our mission
Bold climate action demands bold investment. We mobilize robust philanthropic resources to support visionary leaders around the world in pursuing endeavors that swiftly and justly close the gap between the world today and a sustainable future.
climate Breakthrough Award
The Climate Breakthrough Award is the largest environmental grant for individuals to create and scale transformative climate action.
MEET THE 2023 CLIMATE BREAKTHROUGH AWARDEES: Gita Syahrani of Indonesia (left) and Jane Fleming Kleeb of the United States (right) are the 2023 Climate Breakthrough Awardees. They join a distinguished group of extraordinary leaders who are working to reduce global annual emissions by hundreds of millions of tons, affect entire industries or regions of the world, and materially change the lives of millions of people.
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EXPANDING OUR COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE PHILANTHROPY
Executive Director Savanna Ferguson shares Climate Breakthrough’s ambitious plans for this decade on expanding our commitment to climate philanthropy.
BUILDING A CLIMATE ROADMAP FOR AFRICA
African countries are deeply vulnerable to climate change, and their economic strategies may no longer be viable. But investment in clean energy and other technologies that could underpin green economic growth on the continent has been very modest.
Climate Breakthrough In Inside Philanthropy
Climate Breakthrough offers one framework for how institutional philanthropic operations can be comfortable making bigger commitments to the bold ideas of brilliant individuals.