Connecting resources to climate solutions
About
The objectives of Sunrise International are:
- to protect, preserve and enhance the natural environment, more specifically protecting the natural environment from pollution and over exploitation;
- Tto support and empower individuals, communities, governments and corporations to make changes required to prevent dangerous climate change and drive the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy;
- to advance climate justice;
- to organize and support a global network of Sunrise Project charities collaborating to forward these purposes; and
- receiving and granting funds for the achievement of the above purposes.
Our Capabilities
Research & Analysis
Strategy development
Convening Networks
Grantmaking and capacity building
Driving Innovation
What We Do
We’re continually scanning for new opportunities to drive transformational change. Over the next three years, we will pursue five complementary priorities:
Scaling Clean Energy Solutions in Asia
Renewable energy is now the cheapest power in history, but it faces significant political headwinds. Our CORE strategy (Customer Owned Renewable Energy) focuses on the fastest, most resilient and equitable way to deploy clean energy: through distributed solar and batteries. Think households, commercial and industrial rooftops and electrified 2-3 wheelers. This approach navigates around the backlash and financial barriers to large-scale projects and distributes the benefits of clean energy in a way that builds public support over time. We target countries in the Asian region ready to scale, where rapid deployment of solar and batteries can undercut new gas and old coal power.
Building Collective Power
Technology and economics are taking us in the right direction but we need to build public support, market confidence and political mandate for more ambitious action. To do that, we identify the constituencies that matter and grow and connect the organisations and networks required to influence them. That means investing in leaders and organisations, building their capacities, and fostering collaboration across a diverse ecosystem of actors to build the support and mandate required.
Transforming Global Finance
Coal, oil, and gas are the main drivers of the climate crisis, and finance is the fuel that powers them. To change this requires shifting the context for financial decision makers. We look for points of leverage that focus on shifting the key financial enablers of the fossil fuel economy, where we can drive system-wide impact — like closing re-insurance markets to new coal and gas projects, new financial regulations to redirect financial flows or shifting the position of systemically critical financial institutions.
Vision & Mision
Our vision, mission, and values guide how work: shaping a transition that is just, accountable, and built to last.
Our Vision
At the Sunrise Project we share a vision of a world powered by abundant, clean energy from the sun, wind and water, and where healthy democracies are guided by principles of social justice and an ethic of stewardship for the earth.
Our Mision
Driven by the imperative of climate justice, The Sunrise Project’s mission is to scale social movements to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Our Values
C’mon it’s 2026
We relentlessly ask: What is actually required to solve the climate crisis? We push ourselves to imagine and deliver the scale and pace of action required. We move fast and are willing to risk failing in pursuit of systemic change.
It’s not about us
It’s about impact. And we know what can be achieved when you don’t need to take credit for it. We prioritise enabling others to do their best work to create collective power and impact.
Prioritise relationships
The quality of our relationships determines the effectiveness of our actions. We actively nurture honest, healthy relationships of mutual respect in our team and with our movement and funding partners.
We don’t live single issue lives
Audre Lorde said: “There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” We work to transform the same systems that create inequality and also drive the climate crisis.
Dare to lead
Powerful organisations and movements are leaderful. We back ourselves and each other to lead in diverse, generous and collaborative ways.
Governance
Stichting Sunrise International has a two-tier governance structure, with a Management Board and a Supervisory Board. The members of both boards represent a wealth of international experience in climate change campaigning and movement building.
Supervisory Board
Sudha Nandagopal
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Erna de Vries
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Amy Rose
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Areeba Hamid
Chair
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Claire Mallinson
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Remuneration Policy
Sources of Funds
Compliance
As a recognized Dutch public benefit organization (ANBI), Sunrise International is committed to transparency and accountability.