Evidence-Driven Climate Action
Our Research
Giving Green is a research-first team dedicated to identifying evidence-based solutions to climate change and funding opportunities to reduce warming.
We evaluate high-impact strategies across climate philanthropy, corporate climate action, sustainable investing, and more.
All research is publicly available, so you can understand the deep analysis and data behind every climate giving recommendation.
Our Approach
Giving Green’s researchers use a five-step research process to determine the climate giving strategies best positioned to drive lasting, systems-level climate impact.
We apply our scale, feasibility, and funding need framework to identify highly effective solutions across geographies, technologies, and sectors, then select and recommend high-impact nonprofits that do the work in each sector.
Methodology
As a research organization committed to transparency, we make our methodology and research process public, so anyone can see how our climate giving recommendations are made — whether you are considering our climate giving recommendations, interested in supporting our research, or simply curious.
In this section, you can access our research dashboard, an overview of our five-step research process, and an explanation of why systems change guides all of our work.
Prioritized Climate Giving Strategies
Our prioritized climate giving strategies reflect our most current research on high-impact climate solutions. This research is designed to help you give with confidence, whether via the Giving Green Fund or an independent giving portfolio.
These reports form the second phase of our five-step research process to select Top Climate Nonprofits and Giving Green Fund grantees—assessing impact strategies. While the primary goal of our research is to identify climate mitigation strategies, we prioritize some high-impact climate interventions to reduce warming.
Explore the latest analysis of high-emitting sectors and the climate solutions ripe for outsized philanthropic impact.
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Corporate Climate Solutions
Giving Green’s corporate climate research guides businesses and CSR leaders in maximizing climate impact by focusing on decarbonizing the future, not offsetting the past.
Our whitepaper on how to think beyond net zero found that high-impact donations are more effective than carbon offsets. However, we understand that some businesses do not have the flexibility to donate to Top Climate Nonprofits or climate funds. For those with restrictions or net-net accounting constraints, see our reports on how to fund carbon removal technologies and purchase high-quality carbon offsets.
Carbon Removal
Carbon Offsets
Investment Strategies
Giving Green’s investment research helps individuals understand how their capital — from retirement funds to venture investments — can drive climate impact.
The reports below evaluate common climate-friendly investment strategies, including ESG and climate impact investments, with a focus on options available to retail investors.
Other Research
This section features research beyond our current priorities. This includes region- and sector-specific analyses and reports that we have retired from our priority climate giving strategies, but that still offer helpful insights for donors with niche interests.
Many reports come from consulting projects tailored to individual donor goals and priorities. For more information on how we can work together to address your specific climate giving needs, see our consulting services.
Region-Specific Research
Additional Climate Giving Strategies
Biodiversity Research
Research Archive
The above research represents our current areas of focus. Explore our previous studies.
Support Our Work
Giving Green Fund
One fund. Global impact. One hundred percent of your gift supports a portfolio of high-impact climate organizations, vetted by our research.
Best for:
Donors who want the simplest way to impact multiple climate solutions.
Top Climate Nonprofits
Meet the organizations on Giving Green’s list of high-impact nonprofits working to decarbonize our future, identified through our rigorous research.
Best for:
Donors who want to give directly and independently.
Support Our Work
We thoroughly research climate initiatives so you can give with confidence. For every $1 we receive, our work unlocks another $25.90 for effective climate solutions.
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Donors who want to amplify their impact through research.
The Giving Green Community
Our Services
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