16 Leaders from LAC Selected to Advance
Climate Solutions
NEW
YORK, June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Rockefeller Foundation announces first cohort of Big Bets
Climate Fellows. Leaders from Brazil, Colombia, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador,
Panama, and Puerto Rico were selected to advance climate
solutions. As part of the Rockefeller Foundation's
billion-dollar climate strategy, the program will provide
programming, networking, and professional development opportunities
to help scale their climate solutions.
"The Climate Fellows embodies the big bet mindset: Large-scale
change is possible and the commitment to making that change
happen," said Dr. Rajiv J.
Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation.
- Xiomara Acevedo, Colombia
Create a strategy to mobilize women in local climate policy.
Develop a community-based landslide using climate risk data.
Ensure renewable energy transitions in LAC prioritize indigenous
perspectives.
- Luisa Fernanda Bacca
Benavides, Colombia
Promote indigenous leadership in climate governance through
national and indigenous agreements.
Implement guidelines to fireproof the Amazon and prevent tipping
point burns.
- Mariolga Reyes Cruz,
Puerto Rico
Expand an agroecology structure to support regenerative
agriculture for underserved farmers.
Create a climate-driven budget forecasting system for
vector-borne diseases.
- Reinhold Gallmetzer, Brazil
Prevent deforestation by transforming data into actionable
insights for enforcement.
Scale social technologies to secure water and land right.
- Elena Martinez, Dominican Republic
Boost carbon sequestration and empower coastal communities
through sargassum harvesting.
Convert 57 million hectares of public land into protected
indigenous territories.
Promote regenerative agriculture among smallholders for
sustainable food systems.
Create the largest Biodiverse Edible Forest to protect nature
and enhance local economies.
Scale regenerative agriculture by securing carbon and
biodiversity credit buyers.
Build a Great Amazon Reef biodiversity map to develop a marine
bioeconomy framework.
Increase financing for conservation by changing the accounting
paradigm for natural assets.
From June to November 2024 fellows
will unite in Brazil; at
The Bellagio Center in Italy;
and at The Rockefeller Foundation headquarters during Climate Week
supported by a custom curriculum designed by IDEO, known for its
work on The Earthshot Prize.
"Fellows are making big bets to reverse the climate crisis,"
said Sarah Geisenheimer,
Vice President Convenings & Networks at The Rockefeller
Foundation. "We are honored to support them in advancing their
local solutions."
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