Environment and Climate Change

After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what it is that former Deputy Water Management Commissioner Aaron Koch would be doing in the newly created job.

The resilience strategy is a new approach to city planning spearheaded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Michael Berkowitz, who heads up the 100 Resilient Cities Project, said there are opportunities to leverage dollars spent on climate action plans to...

Climate Central, a Palmer Square-based nonprofit group devoted to studying climate change, has joined several other scientific groups in a study that seeks to understand why many members of the public reject the findings of the scientific community...

The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that Loren S. Harris, a philanthropic leader with more than 20 years experience challenging structural barriers to equality and creating economic opportunity and social inclusion, will join the Foundation as...