Welcome to Bellagio Breakthroughs, where we highlight the work of Bellagio Center residents and conveners who are driving progress on globally pressing issues. In these pages, we invite you to learn more about how these leaders and their work at The Bellagio Center are helping to move the needle on the most important issues of our time.

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Governing the Just Transition: Maja de Vibe & Mark Robinson on Preventing Corruption in a Renewable Future

Corruption and governance in the renewable sector threaten the promise of a just transition to clean power, yet few measures are in place to prevent them. In 2024 Mark Robinson and Maja de Vibe embarked on a Bellagio Center residency to explore the governance risks endangering a just transition. Their new paper provides concrete steps on how the sector can fight potential corruption through industry-led collective action.

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Previous Breakthroughs

September 2024

The Power of Convening

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.
March 2024

Gender Equality Issue

Women are agents of change. In this edition of Bellagio Perspectives, we interview ten women leaders in economics, government, arts, media, philanthropy, development, & law who use gender as a primary lens in their efforts to eliminate inequities and unlock solutions for the most pressing issues of our time, from climate change to human rights and political empowerment.
September 2023

Climate Change

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.
February 2023

Racial and Economic Justice

Over the past year, The Rockefeller Foundation has supported key leaders in economic equity through our Bellagio Center Residency and Convening Program, focusing on advancing racial and economic justice at the intersection of democracy, workers' rights, and tax policies.

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