Stephen Sondheim won every artistic prize ever invented, and for good reason.

The extraordinary public artwork that Paris hosted this fall – “L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped,” by Christo and Jeanne-Claude – generated a great deal of discussion. It also brought substantial economic benefits to the people of Paris.

The global transition to clean energy and green infrastructure will require vast amounts of capital. Private-sector leaders stand ready to act.

At the UN climate change conference, COP26, national governments are presenting their latest plans for meeting the global targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. But it’s critical to remember that it’s not just large nations that will determine whether we succeed in tackling the climate crisis effectively. Not only is the problem too big, but many of the solutions lie in the hands of other actors, from states and cities to businesses and other civic organizations.

at the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, the Biden-Harris Administration and American non-federal leaders came together to celebrate the re-engagement of the U.S. federal government in the global climate effort and show the collective momentum across sectors for ambitious climate action.

As heads of state gather in Glasgow, Scotland for a climate summit, much of the news will focus on nations setting carbon-reduction goals for decades down the road — long after those making the promises will be out of office. Setting ambitious long-term goals is good, but not good enough. Because more important than any promise countries make about 2050 is what they do between now and 2030. And what’s most important is what they do over the next few years about the biggest problem of all: coal.

At COP26, Michael R. Bloomberg, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions and Founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies, announced a new effort to move the world beyond coal power as fast as possible.

As the world has been battling the deadly COVID-19 virus, another pandemic has continued to leave its own trail of devastation: road crashes. Although we know what the policies and practices are to prevent them, neither governments nor society have done enough to deal with this problem definitively. Every year 1.3 million people lose their lives in road crashes and tens of millions are injured. The vast majority of victims are in low- and middle-income countries and, tragically, the most affected are young people.

A new $43 million investment will help cities develop creative solutions and deliver better results for residents while advancing the field of public sector innovation.

Bloomberg Philanthropies and the International Solar Alliance (ISA) today announced a partnership to mobilize $1 trillion in global investments for solar energy across ISA’s member countries.