The next generation is redefining what climate leadership looks like. 🌍 Through the Youth Climate Action Fund, projects like @PlanetPatchDev in @CityofMadison are bringing youth insights into city-led climate efforts and building stronger, more engaged communities.

When local leaders have the right tools and support, they can deliver big for their communities. As the U.K. expands mayoral powers, our latest initiative will help them build strong teams and drive impact in their municipalities. Learn more: https://t.co/Xwl3sV44vr

Strong local leadership can transform communities and local economies. Our new partnership with @LSEnews and others will equip the U.K.’s metro mayors with the tools and support they need to turn their expanded powers into real results for residents.

From skincare sets to kids’ toys, plastics sneak into more holiday gifts than you might think. Here are easy tips on how to cut back and gift a little greener this season. 🎁✨

Polio has been nearly eradicated globally, with cases dropping over 99% since 1988 due to public health efforts. Along with other funders, we’re announcing new commitments to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to reach 370 million children annually with vaccines and

Cities can’t deliver bold results without the freedom to test bold ideas. When mayors can think big, test cheap, and learn fast, local solutions can scale into global breakthroughs. Aparna Ramanan, who leads our Mayors Challenge program, shares why cities must be empowered to

Meet the 2025 Kristof #HolidayImpactPrize honorees: @HelenKellerIntl, @VisionToLearn, and @MutualAidSudan. ✨ And for the first time ever, Bloomberg Philanthropies is matching all reader donations to @KristofImpact through January 31, 2026 — so your support can go even further

Marking 10 years since the Paris Agreement, the Local Climate Action Summit at the #COP30 @BloombergDotOrg Local Leaders Forum spotlighted how cities, states, and national governments are working together to turn climate ambition into results. In the spirit of @Cop30noBrasil's

BREAKING: Republic of Korea and Bahrain join the PPCA 🇰🇷🇧🇭 This is a historic step for the Republic of Korea, with the world's 7th largest coal fleet. Find out about the country's new coal phase-out commitment, made official for the first time today⏩  https://t.co/hXcHv7G1Jv

.@CityofPhoenixAZ's extreme heat meets creative solutions. ☀️⛱️ ¡Sombra!, part of our #PublicArtChallenge, installed artist-designed shade structures across the city. Full story via @TheArtNewspaper: https://t.co/UochkK0fse

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In 2021, we partnered with the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative to support women entrepreneurs in Africa. Following a skills-based individual plan, women entrepreneurs develop long-term strategies and models to ensure sustainable impact on their businesses and

In 2020, we partnered with @CARE to develop an agrifund, increasing women farmers’ capital and agricultural productivity through collective investments in Village Savings and Loan Associations. Building on the success of the program, the partnership was expanded to train 41,000

Since 2014, we’ve invested in the Nest Guild to strengthen the capacity of handworkers while expanding market access to this global workforce.

Since 2013, we’ve invested in the innovative training of coffee farmers and producers with @SustainableGro. Before training, women would pick cherries from the coffee tree that were not ripe. Once they learned the color of excellence was red, it was worn as a vest and a bracelet

Since 2008, we’ve worked with @WomenforWomen International, to train women in marketable skills so they can increase their incomes and support their families. With construction and supply vocational training programs, the women were trained to engage in building a six-classroom

In exciting news – more than one MILLION women have enrolled in training and education programs across our Women’s Economic Development Initiative since its inception in 2007. This has impacted 6.5 MILLION beneficiaries, proving that women are central to economic growth. Thank

Around the world, 50 city halls — finalists of our 2025 Mayors Challenge — are prototyping their boldest ideas for reimagining a core municipal service: testing, learning, and adapting their plans based on what works. In @Fukuokacity_pr, Mayor Soichiro Takashima is showing the

From cleaner air to sustainable public transport, local leaders are driving bold change 🌍 At the @Cop30noBrasil @BloombergDotOrg #COP30 Local Leaders Forum, we spoke with @MayorofLondon, @MayorGallego, Mayor @yakisawyerr, and other leaders from around the world about how