The Rockefeller Foundation Announces First Big Bets Climate Fellows

"The Climate Fellows embodies the big bet mindset: Large-scale change is possible and the commitment to making that change happen," saidDr. Rajiv J. Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation.

Create a strategy to mobilize women in local climate policy.

Develop a community-based landslide using climate risk data.

Ensure renewable energy transitions in LAC prioritize indigenous perspectives.

Promote indigenous leadership in climate governance through national and indigenous agreements.

Implement guidelines to fireproof the Amazon and prevent tipping point burns.

Expand an agroecology structure to support regenerative agriculture for underserved farmers.

Create a climate-driven budget forecasting system for vector-borne diseases.

Prevent deforestation by transforming data into actionable insights for enforcement.

Scale social technologies to secure water and land right.

Boost carbon sequestration and empower coastal communities through sargassum harvesting.

Convert 57 million hectares of public land into protected indigenous territories.

Promote regenerative agriculture among smallholders for sustainable food systems.

Create the largest Biodiverse Edible Forest to protect nature and enhance local economies.

Scale regenerative agriculture by securing carbon and biodiversity credit buyers.

Build a Great Amazon Reef biodiversity map to develop a marine bioeconomy framework.

Increase financing for conservation by changing the accounting paradigm for natural assets.

From June to November 2024 fellows will unite in Brazil; at The Bellagio Center in Italy; and at The Rockefeller Foundation headquarters during Climate Week supported by a custom curriculum designed by IDEO, known for its work on The Earthshot Prize.

"Fellows are making big bets to reverse the climate crisis," said Sarah Geisenheimer, Vice President Convenings & Networks at The Rockefeller Foundation. "We are honored to support them in advancing their local solutions."

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