United Nations Foundation
For The California Global Climate Summit And The US Climate Alliance
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Amount$1,500,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/28/2017
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Overview
The United Nations Foundation is the fiscal sponsor for two important projects: the Global Climate Action Summit, hosted by the State of California, and the U.S. Climate Alliance. In September 2018, the Summit will convene governors, mayors, CEOs, and other sub-national climate champions from around the globe to support and implement the Paris Agreement. The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan coalition of 15 U.S. states committed to upholding the emissions reduction goals of the Paris Agreement and demonstrating leadership on climate change. The Alliance member states collectively represent more than 36 percent of the US population, over $7.6 trillion in GDP, and nearly 20 percent of U.S. emissions.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
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Grants to this Grantee
for strengthening and enhancing climate diplomacy
The United Nations Foundation is a charitable organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., that supports the United Nations and its activities. This grant will enable the foundation to support the U.N. in addressing climate change and delivering its ambitious climate agenda, building bridges between the United States — at the federal and state levels — and the U.N. around key international diplomatic events. Through strategic convenings and coordination across different constituencies, the foundation will encourage climate ambition from countries, support the U.N.’s activities to responsibly develop critical minerals, and bolster U.N. efforts to enhance early warnings for climate-related disasters. (Substrategy: Multilateral)
for the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
The United Nations Foundation serves as the institutional host of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, which brings together government, private-sector, civil society, and international institutions to harness new and traditional sources of data to better understand and address development challenges. This grant supplements our ongoing core support for the implementation of the partnership’s strategic plan, which seeks to solve three major problems: (a) how to harness up-to-date data to ensure decisions are informed by current and changing contexts; (b) how to safely include and represent all people in data and the data value chain; and (c) how to govern data fairly and safely. It will also support the partnership’s expansion into related, but newer areas — including artificial intelligence, a more comprehensive approach to capacity building, and a deepening of the country partnership model through its Power of Data initiative. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for the U.S. Climate Alliance
The U.S. Climate Alliance, a project of the U.N. Foundation, works with a network of 24 states to secure America’s net-zero future by advancing state-led, high-impact climate action. The alliance helps states design bold climate solutions and deliver on the promise of historic federal investments. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)
