Our Story, Mission, and Vision

Our Founding Story

Climate philanthropist and activist Ning Mosberger-Tang founded 1.5°Climate in 2022 after learning about the meager percentage of global philanthropy directed toward the climate crisis and having conversations with colleagues who cared deeply about climate change but didn’t know how to engage effectively. Ning’s goal was to build a model that could overcome donor paralysis and scale the volume and the impact of climate philanthropy.

Our Vision

is to create a thriving, equitable, healthier world powered by abundant clean energy.

Our Mission

is to increase the amount and efficacy of climate philanthropy. We do that by identifying catalytic but under-resourced climate projects across the country and mobilizing resources to them through our donor network.