Rockefeller Foundation to end funding of 100 Resilient Cities

Financial support for the largest privately-funded climate change initiative in the US is to come to an end in July.

In a surprise announcement, the Rockefeller Foundation said its US$164-million investment in the 100 Resilient Cities programme is to be directed to other "pathways".

The funding cuts will mean the foundation is unlikely to reach the goal it announced in 2013 to create a global network of 100 resilient cities in three years, having taken nearly six years to create over 80 of the targeted 100 Chief Resilience Officer positions and 49 Resilience Strategies.

Michael Berkowitz, President and CEO of 100 Resilient Cities, has since said in a statement that "as more and more citie...