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(Full disclosure: I sometimes work out of the same coworking space as Justus and Vegard and we occassionally have team lunches. Given that they were a potential grantee for some time (and indeed became a grantee for a small grant in 2023), I’ve avoided further socializing beyond those office contexts. They also don’t know I am writing this.)

This is an exciting broadening of work!

I haven’t always agreed with the underlying theory of change of the climate work, but I’ve consistently experienced the team of Future Matters as quite thoughtful about policy change and social movements and cultivating an expertise that is quite rare in EA and seems underprovided.

FWIW, I am excited about Future Matters. I have experienced them as having great perspectives on how to affect change via policy and how to make movements successful and effective. I think they have a sufficiently different lense and expertise from many EA orgs that I’m really happy to have them working on these causes. I’ve also repeatedly donated to them over the years (one of my main donation targets)