Grantee Impact Stories
Insights into how our grantees are revolutionizing the world
- Grantee Impact Story
Unplugged: Andes Communities Face Life Without Electricity
Jun 18 2024Good news is on the way for Kewinal, Bolivia, high in the Andes Mountains, whose residents have been pleading for electricity to support schools, health care, and livelihoods.
- Jun 18 2024Grantee Impact StoryEmbracing Forest Cuisine, Fire-Proofing the Amazon, and More Sixteen Big Bet Climate Fellows from Latin America show the Global South is not just a hotspot for climate change challenges, but a powerhouse for innovative solutions.
- Jun 18 2024Grantee Impact StoryPioneering an Intercultural Health Model to Fight Climate-Sensitive Diseases A collaborative effort is underway to fuse Indigenous ancient wisdom with Western medical practices and create a more powerful public health system in the Amazon rainforest.
- Jun 18 2024Grantee Impact StoryData Sounds the Alarm; Community Drives the Solution Data collection, digitization, and analysis in far-flung locations means public health interventions are based on fact, not opinion -- critical as climate change challenges health systems.
Matter of Impact
This quarter's online magazine spotlights Latin America, where innovators and local communities are spearheading the climate change fight.
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From the Andes to the Amazon, Latin America’s Climate Frontlines
This quarter's online magazine spotlights Latin America, where innovators and local communities are spearheading the climate change fight.
- Matter of ImpactSheroes of Sustainability at the Forefront of Climate Action The quarter's online magazine centers on women across the globe making headway in the climate crisis fight.
- Matter of ImpactClimate Wisdom from the Frontlines From the Amazon rainforest, to bustling Bangkok streets, to a Baltimore composter creating “black gold," dive into this quarter's Matter of Impact focused on youth changemakers and impacted communities.
- Matter of ImpactUnleashing Climate Innovation Through Powerful Partnerships We turn to potent collaborations to think outside the box and drive change in this era of climate decision.
Perspectives Blog
- PerspectiveThe Long Road to Consensus - Tim Evans on How Convenings Can Surface Divisions and Build Common Ground Dr. Tim Evans reveals how a convening stalemate led to the birth of a worldwide vaccine alliance and a new era of major health investments.
- PerspectiveMany Paths to One Mountaintop - Antony Bugg-Levine on Building Movements That Shift Systems The GIIN co-founder Antony Bugg-Levine discusses how a Bellagio Center convening helped galvanize the worldwide impact investing movement.
- PerspectiveMoving From Aid to Innovation - Gary Toenniessen on Leveraging Research to Transform Global Food Systems The Rockefeller Foundation's Dr. Gary Toenniessen discusses how a 1969 Bellagio Center convening helped reshape global food and agricultural aid.