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At this November’s COP 30, the RBF and more than 35 government and philanthropic funders announced the $1.8 billion Forest and Land Tenure Pledge.

After a comprehensive review of grantmaking from 2017 through 2024, program staff determined that the current Sustainable Development goal and strategies should remain unchanged.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund celebrates the tenth anniversary of our decision to divest from fossil fuels, announced September 22, 2014, on the eve of the historic People’s Climate March in New York.

Finance is uniquely positioned to save the planet, but the sector has already financed 1.5֯ C of warming, warns Michael Northrop, the RBF's Sustainable Development program director.

Brett KenCairn, founding director of the Urban Drawdown Initiative, discusses composting, scaling up cities’ tree cover, and centering regenerative, equity-based urban agriculture.

A new anthology tells the stories of impact investors and entrepreneurs, climate litigants, frontline defenders, and environmental advocates and activists who have opened pathways to a more sustainable development path.

The RBF committed an additional $9 million to support 11 long-term partners and new organizations, coalitions, and initiatives.

It’s time to support these young people as they wake up their elders. It may be the only thing that saves us. See you in the streets. I’ll be there, marching beside my daughter.

The RBF tracks its annual electric and transportation energy use and counteracts the calculated total greenhouse gas emissions through carbon offsets.

Reflections on the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance Annual Meeting in Helsinki.