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20 February 2025Funder Commitment on Climate Change: 2024
As a signatory, we recognise that the growing climate emergency is a serious risk to the pursuit of our charitable aims and have made six key commitments. This page gives an overview of actions we’ve taken towards the commitments during 2024.
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The RACE Report 2024: Esmée’s progress
The third annual RACE (Racial Action for the Climate Emergency) Report shares findings on the diversity of environment organisations and funders including Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. We share our initial reflections and plans to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the environment sector.
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Overview of grant funding 2024
Find an overview of the grants we made in 2024, broken down by type of support, amount awarded, and by aim and funding priority. We also share success rates for applications in 2024.
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Pre-application Q&A Webinar: 3 February 2025
Watch a pre-application Q&A webinar we held on 3 February 2025 for organisations interested in applying to Esmée for support who have questions about our application process or guidance.
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Supporting marine restoration and communities to take action
In a second blog about our work for healthy seas, Esmée’s Funding Manager, Morven Robertson, highlights some of the projects we’re supporting through our space for nature priority – from large scale marine and coastal restoration and attracting the finance needed for it, to coastal communities taking action, and improving the diversity of the marine sector.
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Fishing in Tandem with Nature: Our work so far
Esmée’s Funding Manager, Morven Robertson, shares the first of two blogs exploring our work and plans to support healthy seas. She highlights some of the projects we’ve supported towards our fishing in tandem with nature priority, from reducing overfishing to protecting marine habitats, and supporting more equitable fisheries.
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Supporting healthy seas: overview of our work so far
See an infographic with an overview of our support so far towards healthy seas, covering 2020 to 2024.
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The new Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund
Alison Holdom, a Funding Manager Lead in Esmée’s Creative, Confident Communities team, writes about the new Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund, how it’s evolved, and our long-running partnership with the Museums Association.
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How we’re using AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools
Learn about how we’re using AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot to support our work and what this means for people and organisations we work with. We also share our thoughts on organisations using AI in their work – including funding applications.
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New Connections funding: behind the scenes and reflections so far
Chebet Kuntai, Esmée’s Climate and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Co-ordinator, writes about the development of New Connections along with how we identified and reached out to organisations to support.
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