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This blog highlights how climate services are being rapidly integrated into global health systems—especially through Brazil’s Belém Health Action Plan — to protect communities from climate-driven health risks and turn climate-health frameworks into real-world impact.

Seventy years after funding the birth of AI at Dartmouth, The Rockefeller Foundation is partnering with Maryland, Anthropic, and Percepta to prove that artificial intelligence can be harnessed to strengthen government services and bridge the gap between citizens and their institutions.

Climate change action is failing because countries' climate commitments (NDCs) remain disconnected from national planning, sectoral ministries, and financing mechanisms — requiring integrated monitoring and evaluation systems to transform ambition into measurable, fundable progress.

The Rockefeller Foundation's Big Bets Fellowship brings together emerging leaders tackling pressing challenges from food access to workforce development, providing them with skills, strategy, and a lasting community of peers to amplify their transformational work.

The Coalfield Development Corporation is revitalizing Appalachian Communities devastated by coal industry decline through an innovative model that combines job creation, workforce training, and property restoration, creating over 1,000 jobs and attracting $178+ million in new investment.

The World Bank’s new Mission 300 Progress Portal shows accelerating progress toward connecting 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030 through collective action.

Zambia is emerging as a frontrunner in Mission 300, rapidly expanding solar and mini-grid projects, modernizing energy policies, and lighting the path toward universal electricity access by 2030.

AsiaXchange 2025 brought together more than 1,000 leaders, funders, innovators, and communities across Asia to move proven solutions in health, food, and energy from ideas to implementation — scaling impact with the capital, partnerships, and policies needed to reach millions more.

At the 2025 UN General Assembly, The Rockefeller Foundation launched Build the Shared Future with an inaugural Global Dialogue that brought world leaders together to spark bold, collective solutions.

The Big Bets Fellowship brings together bold Asia-Pacific leaders tackling challenges from clean water to climate resilience, showcasing transformative solutions during UNGA and Climate Week 2025.