France drops climate from G7 environment talks to appease Trump admin – ‘We chose to focus on less contentious issues’

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-drops-climate-from-g7-environment-talks-appease-trump-administration-us/ BY AUDE LE GENTIL, NICOLAS CAMUT AND ZIA WEISE Excerpt: PARIS — France removed climate change from the agenda of this week’s G7 talks to prevent a rift with the United States, according to a French government official. Environment ministers from the G7 nations are meeting in Paris Thursday and Friday to discuss issues ranging […]

Billionaire funding of climate activism melting! LA Times: ‘Jeff Bezos’ $10-billion climate pledge is falling dangerously behind’ – Still need to spend more than $7 billion to reach goal – Plus: Meta ‘winding down its climate portfolio’ & Bill Gates has trimmed staff at his climate org

There’s been tumult across the relatively small climate philanthropy sector, with some big donors pulling back. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, run by Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, is winding down its climate portfolio, according to a spokesperson for the organization.

Renowned climate investor and donor Bill Gates has trimmed staff at Breakthrough Energy, his climate organization, while pulling back on advocacy work and halting some investments.

Randall Kempner, executive director of the Climate Philanthropy Catalyst Coalition. “It is certainly a less hospitable environment for climate philanthropy today than it was prior to Trump’s election,” he said.