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Disclaimer: This blog post focuses on a new piece of research from Rethink Priorities. I was not involved with the funding or execution of this research, and therefore write this piece merely as a consumer. However, I am the Executive Director of Giving Green and a board member of Rethink Priorities, and acknowledge that these affiliations may bias my interpretation of the work.

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TL;DR

• New research from Rethink Priorities seeks to compare cost-effectiveness of high-impact giving in climate change mitigation versus global health and development. 
• Key research contribution is re-calculating the social cost of carbon using an EA-aligned value framework, which allows direct comparison of climate giving opportunities to Coefficient Giving's (CG) funding bar
• Conclusion is that donating to high-impact climate funds (such as Giving Green or the Founder's Pledge Climate Fund) is competitive with Coefficient Giving's Global Health and Wellbeing Fund, especially given the recent drop in CG's funding bar
• Many conversations with AI lab employees lead me to believe that climate is not a priority cause area for this group. [...]

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First published:
August 18th, 2026

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KhCCkLMRkj38vCAzj/new-research-climate-mitigation-is-overlooked-by-ea

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