Latest Reports

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Environmental Defense Fund collaborated on Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP). A report outlines four strategies to overcome challenges and enhance JETP, promoting inclusive progress and environmental resilience.

In 2015, global leaders aimed for a fairer, greener world by 2030 with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite challenges like Covid-19 and climate crises, the 17 Rooms initiative promotes sustainable development. In the 2023 flagship event, 17 working groups, each focused on an SDG, devised actionable leadership strategies for 12-18 months.

Climate change disproportionately affects the Global South due to underinvestment hindering economic growth and health. Despite challenges, there's a rising interest in credible solutions. This report highlights opportunities for the Global South to lead and gain policy advancements by focusing on climate and health discussions in multilateral forums.

There is a clear path forward on the climate front that achieves rapid decarbonization combined with a swift scale-up in renewable energies. The strategy, laid out in this new Rockefeller Foundation analysis of data from 190 countries, can keep global warming to acceptable limits this century while sparking a revolution in energy access.

The Rockefeller Foundation's Zero Gap Fund (ZGF) invests in innovative solutions for global challenges, partnering with the Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3) to attract private investment. Notable 2022 investments include tech startups and resilient enterprises in Ukraine and Moldova. The fund's 2022 State of the Portfolio report highlights its impact, demonstrating catalytic capital's role in mobilizing private investment for positive global change.

The Vaccination Action Network (VAN) is a locally-led, peer-to-peer learning initiative in Africa, backed by several organizations, to boost Covid-19 vaccination demand and improve health systems. This report highlights its progress, challenges, and impact over the past year.

The global food crisis, fueled by climate change, conflict, and high prices, has reversed decades of progress against hunger and malnutrition, affecting over 345 million people in 2023. Led by Catherine Bertini, the first of four reports from The Rockefeller Foundation’s Global Nutrition Security portfolio identifies obstacles like silos and myopic priorities and suggests solutions to create sustainable, equitable, and nourishing food systems.

In a global food crisis undoing decades of anti-hunger progress, a new report from The Rockefeller Foundation urges novel solutions to address humanitarian aid shortages and bolster long-term food security sustainably.

This white paper summarizes the major themes and takeaways from the summit — including how to break the “boom and bust” cycles of emergency response, how to translate interest in EIDs into R&D for effective vaccines, and how to ensure that equitable access to those lifesaving technologies.