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Five Takeaways from COP30: A Q&A with Winrock Ecosystem Services Director Julie Nash
January 28, 2026
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Julie Nash, Winrock International’s director of Ecosystem Services, joined a team of Winrock leaders and experts engaging with governments, Indigenous peoples and local communities, philanthropies and civil society partners. Hosted in the heart of the Amazon, the event featured an implementation-driven agenda and a program of thematic days spanning energy, nature, food systems, cities and water, people and crosscutting issues. We asked Julie for a few […]
Report from Nepal: Exploring the Potential of Small Businesses for E-Cooking Solutions
January 22, 2026
The potential of e-cooking solutions – both in research and in practice – has been widely recognized. They can improve health, particularly for women, generate cost savings, and create viable business cases for decentralized renewable energy systems such as micro-hydropower. Yet most research and interventions to date have focused on household-level adoption, leaving a substantial […]
Winrock launches new climate-resilient milling initiative with support from Rockefeller Brothers Fund
January 7, 2026
Winrock International is proud to announce a new project funded by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund that will advance community-led climate resilience and economic empowerment of rural women in Ethiopia. This initiative explores the commercial viability of solar-powered micro-milling in off-grid rural communities — an innovative approach that reduces drudgery and travel times for women while moving away […]
Winrock’s top stories of 2025
December 18, 2025
2025 was a year of resilience, evolution and impact for Winrock. From scaling climate resilience through community-driven solutions, to pioneering partnerships that guard human rights and protect water, our work continued to foster collaboration and sustainable change at the nexus of communities and environment. Among this year’s most-clicked stories are blogs by our climate and […]
Five takeaways from Winrock International’s ethical supply chain leadership
December 1, 2025
In an age of converging global crises — climate instability, supply chain shocks, human trafficking and other forms of exploitation — building resilient communities means more than economic growth: it requires deeply rooted respect for human rights. Winrock’s Human Rights & Empowerment team is playing a central role in shaping what resilience looks like for […]
Driving action together: Winrock International at Climate Week NYC and CGI
October 28, 2025
Winrock International leaders engaged deeply in two influential global gatherings in September — Climate Week NYC and the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting — sharing Winrock’s evidence-based learning, experience and collaborative approach during critical discussions on how to accelerate climate action and scale partnerships. Under the theme “Power On,” Climate Week challenged leaders to move […]
The Climate Q&A with Pedro Piffer… Building capacity for Jurisdictional REDD+ programs in Pará, Brazil
October 10, 2025
Pedro Piffer, Winrock’s associate director of Ecosystem Services, is a land-use scientist with an extensive background in forest cover changes in tropical regions and their associated drivers. He holds a master’s degree in ecology from the State University of Campinas, Brazil, and a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Columbia University. His doctoral research […]
Lisa Phillips named Winrock International’s first vice president of development
October 6, 2025
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Oct. 6, 2025 — Winrock International has named Lisa Phillips as its first vice president of development, a new role that will strengthen the organization’s ability to expand philanthropic partnerships and diversify funding to meet urgent global challenges. Phillips brings more than two decades of experience leading institutional growth, strategic engagement, […]
Scaling Clean Energy in Nepal’s Highlands: Dissemination Workshop in Pokhara
September 23, 2025
On 2 September 2025, Winrock International hosted a Provincial Dissemination Workshop in Pokhara, bringing together 34 stakeholders from government, civil society, and the private sector to explore integrated renewable energy solutions in Nepal’s Gandaki Province. The event marked a key milestone in the WISIONS Innovation Lab project, implemented by Winrock in partnership with RECOFTC and […]
Once-in-a-decade opportunity for corporate climate standards
September 5, 2025
By Benjamin Rizzo and Brad Schallert Amidst economic and political headwinds that challenge clean technology deployment, the role of voluntary corporate climate action has become more critical than ever. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the two standards most widely used by companies to account for and report their […]