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= | = How Digital Rights and Climate Justice Intersect = | ||
A collaboration among the Ford Foundation, Ariadne and Mozilla to explore grantmaking strategies at the intersection of digital rights and climate justice. | |||
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Our long-term goal for this partnership is to co-create a long-term funding strategy on the intersection of technology and climate justice that should enable funders to responsibly engage in this new area of work and offer structural support to communities, technologists and advocates towards more sustainable and just futures. | Our long-term goal for this partnership is to co-create a long-term funding strategy on the intersection of technology and climate justice that should enable funders to responsibly engage in this new area of work and offer structural support to communities, technologists and advocates towards more sustainable and just futures. | ||
== | == Convening Funders == | ||
* '''Mozilla (Michelle Thorne, Sustainable Internet Lead):''' “The internet is the world’s largest fossil-fuel powered machine, and as funders in the digital rights field, it’s our responsibility to assess and mitigate the internet’s harms not just to human rights, but also to the environment. Examples of harms that come to mind are carbon emissions, extractive industries, and environments and communities impacted with a lack of accountability.” | * '''Mozilla (Michelle Thorne, Sustainable Internet Lead):''' “The internet is the world’s largest fossil-fuel powered machine, and as funders in the digital rights field, it’s our responsibility to assess and mitigate the internet’s harms not just to human rights, but also to the environment. Examples of harms that come to mind are carbon emissions, extractive industries, and environments and communities impacted with a lack of accountability.” | ||
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== Phase 1: Research == | == Phase 1: Research == | ||
In October 2021, Mozilla, the Ford Foundation and Ariadne kicked off a new research project exploring how digital rights and climate justice intersect. The research | In October 2021, Mozilla, the Ford Foundation and Ariadne [https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/upcoming-research-how-digital-rights-and-climate-justice-intersect/ kicked off a new research project] exploring how digital rights and climate justice intersect. The research seeks to better equip digital rights funders to craft grantmaking strategies that maximize impact on both issues. This effort sprang from a session at Mozfest 2021. | ||
== Summaries == | == Summaries == | ||
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* [https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/news/the-politics-of-data-centers/ The politics of data centers] - Fieke Jansen | * [https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/news/the-politics-of-data-centers/ The politics of data centers] - Fieke Jansen | ||
* [https://learningforfunders.candid.org/content/blog/a-timely-resource-to-guide-funders-in-using-a-climate-justice-lens/ Guide for funders using a climate justice lens] - Candid / Ariadne | * [https://learningforfunders.candid.org/content/blog/a-timely-resource-to-guide-funders-in-using-a-climate-justice-lens/ Guide for funders using a climate justice lens] - Candid / Ariadne | ||
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== Phase 2: Convene and Commission == | == Phase 2: Convene and Commission == | ||
Building on the momentum from Phase 1, we now seek to: | |||
* '''Continue the conversation and exploration as a coalition this year.''' Stay dedicated to “learning in the open” and inviting other funders, practitioners and allies to learn alongside us. Co-create a funder proposition on what we believe will make an impact considering the breadth and scope of the topic and based on our learnings so far. Publish findings and process. | |||
* '''Commission further research and promising pilots that put the recommendations into action.''' Document interesting developments and build a pipeline of potential projects to support as well as identify gaps. Iterate on findings and continue testing. | |||
* '''Convene partners and practitioners to strengthen links across movements and craft effective narratives.''' Work with aligned funders who want to learn from and contribute to this effort. Gather practitioners thinking through the analysis and solutions. Host one small convening per quarter, a session at Mozfest and other key network events, and work towards a bigger convening end of the year as a showcase or “groundswell” event. | |||
=== Lille (April 2022) === | === Lille (April 2022) === | ||
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* Open Practices & Knowledge Commons | * Open Practices & Knowledge Commons | ||
* Fiscal Hosts & Climate Lens | * Fiscal Hosts & Climate Lens | ||
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== Get Involved == | == Get Involved == | ||
=== Contact Us === | === Contact Us === | ||
If we ever hope to interrupt the cycle of global environmental extraction and degradation, we need to tackle this crisis together. Whether you are interested in discussing the research, other related initiatives, or you would like to join the coalition of funders working at this intersection, please reach out to: | If we ever hope to interrupt the cycle of global environmental extraction and degradation, we need to tackle this crisis together. Whether you are interested in discussing the research, other related initiatives, or you would like to join the coalition of funders working at this intersection, please reach out to: maya.richman@ariadne-network.eu, fieke@riseupup.net, and michelle@mozillafoundation.org | ||
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michelle@mozillafoundation.org | |||
=== Learn Together === | === Learn Together === | ||
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If you are interested in this project, please contact Michelle Thorne, Sustainable Internet Lead at Mozilla (michelle at mozillafoundation dot org). | If you are interested in this project, please contact Michelle Thorne, Sustainable Internet Lead at Mozilla (michelle at mozillafoundation dot org). | ||
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== Archive == | |||
=== Original Research Scope === | |||
Specifically, the scope will consist of: | |||
* a landscape analysis of major existing research at the intersection of digital rights and environmental justice issues | |||
* a network mapping of civic actors, public interest technologists, and individuals working on this intersection | |||
* a set of needs and capacities of civic actors within the ecosystem in order to amplify and accelerate work at this intersection | |||
* an initial analysis of the most impactful/strategic interventions in the short- and medium-term defined by the different stakeholders | |||
* and a set of recommendations for funders, particularly for those focused on digital rights, that supports civic actors working at this intersection. | |||
== Community Calls: Hosted by the Engine Room == | |||
The Engine Room kicked off their research with [https://www.theengineroom.org/digital-rights-and-environmental-justice-intersections-and-funder-strategies-for-better-futures/ two community calls in November and December], which aimed to discuss preliminary research findings, hear from practitioners working on environmental justice and digital rights issues, discuss challenges, and try to identify opportunities for greater collaboration. | |||
== Background == | |||
In October 2021, Mozilla, the Ford Foundation and Ariadne [https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/upcoming-research-how-digital-rights-and-climate-justice-intersect/ kicked off a new research project exploring how digital rights and climate justice intersect.] The research will better equip digital rights funders to craft grantmaking strategies that maximize impact on both issues. This effort sprang from a session at Mozfest 2021. Following a funder’s convening centered on the research and possible collaborations, Internet Society Foundation joined the organising team. | |||
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