Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) is a US-based nonprofit organization that supports climate change activist groups involved in non-violent direct action. It was founded in 2019 by filmmaker Rory Kennedy, a member of the prominent Kennedy family, and Getty family heiress Aileen Getty.
Activities Climate Emergency Fund often supports groups that use non-violent direct action tactics, including Just Stop Oil, Last Generation and Climate Defiance.
Since supporting actions targeting Inflation Reduction Act hold-outs during the Biden administration, Climate Emergency Fund has since been a strong supporter of the nationwide AI data center resistance movement.
Funding , Getty has donated $1 million to the fund. When he joined the board of directors in September 2022, film director Adam McKay pledged $4 million to the fund.Who is Just Stop Oil, the group that threw soup on Van Gogh's painting?, NPR, October 15, 2022, Archive
In 2019, the Nonprofit Quarterly described Climate Emergency Fund's mission as dedicated to "a more aggressive strategy to address the climate crisis"
Leadership Philip Eubanks is the current executive director.
Board of directors Adam McKay, film director (September 2022–present) Rose Abramoff, climate scientist (June 2023–present) Chris Packham CBE, naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author (October 2024-present) Steven Donziger, former attorney who famously sued Chevron (August 2025-Present)
Margaret Klein Salamon, clinical psychologist and climate activist,
See also Just Stop Oil Climate Defiance Margaret Klein Salamon
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