Formation | 2019 |
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Type | Nonprofit |
Website | www |
The Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) is a US-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]
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]
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]
Margaret Klein Salamon is the executive director. [2]