Climate Emergency Fund

The Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) is a Los Angeles based nonprofit organization that supports climate change activist groups committed to non-violence, including Just Stop Oil.[1] It was founded in 2019 by filmmaker Rory Kennedy and Getty family heir Aileen Getty.[2]

Climate Emergency Fund
Formation2019 (2019)
TypeNonprofit
Websitewww.climateemergencyfund.org

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Activities

The CEF often supports civil disobedience.[1]

The CEF funded actions supporting the Inflation Reduction Act.[4]

Funding

As of August 2022, Getty has donated $1 million to the fund.[3] When he joined the board of directors in September 2022, film director Adam McKay pledged $4 million to the fund.[5][6]

The Washington Examiner (a frequent publisher of climate-change denialism[7]) reported in May 2023 that the CEF funded groups "deploying unorthodox and extremist methods across the world to protest fossil fuels." [8]

Leadership

Margaret Klein Salamon is the executive director.[3]

Board of directors
  • Adam McKay, film director (September 2022–present)[5]
  • Rose Abramoff, climate scientist (June 2023–present)[9]

References
  1. Gayle, Damien (2022-04-29). "Just Stop Oil's 'spring uprising' protests funded by US philanthropists". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  2. "Meet the Money Behind Disruptive Climate Protests". Bloomberg.com. 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  3. Buckley, Cara (2022-08-10). "These Groups Want Disruptive Climate Protests. Oil Heirs Are Funding Them". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  4. Kahn, Debra (2023-04-26). "The funder backing this weekend's WHCD protests". POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  5. Chuba, Kirsten (2022-09-20). "Adam McKay Pledges $4M Donation to Climate Emergency Fund". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  6. Who is Just Stop Oil, the group that threw soup on Van Gogh's painting?, NPR, October 15, 2022, Archive
  7. "Washington Examiner op-ed cherry-picks data and misleads readers about climate models". Climate Feedback. 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  8. "Hollywood and left-wing foundations behind climate charity quietly bankrolling extremist protest groups". Washington Examiner. 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  9. Freedman, Andrew (2023-06-27). "Climate Emergency Fund adds noteworthy scientist to its ranks". Retrieved 2023-07-06.
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