Why director Adam McKay believes we need humor to stave off disaster

Why director Adam McKay believes we need humor to stave off disaster

The Anchorman and Don’t Look Up filmmaker thinks the best way to encourage climate awareness isn’t with sober fact—it’s with biting satire.

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Fires, Hurricanes, Extreme Weather: The Media Misses the Climate Link

Fires, Hurricanes, Extreme Weather: The Media Misses the Climate Link

Protesting the fossil fuel industry and their political allies can help fix the narrative, and turn disasters into opportunities for climate action.

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TIME100 Climate 2024: Adam McKay

TIME100 Climate 2024: Adam McKay

Find out why Adam McKay made the 2024 TIME100 Climate list

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To address the climate emergency, foundations must spend big on movements

To address the climate emergency, foundations must spend big on movements

The only way philanthropy can spur the society-wide mobilization necessary to avert climate disaster is by betting big on social movements.

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‘It affects everything’: why is Hollywood so scared to tackle the climate crisis?

‘It affects everything’: why is Hollywood so scared to tackle the climate crisis?

Twisters is the latest in a long line of movies that fail to address the environmental emergency – experts say it’s a missed opportunity

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Uprooted: Climate migration and scientist activism | Life Examined

Uprooted: Climate migration and scientist activism | Life Examined

Journalist Abraham Lustgarten and scientist-turned-activist Rose Abramoff discuss the impacts of climate research on human migratory patterns and activism.

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Adam McKay Explains His Made-You-Look Take on Climate Activism

Adam McKay Explains His Made-You-Look Take on Climate Activism

Adam McKay is using ‘disruptive activism’ to kick-start real change and address the climate crisis

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Exclusive: "Succession" star Jeremy Strong joins board of Climate Emergency Fund

Exclusive: "Succession" star Jeremy Strong joins board of Climate Emergency Fund

Actor Jeremy Strong is joining the board of the Climate Emergency Fund, which supports many of the more controversial and disruptive climate protests across the U.S. and in Europe.

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Opinion | Coco Gauff Won. So Did Climate-Change Protestors.

Opinion | Coco Gauff Won. So Did Climate-Change Protestors.

Donors shouldn’t be afraid to fund protest actions like the one at the U.S. Open last week. Grassroots efforts that disrupt norms and challenge power are effective--even if they’re unpopular.

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'Succession' actor Jeremy Strong's pitch for climate disruptors

'Succession' actor Jeremy Strong's pitch for climate disruptors

Organizers are planning a series of climate protests in New York City in September.

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Climate Emergency Fund adds noteworthy scientist to its ranks

Climate Emergency Fund adds noteworthy scientist to its ranks

The Climate Emergency Fund (CEF), which finances disruptive nonviolent climate activism in the U.S. and abroad, is bringing climate scientist Rose Abramoff onto its board, the group tells Axios.

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Meet the Money Behind Disruptive Climate Protests

Meet the Money Behind Disruptive Climate Protests

Backed by Hollywood, the Climate Emergency Fund is quietly financing a new generation of in-your-face environmental activists.

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Climate Protesters Are Throwing Soup at Art. A Brooklyn Psychologist Is Behind It

Climate Protesters Are Throwing Soup at Art. A Brooklyn Psychologist Is Behind It

“It’s not a popularity contest,” says influential climate player Margaret Klein Salamon of the radical activists.

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I fund climate activism – and I applaud the Van Gogh protest | Aileen Getty

I fund climate activism – and I applaud the Van Gogh protest | Aileen Getty

The Just Stop Oil protest shocked the world, but we must take disruptive action on the climate crisis before it’s too late

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These Groups Want Disruptive Climate Protests. Oil Heirs Are Funding Them.

These Groups Want Disruptive Climate Protests. Oil Heirs Are Funding Them.

Beneficiaries of two American oil fortunes are supporting groups trying to block fossil fuel projects. One donor said he felt a “moral obligation.”

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Gluing Hands To Art Masterpieces: The Latest Climate-Protest Stunt Spreading In Europe

Gluing Hands To Art Masterpieces: The Latest Climate-Protest Stunt Spreading In Europe

By gluing their hands to art works from some of the world's best-known museums, protesters are bringing attention to the climate crisis.

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SCOOP: Here Is the Money Behind the Climate Activists Gluing Themselves to Artwork

SCOOP: Here Is the Money Behind the Climate Activists Gluing Themselves to Artwork

The surge of demonstrators gluing themselves to paintings and sculptures has continued, with another protest taking place at a Milan museum over the weekend. The European protestors have been funde…

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Did You Know That Women Are Disproportionately Impacted By Climate Change?

Did You Know That Women Are Disproportionately Impacted By Climate Change?

This Earth Month, donate to the organizations healing the earth—and supporting women.

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PREPARATION FOR GLOBAL WAVE OF CLIMATE ACTION SUPPORTED PHILANTHROPICALLY BY CLIMATE EM...

PREPARATION FOR GLOBAL WAVE OF CLIMATE ACTION SUPPORTED PHILANTHROPICALLY BY CLIMATE EM...

/PRNewswire/ -- Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) announced a global wave of nonviolent civil resistance, to capture the world's attention, put relentless pressure...

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Time is running out. Here’s how the climate movement can level up.

Time is running out. Here’s how the climate movement can level up.

The high-risk, high-reward stakes of building a more radical movement.

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Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money.

Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money.

These are 8 of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations. You may not have heard of them.

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With a New Leader, Climate Emergency Fund Gets Back to the Streets and Confronts Media ...

With a New Leader, Climate Emergency Fund Gets Back to the Streets and Confronts Media ...

After COVID forced a pause, this pooled fund is back to supporting attention-grabbing tactics by front-line groups with the hope of seeding new, transformative action on the climate crisis.

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Expect Disruption As U.S. Millionaires Start Backing Extinction Rebellion Activists

Expect Disruption As U.S. Millionaires Start Backing Extinction Rebellion Activists

A group of wealthy U.S. philanthropists has raised £500,000 ($638,000) for British non-violent climate activist group, Extinction Rebellion, with plans to increase that “a hundred times” more.

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Analysis | The Energy 202: Cash, banners and bullhorns: Big philanthropists throw weigh...

Analysis | The Energy 202: Cash, banners and bullhorns: Big philanthropists throw weigh...

Getty and Kennedy family members are part of a new Climate Emergency Fund.

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Aileen Getty and Rory Kennedy Lead New Climate Fund to Support Activists and Protesters

Aileen Getty and Rory Kennedy Lead New Climate Fund to Support Activists and Protesters

Trevor Neilson, one of the leaders of the new fund, said the goal is to ratchet up the level of urgency by supporting those who are “screaming loudly that our government is not taking action.”

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