Acting before climate disasters strike
New partnership with Start Network, supporting anticipatory humanitarian action for communities facing escalating climate risks.
We are an independent foundation that funds partners worldwide as they provide humanitarian relief to people impacted by climate disasters, engage in climate policy and activism, and research solutions to combat climate change.
Our programmes
Learn more about the humanitarian response programme
Humanitarian Response
The Humanitarian Response programme provides financing for crisis response in regions experiencing the impact of climate change and where capacities to protect vulnerable populations are low.
Learn more about the policy and activism programme
Policy & Activism
The Policy & Activism programme is focused on funding NGOs, interest groups and think-tanks that are working to influence decision-making, at a policy or project level.
Learn more about the research and innovation programme
Research & Innovation
The Research & Innovation programme funds university-based research groups and academic institutions working on technologies, methods and theories that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or accelerate climate adaptation or mitigation.
Applications for Askehave Climate Foundation funding are by invitation only. Find out more about the way we work.
Our team
The Foundation is managed by the Board, comprised of Johan, Alja and Ole Askehave, and three Programme experts, each with responsibility for one of the Foundation’s Programmes. Find out more.
Johan Askehave
Founder
Johan Askehave is a Founder of the Askehave Climate Foundation and a Director at Outlook Energy.
Ajla Askehave
Founder
Ajla Askehave is a Founder of the Askehave Climate Foundation and a Legal Counsel at Region Nordjylland.
“We want to fund the people working on the frontline of the climate crisis as they manage the impacts of disasters, dismantle the barriers of effective policy development, and create innovative solutions to combat climate change.”
Johan Askehave
News & stories
Keep up to date with the Askehave Climate Foundation’s blog posts and latest updates.
A valued partnership concludes: Celebrating BRAC
A valued partnership concludes: Celebrating BRAC
As our first humanitarian partnership with BRAC comes to a close, we want to mark the collaboration and thank BRAC for its work.
Where should our leaders lead us?
Where should our leaders lead us?
According to the latest reports from the Stockholm Resilience Institute, humankind is breaching six of the nine defined planetary boundaries.
