ClimateWorks Foundation

What are the cascading impacts when different global shocks materialize? Climate Cascade is a new fast-paced role-playing game co-created with our grantee Forum for the Future. Players step into the lives of citizens and decision-makers, navigating disruptions across food, energy, trade, and geopolitics. The goal isn't to solve different crises. It's to see, together, how various shocks may impact different communities, and where cooperation and new opportunities may emerge. The game brings our #HorizonScanning work to life. Scanning for signals of change — political, economic, technological, social — helps philanthropy anticipate shifts and act early. Climate Cascade turns that practice into something funders, strategists, and partners can experience directly, building shared fluency around the cascading risks shaping #ClimateAction. Download the game for free ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g9TV-NKj #Futures #ClimatePhilanthropy

Our partner Salar de Atacama Multi-Actor Roundtable Foundation is featured in the latest issue of Lithium Triangle South America News. The feature highlights their work in the broader regional context: Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile navigating the geopolitics of the Lithium Triangle and its role in the energy transition. The Mesa’s model of multi-stakeholder engagement — bringing together indigenous communities, mining companies, civil society, and government around shared water governance — represents a new paradigm we believe has real potential to scale. At ClimateWorks, we believe the energy transition can only succeed if transition minerals like lithium are sourced responsibly. Supporting models like the Mesa is central to our transition minerals initiative.

We're proud to support Salar de Atacama Multi-Actor Roundtable Foundation, a first-of-its-kind multi-stakeholder initiative in the Salar de Atacama — Chile's largest salt flat and home to the world's highest concentration of lithium. They bring together indigenous communities, mining companies, civil society, government, academia, and local tourism organizations around a shared priority: sustainable water governance in the basin. As Chile moves to expand its lithium mining industry — key to the global transition to clean energy — this kind of horizontal, trust-based governance is exactly the model the region needs. Watch the video to hear directly from the communities, companies, and organizations making it work. ⤵️

Where should the next philanthropic investment go for the greatest climate impact? It's the question funders frequently ask us, and answering it requires more than conviction. It requires insights and data from around the world. At ClimateWorks, we track global climate funding flows, model emissions pathways, and surface emerging trends and opportunities so philanthropy can move ambitiously and strategically. Our insights and data give funders an evidence base to drive strategy and create lasting impact. As the climate landscape grows more complex, ClimateWorks provides clarity for action. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gkYdGsRM #ClimateAction #ClimatePhilanthropy #ClimateData #ClimateStrategy

This #EarthDay, ClimateWorks team members Grace Zhang, Shawn Reifsteck, Justin Sylvester, and Jason Anderson share what gives them hope — from justice-centered solutions and a better future for the next generation, to resilience in crisis and human ingenuity. What gives you hope for people and the planet? Share below. ⤵️

Climate risk isn't a future concern — it's already reshaping the operating conditions for climate action today. Drought, extreme heat, and flooding are cascading across energy systems, food security, and geopolitics in ways philanthropy can no longer treat as edge cases. The bottom line: durable climate strategies require accounting for a world where shocks are the new normal. Read TMP's new report to learn more ⬇️

Wartime narratives about #FoodSecurity tend to focus on maintaining synthetic fertilizer supply at all costs. This piece from TABLE challenges that framing, highlighting how it can obscure deeper vulnerabilities in global #FoodSystems and limit more resilient, climate-aligned solutions. Patty Fong, ClimateWorks’ Food and Agriculture Program Director, spoke with author Jack Thompson and emphasizes that reframing the conversation is essential to building food systems that are both secure and sustainable. As geopolitical conflict continues to disrupt agricultural inputs and drive food price volatility, broadening the lens on food security is more important than ever. Read more: https://lnkd.in/guE79E3G #ClimateAction #Agriculture #ClimateWorks

Securing a climate-safe future requires many types of data. But with hundreds of open climate data platforms available — each covering different topics, geographies, and sectors — knowing where to start isn't always clear. That's why ClimateWorks and World Resources Institute created the Climate Data Platforms Explorer — a map of 100+ open climate data platforms, filterable by topic and geographic level — to help users find the most relevant data for their work.  In curating this dataset, we identified several notable patterns: 📊 Most platforms focus on mitigation, energy, and country-level data — with significant gaps in equity, policy, adaptation, and resilience. 🔁 There's a lot of overlap between platforms. Incorporating datasets into existing tools is often more effective than building new ones from scratch. ⚠️ Many platforms are well-built but no longer maintained — undermining their long-term value. A more connected, accessible, and well-maintained climate data ecosystem is essential to driving lasting climate solutions. Try the Climate Data Platforms Explorer today and submit data to help make it more complete: https://lnkd.in/gP75T-FH

This powerful video from our partner, the Consortium for Agroecological Transformations (CAT), highlights the voices of farmers and practitioners working to scale #agroecology across India. Their experiences make clear that climate solutions in #FoodSystems must be farmer-led, locally rooted, and supported by the right enabling conditions. ⤵️