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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Receives $25 Million to Accelerate Search for Ocean-based Climate Solutions

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火曜日, 1月 30, 2024
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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) announced today a $25 million gift to support ocean-based climate solutions from the chair of the Institution’s board of trustees, Paul Salem.

Key Points: 
  • The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) announced today a $25 million gift to support ocean-based climate solutions from the chair of the Institution’s board of trustees, Paul Salem.
  • The gift comes as humanity closes out the warmest year on record and faces the possibility of rapid, unregulated efforts to mitigate climate change.
  • Recent funding announcements signal a long overdue shift in attention into the role of the ocean in addressing climate change.
  • “I am very pleased that my commitment will accelerate efforts by WHOI to improve humanity’s vital understanding of the ocean,” said Salem.

New Research Shows Academic Recovery Has Started; Action Needed Before Federal Spending Deadline to Ensure Remaining Gaps are Closed

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水曜日, 1月 31, 2024
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- After reporting on pandemic achievement losses last year, the Education Recovery Scorecard (a collaboration between the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University and The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University) is issuing a report on the first year of academic recovery for school districts in 30 states.      

Key Points: 
  • Even if they maintain last year's pace, students will not be caught up by the time federal relief expires in September.
  • Moreover, the recovery efforts are not closing the gaps between high- and low-poverty districts which widened during the pandemic.
  • To the extent that states and districts have remaining funds, they should focus those dollars on academic recovery this summer and next school year.
  • States need to take leadership and ensure that every last dollar of the remaining federal relief is spent on academic recovery efforts, like summer school, high-quality tutoring, and after-school instruction next year."

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ballad Health, local schools launch region-wide, healthcare-focused Ballad Health Academy High School to address national labor shortages and create economic opportunity for next generation

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木曜日, 1月 18, 2024
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Graduating students will have the opportunity to move directly into high-demand healthcare jobs with family-sustaining wages upon graduation from high school.

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  • Graduating students will have the opportunity to move directly into high-demand healthcare jobs with family-sustaining wages upon graduation from high school.
  • This program helps children advance in high school to enroll in Certified Nursing Assistant Courses through local CTE schools.
  • Additionally, Ballad Health is the clinical learning partner for the soon-to-be-opened lab school in Marion, Virginia, a regional alternative school created by Virginia Gov.
  • “Ballad Health Academy will provide students with accelerated pathways to healthcare careers and help solve an industry-wide labor shortage.

Memorial Hermann Health System, Aldine ISD Launch Innovative Health Care-Focused High School to Address Local Health Care Workforce Shortages with Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies

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水曜日, 1月 17, 2024
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HOUSTON, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Memorial Hermann Health System and Aldine ISD announced today an unprecedented partnership to design a career-technical education (CTE) high school that will help prepare students for well-paying careers in health care and address local education and health care talent needs.

Key Points: 
  • The Health Education and Learning High School, or HEAL High School, will share a campus with Nimitz High School and will fully integrate health care career knowledge and job-training with a high-quality, well-rounded high school experience for students in the Houston area, graduating students directly into high-demand health care jobs with family-sustaining wages.
  • Supported by an initial $31 million investment from Bloomberg Philanthropies to Memorial Hermann Foundation, Memorial Hermann and Aldine ISD will co-develop HEAL's curriculum, which will offer robust academic programming, specialized health care classes, work-based learning, and the opportunity to earn industry-valued credentials and certifications along with traditional high school learning and diplomas.
  • This initiative will also offer students an opportunity to gain direct work experience and access to rewarding jobs within Memorial Hermann immediately following graduation.
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies' investment will support school start-up costs including personnel needs, classroom and lab renovations, and other work-based learning requirements.

New research harnesses AI and satellite imagery to reveal the expanding footprint of human activity at sea

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水曜日, 1月 3, 2024
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More than 25 percent of transport and energy vessel activity are also missing from public tracking systems.

Key Points: 
  • More than 25 percent of transport and energy vessel activity are also missing from public tracking systems.
  • Using machine learning, they then concluded which of those vessels were likely engaged in fishing activity.
  • Global Fishing Watch is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing ocean governance through increased transparency of human activity at sea.
  • We believe human activity at sea should be public knowledge in order to safeguard the global ocean for the common good of all.

The Global Carbon Market Utility Engages EY to Build Infrastructure to Scale Voluntary Carbon Market

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月曜日, 12月 4, 2023
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DUBAI, UAE, Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at COP28, the Global Carbon Market Utility (GCMU) announced the launch of the design process for the accounting ledgers which will underpin GCMU carbon transactions.

Key Points: 
  • DUBAI, UAE, Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at COP28, the Global Carbon Market Utility (GCMU) announced the launch of the design process for the accounting ledgers which will underpin GCMU carbon transactions.
  • This market infrastructure will be essential for the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) to achieve its forecasted volume and scale within the next decade.
  • This initiative was launched to establish market infrastructure to increase quality and transparency while bringing scale to the current carbon market.
  • To continue the work on developing ledgers and operationalizing the initiative, Global Carbon Market Utility welcomes the expertise of and looks forward to engaging with a wide variety of institutions and organizations.

Climate Philanthropies Announce $450 Million to Deepen Investment in Super Climate Pollutants

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土曜日, 12月 2, 2023
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at COP28, leading climate philanthropies announced an investment of $450 million in 2023 and over the next three years to help catalyze a faster phase-down of non-CO2 super climate pollutants. The new commitment designates the majority of the funding to methane abatement and the remaining funds will support the phase-out of fluorinated gases, nitrous oxide, black carbon and ground-level ozone. Super climate pollutants contribute to over half of global climate change1, and cutting these, when paired with necessary, ambitious decarbonization efforts, can help reduce near-term warming four times faster than focusing on decarbonization alone.

Key Points: 
  • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at COP28, leading climate philanthropies announced an investment of $450 million in 2023 and over the next three years to help catalyze a faster phase-down of non-CO2 super climate pollutants.
  • Super climate pollutants contribute to over half of global climate change1, and cutting these, when paired with necessary, ambitious decarbonization efforts, can help reduce near-term warming four times faster than focusing on decarbonization alone.
  • It will assist countries in expediting national actions and help catalyze ambitious economy-wide NDCs that incorporate all climate pollutants.
  • "It also requires cutting super climate pollutants like methane as quickly as possible, something that will only happen through a combination of significant investment, technical assistance and robust regulation."

Climate Philanthropies Announce $450 Million to Deepen Investment in Super Climate Pollutants

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土曜日, 12月 2, 2023
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at COP28, leading climate philanthropies announced an investment of $450 million in 2023 and over the next three years to help catalyze a faster phase-down of non-CO2 super climate pollutants. The new commitment designates the majority of the funding to methane abatement and the remaining funds will support the phase-out of fluorinated gases, nitrous oxide, black carbon and ground-level ozone. Super climate pollutants contribute to over half of global climate change1, and cutting these, when paired with necessary, ambitious decarbonization efforts, can help reduce near-term warming four times faster than focusing on decarbonization alone.

Key Points: 
  • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at COP28, leading climate philanthropies announced an investment of $450 million in 2023 and over the next three years to help catalyze a faster phase-down of non-CO2 super climate pollutants.
  • Super climate pollutants contribute to over half of global climate change1, and cutting these, when paired with necessary, ambitious decarbonization efforts, can help reduce near-term warming four times faster than focusing on decarbonization alone.
  • It will assist countries in expediting national actions and help catalyze ambitious economy-wide NDCs that incorporate all climate pollutants.
  • "It also requires cutting super climate pollutants like methane as quickly as possible, something that will only happen through a combination of significant investment, technical assistance and robust regulation."

College Access and Success Nonprofit Taps Veteran Technology Executive to Enhance Data and Technology Infrastructure

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月曜日, 11月 6, 2023
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PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- College Possible, the pioneering national nonprofit on a mission to boost equitable college access and success by connecting high school and college students from low-income backgrounds with near-peer coaches, today announced the appointment of Ali Ayub as senior vice president of finance, technology, and data. Ayub brings two and a half decades of experience working at the intersection of information technology, education, banking and venture capital, including time serving as the chief digital officer of the International Baccalaureate.

Key Points: 
  • We want to marry the best of high-tech and high-touch to achieve a greater impact for students," said Dr. Siva Kumari , CEO of College Possible .
  • There is a growing body of research that shows that data-driven student success models are the key to driving positive student outcomes.
  • "I'm honored to be joining a team that's dedicated to serving students in a way that meets them where they are," said Ayub.
  • His diversified industry experience also includes time in information technology leadership roles in the financial services and venture capital sector with Mr. Cooper and Alliance Data.

OceanX Hires Nonprofit Consultant Nicole Kidston Thomson to Lead Partner Engagement

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水曜日, 10月 11, 2023
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NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global ocean exploration nonprofit OceanX announced today that seasoned nonprofit strategy consultant Nicole Kidston Thomson has joined the organization in the newly created role of vice president of partnerships. As the lead of the partnerships pillar at OceanX, Thomson will work to further establish OceanX as a collaborator and partner with governments, corporations, academia, philanthropists, and funds around the globe to advance science, media, and education objectives in support of the ocean.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global ocean exploration nonprofit OceanX announced today that seasoned nonprofit strategy consultant Nicole Kidston Thomson has joined the organization in the newly created role of vice president of partnerships.
  • As the lead of the partnerships pillar at OceanX, Thomson will work to further establish OceanX as a collaborator and partner with governments, corporations, academia, philanthropists, and funds around the globe to advance science, media, and education objectives in support of the ocean.
  • Thomson comes to OceanX after an 18-year career in nonprofit fundraising and strategy.
  • "I'm incredibly honored to join the OceanX team to build synergistic partnerships across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors," said Nicole.