Latest Reports

Launched at New York Climate Week 2024, this policy report outlines a three-step roadmap to help cities around the world more effectively plan for, and respond to, the global health emergency caused by climate change. These insights are informed by seven pioneering case studies of climate-informed health action at local, national, and global levels.

3.8 billion people lack adequate access to electricity, limiting their opportunities. Closing the 8,700 terawatt-hour Green Power Gap by 2050 is essential to achieving global development and climate goals.

The Zero Gap Fund (ZGF), in its fifth year, has committed $30 million across 12 investments, mobilizing $1.04 billion from partners to address global challenges in climate change, regenerative agriculture, financial inclusion, and essential services access.

Investors must shift strategies as agrifood systems' negative impacts grow; the Financing for Regenerative Agriculture report highlights their role in promoting sustainability.

In this T7 Policy Brief, The Rockefeller Foundation, Global Fund, and COP28 Presidency highlight the critical role that G7 countries have in promoting integrated financing of climate action in the global health architecture to ensure that health is considered an integral part of the climate adaptation agenda. The brief was release ahead of the G7 Summit in June 2024.

This paper urges a sustainable overhaul of the global food system, drawing on Indigenous food systems and The Rockefeller Foundation's commitment to expand school meal programs in LMICs with a focus on sustainability, nutrition, and equity.

Global food insecurity affects over 700 million people, with climate change exacerbating the issue. To address this, investing in diverse, underutilized crops, especially in Africa, can improve resilience and nutrition. These two reports offer actionable strategies, supporting initiatives like VACS, a partnership focusing on agricultural adaptation.

In 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allocated $370 billion for environmental efforts, surveyed 118 mayors across the U.S. to understand local impacts, and conducted the Menino Survey of Mayors to assess policy priorities.

On behalf of the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH), The Rockefeller Foundation, in partnership with the World Health Organization, conducted in-depth interviews with eight countries to better understand climate and health priorities, experiences, and current unmet needs to accessing financing for climate and health solutions. The findings were released at the ATACH Annual Meeting in March 2024.

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Environmental Defense Fund collaborated on Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP). A report outlines four strategies to overcome challenges and enhance JETP, promoting inclusive progress and environmental resilience.