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True breakthroughs don’t happen in isolation. When people come together united by a common purpose, share their diverse perspectives, forge joint solutions, and combine their resources, the world can change. In this issue, we share perspectives on four Bellagio Center convenings that led to transformative change in health, food, financing, and power systems, creating impact that reverberates to this day.

The world is contending with a climate emergency that threatens to impact lives and livelihoods across the globe, leaving no one unscathed. These impacts will be complex and interrelated, affecting access to food and nutrition, through increased likelihood of crop failures, and negatively impacting health, through increased heat stress as well as the rise of vector-borne diseases. These impacts will also demand new approaches to financing and governance to ensure that resources are available when and where they are most needed.