The Challenges

Climate Change

Greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet

By Community Contributors

Our challenge articles are to provide motivation and direction to those engaging in our rationality curriculum.

Problem

The planet is warming as the result of human industrial activity and without a change this temperature change will transition into an uncontrollable compounding phase that would likely lead to a global humanitarian catastrophe.

Organizations

There are few better applications of the faculty of reason than helping to avert this disaster. Here is a list of some of the most prominent philanthropic foundations focusing on this topic where you can learn more, apply for grants if relevant, and see which research entities have recently received funding and thus would be hiring or seeking volunteers for such projects

• Packard Foundation
• MacArthur Foundation
• Rockafeller Foundation
• Ford Foundation
• Climateworks Foundation
• More at Climate Central

Recommended Reading

• OWID GHG Emissions

This is a progressively updated document. Stay tuned for updates.

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