Organisers: Foundations for Ukraine, Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association, Council on Foundations, WINGS

Format: online

Overlapping crises are becoming the operating environment for the next decade. War, climate stress, environmental damage, and economic instability increasingly unfold simultaneously – yet philanthropies’ work is still largely structured to address them one at a time.

As the full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth year, this gap is becoming impossible to ignore. Urgency continues, but long-term decisions can’t wait. Ukraine brings this reality into sharp focus at the intersection of war and environment: energy systems rebuilt under attack, environmental damage accumulating with global consequences, and resilience shaped under constant pressure. The familiar divide between emergency response and long-term transformation has collapsed.

What can philanthropy learn from operating under these conditions? What patterns are emerging across other war- and climate-affected contexts? And what does this era of simultaneity mean for philanthropic practice in the decade ahead?

Taking place during Philea’s Year of Climate and Environment, this 90-minute online conversation invites foundations and institutional donors to reflect on Ukraine not only as a country under invasion, but as an early signal of the conditions that might increasingly shape philanthropic work in the next decade.

Speakers:

• Catherine Green, Minderoo Foundation

• Thomas Homer-Dixon, Cascade Institute

• Thammy Evans, CHACR, Oxford University

• Anna Ackermann, International Institute for Sustainable Development

• Iryna Stavchuk, European Climate Foundation

Moderated by Delphine Moralis, Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association.

Please note: the event is reserved for participants from foundations, institutional donors, philanthropic organisations, and networks.