Applications Invited for The Big Bets Fellowship: Climate

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About the Organization

Our mission, promoting the well-being of humanity throughout the world, remains unchanged since 1913. Today, that mission requires us to find and scale solutions to advance opportunity and reverse the climate crisis.

In 1913, John D. Rockefeller established a foundation to use science and technology to solve humanity’s toughest problems at their roots, rather than alleviate their symptoms with charity. 111 years later, we come to work each day with the same ambitious mindset: we can help solve humanity’s biggest problems like climate change, not just settle for small improvements.

About the Fellowship

As part of our overall commitment to invest $1 billion to advance opportunity and reverse the climate crisis, we established an annual Fellowship to equip leaders with the mindset and skills needed to advance climate solutions with breakthrough potential.

Each year, we select a diverse and interdisciplinary cohort of emerging leaders who are working to reverse the climate crisis and accelerate opportunity for the most vulnerable. In 2024, our Fellowship included leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2025, we are looking for leaders and their climate solutions in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Centering Asia-Pacific

The Asia-Pacific cohort will encompass solutions to reverse the climate crisis in countries located in Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands.

Home to over half of the world’s population, the Asia-Pacific region represents a nexus of immense climate challenges and transformative opportunities. It boasts vast renewable energy potential and critical ecosystems, including glaciers, coral reefs, mangroves, peatlands, and tropical forests. These ecosystems not only preserve biodiversity but also provide sustenance to hundreds of millions of people — and they face urgent threats from unsustainable development practices. The region’s rapid urbanization, high dependency on fossil fuels, and escalating climate impacts endanger lives, infrastructure, and livelihoods. Particularly vulnerable are women, youth, and Indigenous communities, who face severe risks from climate inaction, costly adaptations to rising sea levels, escalating health crises linked to environmental degradation, and declining agricultural productivity.

The Big Bets Fellowship: Climate | Asia-Pacific will empower leaders across sectors to tackle climate challenges in the region head-on, fostering the development of sustainable solutions, resilient communities, and policies to advance solutions that are good for people and the planet.

Eligibility

There is no standard candidate for the Fellowship, but the following characteristics describe the individuals that we believe would be a good fit for the program:

• 5-15 years of work experience
• Has a unique perspective and fresh insight on a problem area that is informed by lived and/or professional experience
• Track record of delivering meaningful change within their unique cultural context and region
• Well-placed within a local, regional, or global community/network where the fellow can influence relevant levers of change for their project
• Collaborative and community-driven
• Has courage to challenge the status quo

How to Apply

Deadline for fellows to complete the Eligibility Form and Pre-Application Form – February 9th, 2025

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