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Foundation-written and -funded reports look at current state of affairs and shine a light on the future
Jan 21 2025
Resourcing Climate and Health Priorities: A Mapping of International Finance Flows from 2018–2022
This report highlights the urgent need to address the health impacts of climate change, providing the most comprehensive analysis to date on global financing trends, which show a ten-fold increase in commitments since 2018 but reveal significant gaps in reaching low-income countries, while offering actionable recommendations to scale and optimize funding for climate-resilient health systems.
Climate Health
Sep 26 2024
Urban Climate-Health Action: A New Approach to Protecting Health in the Era of Climate Change
Launched at New York Climate Week 2024, this policy report outlines a three-step roadmap to help cities around the world more effectively plan for, and respond to, the global health emergency caused by climate change. These insights are informed by seven pioneering case studies of climate-informed health action at local, national, and global levels.
Climate Health Global
Sep 25 2024
T20 Policy Brief: Financing Climate and Health Solutions
In this T20 Policy Brief, The Rockefeller Foundation, World Health Organization, Global Fund, Green Climate Fund, and COP28 Presidency lays out four policy recommendations to increase the scale, quality, equity, and impact of financing climate and health solutions. The brief was published ahead of the G20 Summit in September 2024.
Climate Finance Health Global
Aug 07 2024
The Green Power Gap
3.8 billion people lack adequate access to electricity, limiting their opportunities. Closing the 8,700 terawatt-hour Green Power Gap by 2050 is essential to achieving global development and climate goals.
Energy Power Africa Asia Global
Jul 10 2024
Zero Gap Fund: State of the Portfolio 2023
The Zero Gap Fund (ZGF), in its fifth year, has committed $30 million across 12 investments, mobilizing $1.04 billion from partners to address global challenges in climate change, regenerative agriculture, financial inclusion, and essential services access.
Innovative Finance Global
Jun 12 2024
Financing for Regenerative Agriculture
Investors must shift strategies as agrifood systems' negative impacts grow; the Financing for Regenerative Agriculture report highlights their role in promoting sustainability.
Finance Food Global
Jun 11 2024
One World, One Health. A Strategic Vision for a Resilient Global Health System
In this T7 Policy Brief, The Rockefeller Foundation, Global Fund, and COP28 Presidency highlight the critical role that G7 countries play in promoting integrated financing of climate action in the global health architecture to ensure that health is considered an integral part of the climate adaptation agenda. The brief was released ahead of the G7 Summit in June 2024.
Climate Health Global
Mar 14 2024
Opportunity Crops in Africa:
Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) Research in Action
Global food insecurity affects over 700 million people, with climate change exacerbating the issue. To address this, investing in diverse, underutilized crops, especially in Africa, can improve resilience and nutrition. These two reports offer actionable strategies, supporting initiatives like VACS, a partnership focusing on agricultural adaptation.
Food Global
Mar 07 2024
2023 Menino Survey of Mayors: Building for a Green Future
In 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allocated $370 billion for environmental efforts, surveyed 118 mayors across the U.S. to understand local impacts, and conducted the Menino Survey of Mayors to assess policy priorities.
U.S. Economic Opportunity U.S. & the Americas