Last week I spoke in a panel on climate lens investing at the Philanthropy Australia conference alongside the incredible: Rachel Ball, Danny Kennedy, Suzy Yoon, Leah Willis and Claire O'Rourke. It was an enriching discussion and I felt privileged to have the opportunity to share how Tripple aligns our portfolio across philanthropy and investments to amplify impact, as well as the importance of using justice-based and systems change approaches; especially climate solutions led by First Nations communities, who hold tens of thousands of years of wisdom in sustainably caring for country.
But I've been kicking myself about one thing I didn't say.
Choosing which climate solutions to fund and how to approach them can be daunting. It's complex, high-stakes, and we all fear getting it wrong. This overwhelming pressure can make us feel like action is impossible. Many of us give up before we even try. It’s understandable; as funders we have a duty of care to be intentional and not to make things worse.
But here's the truth: Learning by doing breaks this pattern and makes change feel possible.
This approach is rooted in design thinking and systems change theories that show us the best way to learn and innovate and create change in complex systems is to test and trial and examine feedback on how the system responds to the intervention. Complex systems, like climate, have many emergent properties and we can’t think our way to the perfect solution in isolation -- we need to work within it.
The important thing is to start. You probably won't get it perfect the first time (or the second or third), we definitely don't, but if you hold close to your intention to do no harm, you will make progress. Choose one thing. Get familiar with it, and then move on to the next.
Before you know it, the impossible will feel possible.
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