEvents

For all those attending COP29 Azerbaijan, here are just some of the inspiring philanthropy and climate finance-focused events set to take place in the 1st week. We hope to network and learn with you there 🤝 𝟷̲𝟹̲/̲𝟷̲𝟷̲ 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘁-𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🕰️10-11:30 📍German Pavilion Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🕰️15:00-16:00 📍UN Climate Change Pavilion, Area E BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt 𝟷̲𝟻̲/̲𝟷̲𝟷̲ 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗽: 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹, 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 🕰️10:00-11:00 📍Side event 9 | Blue Zone  Comuá Network Register here: https://lnkd.in/ecDp-gkh 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟮𝟵 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟮𝟴, 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬 🕰️16:00-17:30 📍 Extreme Hangout | Green Zone 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀 🕰️18:00-20:00 📍 Extreme Hangout | Green Zone  Hosted in partnership with the Arab Foundations Forum (AFF) Fundación Avina, Foundations Platform F20, GIFE, Nizami Ganjavi International Center & Wellcome Trust Register here: https://lnkd.in/eXNsrSUM 𝟷̲𝟼̲/̲𝟷̲𝟷̲ 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨-𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 🕰️10:00-11:00 📍Brazil Pavilion Comuá Network 𝟷̲𝟽̲/̲𝟷̲𝟷̲ 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 - 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 🕰️13:45 - 14:45 📍World Climate Foundation Summit | Convention Centre Foundation Development and Climate Alliance 👀 Don't miss your spot! Celine Strufe, our Project Manager Events and Convening, will share her expert insights and experience on this panel. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eG4j4Zwz (all timing is Baku UTC+04:00) #COP29 #ClimateFinance #Philanthropy #SDGAction