Today, Mike Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, submitted an unprecedented statement of unity from hundreds of U.S. mayors, governors, state attorneys general, CEOs and others to achieve and eventually exceed America’s commitment to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. In a letter to addressed jointly to UN Secretary […]

Statement by Michael R. Bloomberg following his meeting with Emmanuel Macron, President of France, and Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris to discuss the United States’ commitment to the Paris Agreement. It’s always great to be in Paris, and I want to thank President Macron and Mayor Hidalgo for welcoming me here today. I had the […]

Americans are not walking away from the Paris Climate Agreement. Just the opposite – we are forging ahead. Mayors, governors, and business leaders from both political parties are signing onto to a statement of support that we will submit to the UN – and together, we will reach the emission reduction goals the U.S. made […]

For the first time in human history, more people around the world are dying from noncommunicable diseases, like heart disease and cancer, than communicable ones, like malaria and polio. This change occurred in higher-income countries at some point in the middle of the last century. In lower-income countries, this shift is just a few years […]

In 2016, I visited Spartanburg, South Carolina, a textile town in the American South. Spartanburg is steeped in tradition and rich with history; this past year, it also became a home for innovative and community-based public art. By installing digital screens with poetry along hiking trails, shining brilliant lights on the façades of historic smokestacks, […]

Daniel L. Doctoroff, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Alex Poots, Founding Artistic Director and CEO of New York’s new center for artistic invention, The Shed, today announced an extraordinary lead gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies of $75 million toward the capital campaign for the new institution. Currently under construction on Manhattan’s west side, where […]

Statement of Michael R. Bloomberg, World Health Organization Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases, on the election of new WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Congratulations to Dr. Tedros on his election today as the next Director-General of the World Health Organization, which has been an important partner for Bloomberg Philanthropies for more than a decade. He […]

On May 19, 2017, Michael R. Bloomberg received an honorary degree and served as Commencement Speaker at the 2017 Villanova University Commencement Ceremony. These are his remarks as delivered. Thank you, and good afternoon everyone. Father Peter and Provost Maggitti, thank you for this honor – and Beth, thank you for that overdone but greatly […]

This evening, the Sierra Club – the nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization – celebrated its 125th Anniversary at the Trail Blazers Ball in San Francisco with honorees Shailene Woodley and Michael R. Bloomberg. The Sierra Club’s 125th Anniversary Trail Blazers Ball was held at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. […]

UPDATE (June 1, 2017): Alongside the Forum, Bloomberg is establishing the Bloomberg Global Business Council, a select group of 10-20 global business leaders committed to high-impact business leadership. These CEOs are selected as a result of their legacy of leadership, their vision for a better world, and their principled interest in the important role that […]