Pivotal Place: Southern China
Southern China’s rapid development has been accompanied by profound challenges including environmental degradation and growing disparities between rich and poor, urban and rural which, if not addressed, threaten the sustainability of development in the region, the country, and the world. The Chinese government and people have been responding vigorously to these complex challenges. The RBF’s grantmaking seeks to assist these efforts.
Although the ability to accumulate private wealth in China has only been possible in the past three decades, philanthropy is growing fast. The RBF's Southern China program team discusses the often complex issues around effective philanthropy and how exchanges with U.S. counterparts can help.
RBF grantees Center for Climate Strategies and Global Environmental Insitute have been selected as one of six teams to participate in the U.S. Department of State and Chinese National Development and Reform Commission's EcoPartnerships program. The EcoPartnerships program was established to facilitate collaboration among Chinese and U.S. governments and organizations working toward advancing solutions to environmental issues.
Earth’s future depends on the United States and China acting to curb greenhouse gas emissions. These two countries together account for over 40 percent of global emissions. Yet, both countries remain reluctant to commit to binding climate action, and attempts to find agreement between them veer between useful cooperation on clean energy technology and finger pointing in global climate talks.
How can small communities make tangible contributions to one nation's ambitious climate change goals? This fall, over 250 students and teachers are spearheading energy reduction and greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts in Nanmen village, Doumen, Southern China.
$200,000 for 2 years
For its Rural Development Institute's second phase of the rural household biogas utilization project.
$100,000 for 1 year
For its project to enhance the capacity of provincial and local leaders in the implementation of energy and climate policies.
$50,000 for 1 year
For its provincial energy efficiency knowledge sharing and training project.
$80,000 for 1 year
For its Environmental Nongovernmental Organization Capacity-Building program.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has released a special edition of their China Environment Series. This 11th issue focuses on major energy trends in China and examines the energy and climate relations between the United States and China.
The RBF Annual Review is an online publication of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. As a reflection of our commitment to accountability, transparency, and sustainability, it was created in 2010 to replace the printed versions of the annual and statistical reviews of the Fund. It provides readers with annual highlights of the Fund’s programs, grantmaking, and finances.
Hundreds of students, their families, teachers, and neighbors from Nanmen Primary School in Doumen, Guangdong Province, attended an educational workshop on community-based energy efficiency and sustainable development on November 13, 2009.