Ask HN: What's a climate change organization you would recommend donating to?

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Post by kaptain » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 5:37 PM UTC

I'm looking to contribute to an organization focused on protecting the environment and fighting climate change. I'm looking at 350.org and other organizations online. The problem is that I don't get a real sense of how effective these organizations are. What's a good organization to donate to?

Re: Ask HN: What's a climate change organization you would recommend donating to?

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Post by fsflover » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 5:56 PM UTC

Check https://charitynavigator.org

Re: Ask HN: What's a climate change organization you would recommend donating to?

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Post by GreeniFi » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 7:08 PM UTC

Organisations run on a charitable basis in this space on balance tend to be less transparent on impact than organisations run as businesses, which are better focused on effectively managing and reporting impact[1].

Oikocredit is probably my favourite and investing in climate-smart agriculture at the moment. They should also give you your money back.

One thing to bear in mind is that adaptation at this point is as important as mitigation.

[1]The reason being that on balance they have more resources available for management.

Re: Ask HN: What's a climate change organization you would recommend donating to?

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Post by thagerty » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 7:21 PM UTC

Sunrise Movement

Re: Ask HN: What's a climate change organization you would recommend donating to?

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Post by anotheryou » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 7:23 PM UTC

fsflover wrote: post #2

Check https://charitynavigator.org

Interesting to see the CEO salaries. I'm having a hard time thinking about what I would find reasonable, but the all too common 400k/year definitely not.

Re: Ask HN: What's a climate change organization you would recommend donating to?

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Post by ryanchants » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 8:09 PM UTC

Natural Resources Defense Council(NRDC)

Re: Ask HN: What's a climate change organization you would recommend donating to?

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Post by digheal » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 9:06 PM UTC

thagerty wrote: post #4

Sunrise Movement

+1

Re: Ask HN: What's a climate change organization you would recommend donating to?

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Post by kaptain » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 9:18 PM UTC

ryanchants wrote: post #6

Natural Resources Defense Council(NRDC)

Can you talk about why NRDC is a good choice?

Re: Ask HN: What's a climate change organization you would recommend donating to?

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Post by kaptain » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 9:19 PM UTC

fsflover wrote: post #2

Check https://charitynavigator.org

I saw this as well as https://www.charitywatch.org/. Their analysis is somewhat opaque. It doesn't tell me how effective they are, just how efficient they are.

Re: Ask HN: What's a climate change organization you would recommend donating to?

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Post by kaptain » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 9:23 PM UTC

thagerty wrote: post #4

Sunrise Movement

Can you describe how Sunrise Movement is effective in helping to mitigate climate change? (I looked at their website but I'm interested in quantitative data.)