Recent Publications
Investing for Impact
This report is intended for the investment community and aims to help investors better understand impact investing. >Solutions for Impact Investors: From Strategy to Implementation
In this challenging economic climate, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors has published a practical guide for investors. >Index-Based Weather Insurance
Global efforts to reduce the impact of climate change on livelihoods and food security are increasing. >From Silos to Systems: An Overview of eHealth's Transformative Power
Experts working across disciplines and sectors, set and championed a new agenda to expand use of technology in health systems—one crucial component of the global health community’s strategy to make modern care more accessible and affordable for all. >Asian Cities Climate Change Resillience Network
ACCRN Brochure >Shaping Climate Resilient Development
Global warming, which could see the Earth’s surface temperature rise by 2.5-5.9 degrees Celsius by the end of the century compared to preindustrial levels, could greatly heighten this vulnerability, triggering more frequent and severe weather disasters, shifts in rainfall patterns and climate zones, and a rise in sea levels. >China's Engagement in Africa: Key Findings and Recommendations
Will Chinese lending to African countries create debt that becomes unsustainable, or will China help reduce Africa’s indebtedness by stimulating exports and growth? >ACCCRN Responding to The Urban Climate Challenge
Although it is not possible to predict with absolute certainty the exact nature of climate impacts and resulting challenges each city will face, the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) helps cities and their citizens build flexible and dynamic systems and institutions that identify and respond to the challenges climate change poses to urban areas. >China’s Engagement in African Countries
China has been interacting with African regions for more than a thousand years. Yet never before has the presence of this Asian country been as deeply imbedded or as widespread as it is today, and as it will likely continue to be in the future. >Warming Increases the Risk of Civil War in Africa
We provide quantitative evidence linking past internal armed conflict incidence to variations in temperature, finding substantial increases in conflict during warmer years, and we use this relationship to build projections of the potential effect of climate change on future conflict risk in Africa. >