Just before world leaders met for COP28, the Biden-Harris Administration hosted the first-ever White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities. A national framework for investing in climate resilience was released, and The Kresge Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Walton Family Foundation made an unprecedented commitment to building more resilient communities, centering those most adversely impacted by climate change.
I recently had the great pleasure of leading a conversation between two of those signatories: Nancy Lindborg, President & CEO of the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, and Rip Rapson, President & CEO of The Kresge Foundation. We want to urge foundations and values-driven investors to integrate a climate resilience lens in giving and investment strategies.
In the recording below, Nancy and Rip speak powerfully about why the time is now to invest in climate resilience and adaptation. They share important perspectives about what values-driven investors can do to effectively channel capital toward climate resilience and adaptation. Below the video, we have included three Confluence member perspectives from COP 28 - Dubai. They reflect the diverse but unified voices of an international grantmaker, an Indigenous grantmaker, and a corporate foundation.
In this moment of urgency, I hope that these insights inspire and guide you as your institution seeks to use all the tools at its disposal to address the mounting global climate crisis with consideration to the most vulnerable populations and places.
