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That's why the WEF has launched the Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA), a global initiative to fund and grow new and existing public, private, and philanthropic partnerships to help unlock the $3 trillion needed each year to reach net zero, reverse nature loss, and restore biodiversity by 2050.
"Current funding is slow and inadequate, and a new approach is needed to get capital flowing," says Schwab.
"Philanthropic giving can address this, with unique qualities not found in other financing: it is nimble, more tolerant of risks, and is driven by values and long-term outcomes rather than quarterly returns."
The Giving to Amplify Earth Action has more than 45 partners, including BMW Foundation, Children's Investment Fund Foundation, Clean Air Fund, Climate Leadership Initiative, Eleven Eleven Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Growald Climate Fund, IKEA Foundation, Laudes Foundation, Noa's Ark Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and the Rockefeller...
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"No one country and no one organization can achieve this alone," says GEAPP Chief Communications Officer Kate Wills.
"This is why we are committed to forming an ever widening and diverse alliance...more
The University of Utah's Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy has narrowed its list of finalists for its $500,000 Climate Launch Prize to seven.
The goal of the prize, which is one of the...more
"Having a purposeful job actually does transform someone's life," says Edwin Walsh, who runs a social enterprise in Australia called Assembled Threads.
"You actually are moving someone from...more
Foundation: Citi Foundation
"To the youth, I urge you to be proactive, resilient, and persistent on your entrepreneurial journey," says the UN's resident representative in the Philippines.
"Make your voices heard, take up...more
Canada is putting its money where its mouth is, with a $2.5 million investment in five projects in India meant to help the country's poor, the Toronto Star reports.
"Many of these novel projects...more
Foundation: Hawaii Community Foundation
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The nonprofit Maui Adult Day Care Centers lost its West Maui Center in the Lahaina fire last August, but...more
"Africa faces significant healthcare challenges," says Mopelola Ajegbile, founder of Pishon Health.
"However, the continent is also brimming with talented innovators developing solutions...more
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Jennifer Shon, a junior at Portsmouth Abbey School, won the state...more
A Louisiana community college is adding a new concentration to its culinary arts degreeand it's all about health.
Sowela Technical Community College's new Culinary Medicine Concentration blends...more
Meticulon, a project of Autism Calgary Association in partnership with the federal government and the Sinneave Family Foundation, operates as a social enterprise that renders high-tech services provided by people with autism, leveraging their natural abilities at requiring attention to detail, repetition, and sequencing.