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Winrock Signs Racial & Ethnic Equity Pledge
April 14, 2022
Winrock International has signed the Coalition for Racial & Ethnic Equity in Development’s (CREED) Pledge for Racial & Ethnic Equity (REE). Winrock is proud to be a signatory to the CREED pledge for Racial and Ethnic Equity. We believe that it is important to stand with our colleague organizations in international development in promoting diversity […]
Winrock ECO Pilot: EPcs used consistently by low income households in peri-urban nepal
April 11, 2022
While transitions to electric cooking (eCooking) in more affluent and urban Nepali communities have been documented, a recent MECS Electric Cooking Outreach (ECO) challenge fund pilot study in Nepal has demonstrated clear uptake of eCooking by low-income peri-urban households – even those which collect firewood for free. Fifty households in Katahariya Municipality (Rautahat District) participated in […]
ACR Presents annual awards celebrating outstanding environmental achievements
April 7, 2022
ANAHEIM, Calif. ─ April 7, 2022 – Last night, the American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, hosted its annual gala reception to recognize and thank its members and partners. ACR Executive Director Mary Grady welcomed guests, presented highlights from the last two years and described the awards to be presented, including the individual Climate […]
USAID and Oasis Partner to Provide Direct Assistance to Survivors of Trafficking in Person
April 6, 2022
The Oasis Foundation has launched a new project to help survivors of human trafficking. Under the “Care for One – Care for All” project survivors will receive humanitarian, legal, psychological, and medical assistance. Oasis will also support survivors to obtain education, shelter, employment and other opportunities. The project is supported by USAID’s Safe Migration in […]
Winrock’s ECO Game Climate Change Adaptation and Learning Tool Comes to the Caribbean
April 5, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) named Winrock International a partner in the new Climate-Smart Caribbean project, an innovative collaboration between two Caribbean universities, the USDA Caribbean Climate Hub and the Climate Science Alliance. Partners will share information on climate change science, observed trends, expected future scenarios, and climate adaptation and mitigation solutions both across […]
Winrock CEO Addresses Carbon Pricing and Net Zero at FT Climate Capital Live 2022
March 30, 2022
Limiting global warming to the 1.5 degrees threshold target established by the Paris Agreement seems harder to reach with each passing day. “Unless governments, businesses and investors instigate rapid, sustained and large-scale reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, the goal … will very soon be beyond reach,” the Financial Times wrote in the introduction to its […]
Winrock CEO Rodney Ferguson Appointed to Advisory Board of The Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy
March 29, 2022
Winrock International President and CEO Rodney Ferguson has been appointed to the advisory board of The Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy. The Vanderbilt Unity Project has appointed advisory board members as part of its long-term strategy to create a more united states by elevating factual, respectful, and evidence-based national dialogues. The advisory board […]
Winrock Welcomes New Board Member Michaela Edwards
March 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — March 15, 2022 — Winrock International, the U.S.-based national and international economic development organization, today announces the appointment of Michaela Edwards to its board of directors. “Winrock works to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources,” said Michaela Edwards. “I am thrilled to join the board of Winrock International […]
Land, Water, Life: Supporting Communities to Improve Water Security and Resource Management as the Climate Changes
March 14, 2022
The people of Burkina Faso and Niger, two landlocked countries in West Africa, live in one of the hottest regions in the world: the Sahel. These days, it’s getting hotter – and drier – making survival increasingly challenging. In the arid band just below the Sahara Desert, Burkinabe and Nigeriens are coping with crises both […]
Gender Equality Today Means a More Sustainable Tomorrow for All
March 8, 2022
The implications of not providing women with equal voices, choices and opportunities affect not just their lives, but the future of the planet. Efforts to promote inclusive sustainable development and fight climate change are inextricably linked. At Winrock, we understand the urgency in engaging with women in the pressing threat that climate change poses, today, […]