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Pioneering Pathways in Climate Finance
This edition of Matter of Impact spotlights innovative financial strategies driving a resilient, equitable shift toward sustainable energy worldwide.
Features from this Edition
Grantee Impact StoryA New Generation Cultivates Tomorrow with Sustainable Farming
The food system today contributes 25 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Mad Capital brings individually tailored financing to help farmers make the transition to regenerative practices. 
Grantee Impact StoryThe Race to Replace Coal An innovative financing tool is being used to try to retire a coal plant in the Philippines a decade earlier than currently scheduled. 
Grantee Impact StoryTransformative Initiatives To Add Nature to the Balance Sheet A look at what it means to add nature to a corporate ledger, and how The Rockefeller Foundation fellows are helping create this systems change.
Previous Editions
The Magic of Convenings 
This quarter's Matter of Impact dives deep into why convenings matter, and why we need to make time for them to achieve impact. 
From the Andes to the Amazon, Latin America’s Climate Frontlines
This quarter's online magazine spotlights Latin America, where innovators and local communities are spearheading the climate change fight. 
Sheroes of Sustainability at the Forefront of Climate Action
The quarter's online magazine centers on women across the globe making headway in the climate crisis fight. 
Climate Wisdom from the Frontlines
From the Amazon rainforest, to bustling Bangkok streets, to a Baltimore composter creating “black gold," dive into this quarter's Matter of Impact focused on youth changemakers and impacted communities. 
Unleashing Climate Innovation Through Powerful Partnerships
We turn to potent collaborations to think outside the box and drive change in this era of climate decision. 
Achieving Lasting Impact
Every day, The Rockefeller Foundation, grantees, and partners make the world measurably and sustainably healthier, more nourished, and empowered. See how. 
Joining the Fight to Combat Crises
From searching for lost children in Ukraine or supporting civil society in Iran, see how our grantees respond to a range of crises and support vulnerable communities in urgent need. 
Together We Are Fighting Climate Change
Hope is focused on the Red Sea town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. As world leaders gather for the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), one thing is clear: we must come together to achieve meaningful progress in the fight against climate change so that the … 
Stubbornly Optimistic About Progress
Why are we optimistic? Because our grantees are rethinking school lunches, building trust with wastewater projects, supporting employee ownership, and more. 
The Urgency of Equity
Bringing justice to a neighborhood or a nation lifts all. Read how our partners and grantees are making opportunity universal and sustainable. 
Accelerating Transformation for a Gender-Equal Future
In this edition of Matter of Impact, we celebrate Women's History Month by highlighting the transformative work of women leaders in fields like renewable energy, data science, and agriculture, and exploring how The Rockefeller Foundation and its partners are advancing gender equity through innovative projects and economic opportunities for women worldwide. 
Preventing Future Pandemics: Health For All, Now More Than Ever
The Covid-19 pandemic underscored deep healthcare inequities, reinforcing The Rockefeller Foundation’s commitment to Universal Health Coverage through data-driven solutions, global collaboration, and investments in accessible, quality care for all. 
The Road to Glasgow & the Imperative for a Green Energy Transition
In this quarter’s Matter of Impact, we explore the intersection of pandemic recovery, climate change, and equity, highlighting the urgent need for a green energy transition that can create millions of jobs and transform lives, as previewed in the lead-up to COP26. 
Can Technology Be Optimized for Equity and Opportunity?
This quarter’s Matter of Impact examines how leveraging data and technology, traditionally used for private gain, can instead drive social good by empowering women, improving vaccine distribution, addressing energy access, and preventing future pandemics. 
Making Opportunity Universal
The Q1/2021 Matter of Impact focuses on The Rockefeller Foundation’s commitment to making individual opportunity universal, highlighting transformative solutions like global vaccine funding, clean electrification in Nigeria, and expanding safety nets and economic opportunities for marginalized communities. 
Forget the New Normal: Let’s Head to an Inclusive Future
In this Matter of Impact, we highlight how The Rockefeller Foundation and its grantees are reimagining a more inclusive future by championing worker-owned companies, using food as medicine, and advancing inclusive technology and unbiased A.I. to build a sustainable, just post-Covid recovery. 
Powering a Green and Equitable Recovery
In the third edition of Matter of Impact, we focus on The Rockefeller Foundation’s commitment to a green recovery from the pandemic, catalyzing investments in renewable energy to create a more inclusive, sustainable future while addressing the growing disparities in health and energy access. 
The Way Forward: Gender Equity by Design
In the second edition of Matter of Impact, we explore the disproportionate economic and social toll Covid-19 has taken on women and girls, highlighting The Rockefeller Foundation's efforts to accelerate gender equity through solidarity, entrepreneurship, and transformative change. 
