Moving Climate Philanthropy in India Forward

The India Climate Collaborative, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, is hosting a Breakfast Briefing on Moving Climate Philanthropy in India Forward: Opportunities for Sub-National Action, on the sidelines of Climate Week New York. The event will take place at The Rockefeller Foundation Global Headquarters on Monday, September 23rd, from 7:30 am to 9:30 am EDT.   The briefing will cover three main things – the need for sub-national climate action in India and the existing gaps, how funders are thinking about their approaches, and how our implementing partners are solving for this.

Session highlights: 

Introductory remarks by: 

Elizabeth Yee, Executive Vice President of Programs at The Rockefeller Foundation  

Context setting on sub-national action by:  

Shloka Nath, CEO, India Climate Collaborative (ICC)

Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO of the World Resources Institute (WRI)  

Arunabha Ghosh, CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

Perspectives from Indian and International philanthropy, featuring:  

Mirik Gogri, Head of Corporate Strategy at Aarti Industries and Principal at Spectrum Impact  

Sahba Chauhan, Program Manager at IKEA Foundation  

Deepali Khanna, Vice President at The Rockefeller Foundation  

Solutions in action:  

Naghma Mulla, CEO of EdelGive Foundation on the GROW4Climate Fund  

Rwitwika Bhattacharya, CEO of Swaniti Initiative 

Closing remarks by: 

Siddarthan Balasubramania, Principal Strategist, ClimateWorks Foundation