Dec 07 2017
Fresh water is vital to human life and wellbeing. Along with food and shelter, it forms our most basic need. So vital, in fact, that access to drinking water is …
Climate
Dec 02 2017
Mobilizing capital and driving investment at scale into solutions that can reduce emissions dramatically and protect the most vulnerable from climate impacts.
Nov 16 2017
Perspective
Over the course of just a few hours, Hurricane Maria exposed how fragile Puerto Rico is. Years of underinvestment in infrastructure and the recent financial crisis let the island languish. …
Nov 16 2017
Press Releases
Working with Puerto Rico’s Philanthropic, Business, Government, and NGO Sectors, Local Leaders Will Create Blueprint for a Long-Term, Resilient and Equitable Recovery Modeled After Hurricane Sandy Commission, Independent “Resilient Puerto Rico …
Nov 08 2017
Perspective
Nothing anymore…as of November 7th, the United States is the only nation in the world not committed to the Paris climate agreement. Recent announcements from Syria and Nicaragua to officially …
Sep 06 2017
Perspective
“In our 100 years of history, what we have learned at The Rockefeller Foundation is that advancement and new ideas stem from unlikely partnerships. This is something that is in …
Sep 01 2017
Perspective
There is no longer any doubt that the explosion of available data and the speed with which it can be provisioned will revolutionize the way global challenges are solved. This …
Aug 08 2017
Perspective
As a term, “innovation” is everywhere. Headlines tout it, commercials advertise it, innumerable companies claim it. It is a term so ubiquitous, it risks becoming meaningless. Indeed, “the overuse and …
Aug 07 2017
Perspective
Local businesses, governments, and neighborhood advocacy groups generally have one thing in common: a desire for thriving neighborhoods where old and new residents can increase incomes, build wealth and invest …
Aug 02 2017
Perspective
This post originally appeared on Zilient.org. Over the past decade, the notion of resilience has emerged as a prevailing paradigm for planning that considers how people and places can survive, adapt, …