Trust grants £1 million to Royal Society
Howard Lake | 12 August 2007 | News
The Kohn Foundation has pledged £1 million to fund climate change studies as part of a new Science Policy Centre at the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science.
The pledge will enable the Royal Society to broaden its focus on climate change to include issues such as alternative fuels for transport, new technologies for mitigating climate change, adaptation to the impacts of climate change, as well as socio-economic issues arising from the effects of climate change.
Ralph Kohn, founder of the Kohn Foundation said: “The deeply worrying problems which we face as a result of climate change require expert handling and who better than the Royal Society to take a leadership role to deal with the issues involved”.
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The donation will go towards the Royal Society endowment. Income earned from this gift will enable the Royal Society to broaden its policy portfolio on climate change, as part of Royal Society’s expansion to coincide with its 350th anniversary in 2010.
The Kohn Foundation was established in 1991 by Dr Doctor Ralph Kohn FRS to provide financial support for scientific and medical research, education purposes, the arts, particularly music, and humanitarian aid.
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