Climate philanthropy in the Global South

South-South collaboration

The global climate and development landscape is being reshaped by converging crises: accelerating climate impacts, constrained public finance, and growing strain on the international development architecture. Across MENA, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, philanthropic actors are increasingly stepping into the gap. Yet learning and exchange across these regions remains limited, and much of the global conversation continues to be shaped by Global North-led dynamics.

Join this dialogue event hosted by Philantropics, in partnership with the Arab Foundations Forum (AFF), to engage in a practical, peer-learning space to explore how South–South collaboration can strengthen climate philanthropy in practice, through the exchange of mechanisms, governance approaches, and lessons rooted in shared realities rather than borrowed models.

Building on the momentum of AFF's recent climate work, including the launch of the Arab Philanthropic Commitment on Climate Change (APCCC) Implementation Guide and the MENA Climate Philanthropy Ecosystem Pre-Mapping Report, this session extends the conversation outward, connecting Arab philanthropic actors with peers across other regions of the Global Majority.

There will be a keynote address from Alice Amorim, director of programs for the COP30 Presidency.

Speakers

• Alice Amorim
  Director of programs for the COP30 Presidency
• Naila Farouky
  CEO, Arab Foundations Forum (AFF)
• Dina Zayed
  Independent consultant
• Andressa Trivelli
  Philantropics
• Bruna Bastos
  Philanthropic
• Louise Driver
  Independent Philanthropy Association, South Africa

Notes

This event is taking place online at 4pm Dubai (8am EST, 3pm Cairo). You can register here.