Despite the grave urgency of combating global climate change, less than 2% of global philanthropic funding is currently directed towards climate mitigation. Moreover, only a fraction of this funding is allocated to initiatives focused on Asia.
2014 to 2020:
Our Foundational Years
In response to this philanthropic gap, we began making grants to organisations working on climate change across Asia in 2014. During this time, we operated as an initiative under the European Climate Foundation and provided support to key thought leaders and organisations focused on climate and energy in Asia. We also continued to build our understanding of how to make our grant-making as strategic as possible, while fostering collaboration.
2021 to Present:
Scaling-up Our Efforts
As our partner network grew, we recognised the need to establish an independent, Asia-based foundation to address the climate crisis. In 2021, we founded the Tara Climate Foundation in Singapore. Today, we continue to collaborate with a global network of foundations and stakeholders to scale our impact and accelerate climate action across Asia.
Our Values
We go big or we go home.
We know our mission requires courage and ambition. We constantly stretch our comfort zones while holding ourselves accountable to high standards.
We find joy in collaboration.
Accelerating the just energy transition can only be achieved when more of us work together. We thrill in building highly collaborative relationships amongst our team, our partners and the greater climate movement.
We celebrate the diversity of our region.
We take pride in empowering and amplifying the multitude of voices from across the region to achieve Asia’s energy transformation and champion a just energy transition.
We’re nimble and resilient.
We anticipate and act on signals of change, moving quickly and strategically to adapt to the complexities of our work. When we confront challenges, we dust ourselves off and keep going.
We live the change we seek in the world.
We bring doses of integrity, honesty and humility in everything we do. We find time to smile.
