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Climate Emergency Fund
Los Angeles based nonprofit organization From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that supports climate change activist groups involved in civil disobedience. It was founded in 2019 by filmmaker Rory Kennedy, a member of the prominent Kennedy family, and Getty family heiress Aileen Getty.[1][2]
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Activities
The CEF often supports groups that use civil disobedience tactics,[3] including Just Stop Oil,[3] Last Generation and Climate Defiance.[4]
The CEF funded actions supporting the Inflation Reduction Act.[5]
Funding
As of August 2022[update], Getty has donated $1 million to the fund.[2] When he joined the board of directors in September 2022, film director Adam McKay pledged $4 million to the fund.[6][7]
The Washington Examiner 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.[2]
Board of directors
- Adam McKay, film director (September 2022–present)[6]
- Rose Abramoff, climate scientist (June 2023–present)[9]
- Jeremy Strong, actor (December 2023–present)[10]
- Chris Packham CBE, naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author (October 2024-present)[11]
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