Posted on 6th November 2008
The Carnegie UK Trust has launched two projects that are designed to engage civil society groups in the challenges of climate change.
One project aims to develop a guide that will enable organisations that do not have an environmental focus to understand and respond to the challenges ahead. The initiative is being run with the Eden Project.
A second project, run jointly with the New Economics Foundation (nef),will explore the practicality of bridging the social justice and climate change agendas, and the role of civil society organisations in doing so.
Lenka Setkova, director of the Carnegie UK Trust’s Democracy and Civil Society Programme, said, “Civil society associations do and can play a critical role in fostering collective action so that the challenge of growing pressure on global resources and climate change are addressed in a manner that protects and supports the most vulnerable in society.”
The findings of the Carnegie UK Trust Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland projects will be launched in early 2009. Further information is available on the Carnegie UK Trust website or by contacting Morven Masterton at morven@carnegieuk.org or +44 (0)207 7856570.
