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Where next after Bellagio?
Whether it involved risks to marginalized communities, to migrants, to residents of informal settlements in megacities, to protesters, or indeed to philanthropy and development organizations themselves, risk was a constant theme of the Bellagio Summit …
Interview – Arnold Schwarzenegger
‘I’m extremely optimistic that we can solve the climate crisis and in doing so can build a truly sustainable global economy. It’s my next crusade.’ Founded in November 2010 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and other …
Interview – Kristian Parker
‘We are now shifting our focus to places where there is political vision and will, such as the emerging economies of Brazil, India and China.’ The Oak Foundation is among the largest and most strategic …
Common interest – the key to investing in life-supporting assets
During most of the year on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico, the difference in air pressure between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific propels the wind through a narrow gap in the mountain …
Less than 100 per cent is not enough
‘Only when the last tree has died, and the last river been poisoned, and the last fish caught will we realize we cannot eat money.’ Cree Indian proverb My generation and those to come are …
Innovations in climate finance give hope for our future
Planetary resilience requires the rapid transformation of energy systems, which in turn requires investment at a scale not seen before in renewable and low-carbon infrastructure. We also need to dramatically improve our resource efficiency, which …
Interview – Gathuru Mburu
‘Failure to recognize the need for biodiversity in family farming in Africa is the cause of the food problems most African countries face today.’ In just a few decades, a green revolution radically increased global …
Creating the first generation of great marine parks
Wallace Stegner, the celebrated writer and historian of the American West, once remarked that national parks were the ‘best idea we ever had’, a sentiment shared by countless others. For almost 140 years, since the …
Cultivating a solution to climate change
When most people think about the causes of climate change, they imagine cars, smokestacks, factories spewing out all manner of greenhouse gases (GHGs). In fact, between a third and a quarter of global GHG emissions …
Forming new coalitions to build resilience
Structural deficiencies in the development landscape mean that private capital is not having the impact it could on boosting sustainable development. Some intermediation functions, not unlike those played by investment banks in commercial markets, are …