Cooling the Climate Fundraiser

$175,000 by September 15

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Help Launch ARARA — the Financial Engine Behind a Healthier Amazon and Planet

Goal: $175,000
Deadline: September 15, 2025

We’re building the MVP for Cooling the Climate—a game-changing climate initiative focused on Amazon preservation, transparency, and global accountability. At the heart of this work is ARARA, a financial interface designed to track, verify, and scale efforts to stop deforestation.

Help us reach our goal so that we can unveil ARARA at COP30 in Brazil, starting November 10, 2025.

Why This Matters

The Amazon is one of Earth’s most powerful climate regulators. But it’s approaching a tipping point. Deforestation threatens its ability to absorb carbon, stabilize rainfall, and support life globally.

Cooling the Climate is working with scientists, Indigenous leaders, funders, and tech experts to flip the script—and ARARA is the tool that makes this possible.

ARARA is a transparent financial interface that shows how climate dollars are used and what results they generate, in real time. Think of it as the engine room powering the broader Cooling the Climate ecosystem.

Where the Money Goes

Your donation directly funds the minimum viable product (MVP) of the ARARA platform, including:

  • Building a clean, secure, user-friendly interface

  • Developing back-end infrastructure for financial traceability

  • Field data integration to show impact in real time

  • Preparation for our COP30 presentation in Brazil this November

What Your Gift Can Do

  • $50 — Contributes to transportation costs for the MVP ARARA design sprint

  • $250 — Funds development hours for secure data tracking

  • $1,000 — Powers systems integrations for ARARA

  • $10,000+ — Anchors our presence at COP30 and beyond

Lastly, Something Inspiring

Your donation will help us complete the MVP Arara platform for COP30 and cool the climate.

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Maximize Your Impact

At checkout, you’ll have the option to cover processing fees. Most donors choose this, and it makes a real difference—ensuring more of your gift goes directly toward building ARARA and protecting the Amazon.

FAQ

  • Cooling the Climate began as a bold idea: What if we could fund forest protection with the same transparency and accountability we expect from global finance?

    Since then, we’ve:

    • Built a diverse, international coalition of scientists, technologists, Indigenous leaders, legal experts, and funders

    • Mapped out the ARARA platform, including its financial architecture, governance model, and technical roadmap

    • Established critical partnerships with on-the-ground organizations working to stop deforestation and uphold Indigenous stewardship

    • Developed early prototypes that demonstrate how ARARA will track funding flows and measure climate impact

    • Confirmed our presence at COP30, where we’ll present ARARA and Cooling the Climate to an international audience of climate decision-makers

    Everything is in place—except the funding to build the MVP. That’s where you come in.

  • COP30, the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, will be held in Belém, Brazil—on the edge of the Amazon Rainforest. For the first time, the world’s most influential climate summit is happening in the heart of the ecosystem we’re fighting to protect. This is a pivotal moment to spotlight the Amazon, elevate Indigenous leadership, and introduce real solutions on a global stage. Cooling the Climate will be there to present the ARARA platform—and with your support, we can ensure our vision is ready for the world.

  • COP30 is just the beginning. Once we present the ARARA platform in Brazil, we’ll move straight into Phase 2: expanding and refining the system for real-world deployment.

    This includes:

    • Piloting ARARA with partner organizations in the Amazon

    • Integrating local data sources and feedback loops

    • Onboarding funders and field teams into the platform

    • Building public dashboards to show transparent, verifiable impact

    • Growing the coalition of supporters, users, and stewards

    Our goal isn’t just to make noise at COP30—it’s to build lasting infrastructure for climate accountability. With your support, we’ll move from prototype to platform, from vision to action.

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We Can’t Do It Without You.

Join us. Spread the word. Help build the tool the world needs—before it’s too late.

‘’We live on a live planet that can respond to the changes we make, either by canceling the changes or by canceling us.” 

— James E. Lovelock, The Revenge of Gaia