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Like many people making their weekly trip to the grocery store, I do my best to buy “responsible” products that have positive environmental impact and that support the farmers and …

“Everyone needs to know this is not just about climate, polar bears, and glaciers. This is about my lungs and your lungs,” Dr. Maria Neira, Director of The World Health …

In early September, I made my first trip overseas with The Rockefeller Foundation as part of our delegation to the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. As a speechwriter, I often …

More than 40 percent of the world's population faces climate change-linked health risks right now, but only 0.5% of overall climate funding is allocated to enhance health outcomes. We have a plan to change that.

A digital innovation hub for low-carbon rice could incentivize smallholder farmers to adopt climate-smart agriculture practices.

Donna Lawson, a former school principal struggling with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, discovered the transformative power of medically tailored groceries—a cornerstone of the emerging Food is Medicine movement, in working with …

Tackling a single challenge frequently unveils a complex web of interconnected issues. And though we know we can’t solve everything, it’s also clear that holistic solutions are needed to create …

With a market making model, we are able to address the intermediate gap that has been created by lack of information from financial institutions who are not on the ground, and manufacturers who are too in the trenches. Driving systemic change will help make the process more equitable.

We need change to address the climate crisis, and the only way in history that has ever happened – with the scale and speed that the science says is necessary – is through mass mobilization and movements led by organizers in areas where the harms are most directly experienced.

Climate change should be a cross-sectoral priority. Investors can’t solve it alone. Philanthropy can’t. Governments can’t. The only way forward is through creative, sustained, and committed partnership.