For more than eight decades, international cooperation — through institutions like the United Nations — has helped improve lives and protect communities, including by addressing the growing risks of climate change. We must hold institutions of cooperation to a high standard of effectiveness to ensure they continue to serve communities and families. But, the decision to withdraw from landmark climate institutions and agreements, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change undercuts recent progress the world has made and will make life harder for people everywhere.
Climate change is already displacing millions, disrupting industries, weakening job prospects, and driving up household costs — from increasing the cost of flood insurance and cooling bills, to healthcare expenses linked to air pollution. That’s why the United States and other countries have worked through the UNFCCC and other multilateral bodies to advance solutions and deliver results that make life better for people.
Since 1913, The Rockefeller Foundation has supported effective, accountable cooperation across borders, sectors, and political lines to help people live healthier, more secure lives. That mission is more critical than ever. Tackling climate change represents one of humanity’s greatest opportunities, and solutions can come from anywhere. Recent polling shows that a majority of Americans and people around the world believe that global cooperation can deliver real results. The Rockefeller Foundation will continue collaborating with all partners committed to meeting this demand, in order to advance the well-being of humanity.
