The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the launch of a broad initiative—the Climate and Health Funders Coalition—committing $300 million to solutions for climate issues that severely impact public health.

The collaborative includes Bloomberg Philanthropies, Philanthropy Asia Alliance, Wellcome Trust, Children’s Investment Fund, Gates, IKEA, Quadrature Climate, and the Rockefeller foundations. Its immediate funding focus aims to accelerate solutions, innovations, policies, and research on extreme heat, air pollution, and climate-sensitive infectious diseases. The funds will also help strengthen the integration of climate and health data to support resilient health systems. The coalition will align its actions with the implementation of the Belém Health Action Plan—a framework introduced at COP30, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, that centers human health and equity in solutions for climate action.

“The warnings from scientists on climate change have become reality. And, it is clear that not all people are affected equally,” said Wellcome Trust CEO John-Arne Røttingen. “The impacts of rising temperatures hit the most vulnerable people hardest—children, pregnant people, older people, outdoor workers, and those communities with the least resources to respond. Every country in the world is now affected by climate change, and we need to develop and implement solutions fast to save lives and livelihoods.”

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