BOSTON—Today Oxfam America and The Rockefeller Foundation announced a weather index insurance payout of unprecedented scale directly to poor farmers. Thanks to a groundbreaking new program that relies on advanced …
A new initiative to increase the accountability of climate finance adaptation programs will be launched today in Doha, at the sidelines of the UN Climate Change conference by Oxfam, the …
NEW YORK—PopTech, the renowned global innovation network, is proud to announce a joint fellows program with The Rockefeller Foundation through its Bellagio Center. The Bellagio/PopTech Fellows Program will bring together a …
NEW YORK—Today, The Rockefeller Foundation President Dr. Judith Rodin announced the recipients of the 2012 Jane Jacobs Medal—Ronald Shiffman, Rosanne Haggerty, Carl Skelton, and the team from ioby—Erin Barnes, Brandon …
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you, Nancy, and thanks to Administrator Shah, USAID, and the United Nations Foundation for partnering with us to organize this event, and for putting resilience at …
NEW YORK—Today, as the United Nations General Assembly is underway, The Rockefeller Foundation, USAID, and the United Nations Foundation hosted a high level event highlighting the new international commitment to …
Bus rapid transit (BRT) is increasingly being considered in cities across the United States as a reliable and cost-effective public transit mode. A large part of the appeal of BRT …
NEW YORK—The Rockefeller Foundation announced today that it is opening the public nominating process for the 2012 Jane Jacobs Medal—awarded to two living individuals whose creative vision for the urban …
The trend away from driving has been led by young people. From 2001 to 2009, the average annual number of vehicle miles traveled by young people (16 to 34-year-olds) decreased …
NEW YORK—DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA) and The Rockefeller Foundation today released a research study which examines the potential size and investment opportunity of upgrading and replacing energy-consuming equipment in …