Climate Emergency Fund


The Climate Emergency Fund is a US-based nonprofit organization that supports climate change activist groups involved in civil disobedience. It was founded in 2019 by filmmaker Rory Kennedy, a member of the prominent Kennedy family, and Getty family heiress Aileen Getty.

Activities

The CEF often supports groups that use civil disobedience tactics, including Just Stop Oil, Last Generation and Climate Defiance.
The CEF funded actions supporting the Inflation Reduction Act.

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.
The Washington Examiner reported in May 2023 that the CEF funded groups "deploying unorthodox and extremist methods across the world to protest fossil fuels."

Leadership

is the executive director.

Board of directors