Latin American Stories, from Latin American Filmmakers: Solutions Inside Out, Season Two
What happens when skilled visual storytellers and inspiring nonprofits from the same regions come together to document positive change in their communities? As an ongoing collaboration between the Video Consortium and…
With New Federal Ambition on Climate, States Are Key to Reach Our Goals
State leaders have proven to be some of our nation’s greatest champions for confronting the climate crisis in recent years, passing strong laws and policies to address some of the…
States Charge Ahead on Climate Action
States leading the fight on the climate crisis in the U.S. are ratcheting up their ambition. Governors across the country are rolling out sweeping new plans to slash greenhouse gas…
Prescription for a Healthy Planet
Every year, human civilization churns out ever more dangerous quantities of greenhouse gases. Every day we see and feel the increasing effects of a growing climate crisis that impacts people’s…
States Step Up to the Climate Challenge With Innovation and Ambition
The results of the 2018 midterm elections made it clear that American voters are ready for climate action. Across the country, we saw victories for many candidates who support bold…
As 2018 Elections Approach, States and Business Must Drive Climate-Smart Policy
With the 2018 elections right around the corner, states and business continue to lead the move toward clean energy and clean transportation solutions to accelerate a low-carbon economy. Recent legislative…
Health Care in the House at the Global Climate Action Summit
September 2018. It’s been a momentous month. A massive hurricane stormed across the Atlantic Ocean. A super typhoon simultaneously traversed the Pacific. Both wreaked havoc—displacing more than a million people…
Moving Clean Energy Policy One State at a Time
More than half the U.S. states have policies that require utilities to power their grid with a certain amount of renewable energy and for that amount to increase over time.…
Supply Chain Transparency and Climate Mitigation in China
China, the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, is experiencing massive health costs due to pollution, with some 1.6 million premature deaths attributed to air pollution annually. China is also leading…
Climate Solutions Investment Beyond Core Grantmaking
The Skoll Foundation is deeply committed to broad action against climate change, action that exceeds our core grantmaking through the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. The innovations and global consensus…
Our Commitment to Urgent Climate Action
From water resource management and food production, to disease and conflict: climate change exacerbates underlying vulnerabilities. As the severity of these impacts increase over the coming decades, poor communities in…
Al Gore: Turtle on a Fence Post | Climate Reality Project
Al Gore recently stopped by the offices of Skoll and we had the opportunity to hear his take on the fight against climate change in the wake of the U.S.…
8 Things I Learned at the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training
Last week I joined Al Gore's team in Seattle for their 35th Climate Reality Leadership Corps training. The community is an international one, including strong representation from India, Europe, and sub-Saharan…
We Are Still In: States, Cities, and Businesses Renew Clean Energy Commitments in Wake of Paris Withdrawal
With President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, it’s become even more clear how critical the leadership of investors and companies are in tackling climate change and pushing for clean…
Survey of Social Entrepreneurship Community Reveals Emerging Trends
Last summer, the Skoll Foundation surveyed our Board, partners, and Awardees about trends and issues influencing the work of social entrepreneurs and other change agents. As a curator of the…
“The Progress We Are Making is Undeniable”: A Conversation With Venture Capitalist Nancy Pfund
Ceres’ Clean Trillion campaign aims to increase clean energy investments globally by $1 trillion a year, in order to minimize the damaging impact of climate change. Part of that campaign…
