Five Cities Recognized for Public Health Achievements at Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit
March 15, 2023
During the inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in London, five global cities were recognized for their achievements in preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries.
Read moreBeyond Petrochemicals Releases New Data Showing Petrochemical Disasters Like East Palestine, Ohio Can Happen Anywhere
March 10, 2023
In the wake of Congress’ first hearing on the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Beyond Petrochemicals campaign released new data showing similar disasters are happening all over the United States.
Read moreUN Special Envoy Michael R. Bloomberg and COP28 Presidency Announce Partnership to Tackle Climate Change Ahead of 2023 UN Climate Change Conference
March 9, 2023
Michael R. Bloomberg, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions and founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies, joined COP28 UAE President-Designate Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber to announce a new partnership to bolster meaningful climate action from cities, businesses, financial institutions, and civil society at and ahead of the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28).
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies and Arcadia Deepen Commitment to Help Achieve Global ‘30×30’ Ocean Protection Target
March 3, 2023
At the 2023 Our Ocean Conference, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Arcadia announced a new $51 million joint effort to expand and improve marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures to help reach the global ‘30×30’ ocean protection target.
Read moreLeading Philanthropies Pledge $5 Million to Support Developing Countries in Adopting an Ambitious High Seas Treaty
March 1, 2023
At the 2023 Our Ocean Conference, private donors committed a collective $5 million to rapidly support developing nations in joining an ambitious new global treaty to protect the high seas.
Read moreAs Students Continue to Suffer COVID-Related Learning Loss Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Comprehensive Summer Learning Program to Help Thousands of Kids
February 24, 2023
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that due to impressive results in New York City in summer 2022, they will once again run Summer Boost, its summer learning program for rising first through ninth grade public charter school students, in NYC during the summer of 2023. Bloomberg Philanthropies also announced that given a greater need, they will expand Summer Boost to seven additional cities: Baltimore, MD; Birmingham, AL; Indianapolis, IN; Memphis, TN; Nashville, TN; San Antonio, TX; and Washington, D.C.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies Commits Additional $420 Million to Reduce Tobacco Use Globally
February 2, 2023
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced an additional commitment of $420 million over four years to the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use. This fourth investment brings Bloomberg’s total commitment to tobacco control to more than $1.58 billion since 2005. The Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use is helping cities and countries implement measures that are proven to reduce use and protect people from harm, including smoke-free public places, banning tobacco advertising, increasing tax on tobacco products, requiring graphic warnings on cigarette packaging, and mass-media public awareness campaigns.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies, CUNY Chancellor Matos Rodríguez and Schools Chancellor Banks Launch College and Career Peer Advising Program to Benefit Thousands of New York City High School Students
February 1, 2023
The City University of New York and NYC Public Schools announced the launch of the CUNY College & Career Advising Fellows, a program to support New York City Public School students as they graduate high school and navigate the college and career planning process.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies and Matriculate Expand Partnership to Provide High-Achieving, Lower-Income, First-Generation Students with Free One-On-One Virtual College Advising
January 30, 2023
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Matriculate announced an expansion of their partnership to provide free, personal “near-peer” college advising to high-achieving students from lower-income families through Bloomberg Philanthropies’ CollegePoint initiative.
Read moreNew Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative Will Help Unleash 1.2 Terawatts of Renewable Energy, Create up to 14 Million Jobs, and Increase GDP by Over Six Percent by 2050
January 17, 2023
Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), the African Climate Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, ClimateWorks Foundation, and the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA) launched the Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative (AREMI) to drive investment and mobilize action in African countries to scale up renewable energy manufacturing capabilities.
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