GE Foundation

Public Policy Commitment

Across the globe, businesses, governments, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropic and humanitarian groups are hard at work trying to tackle the challenge of distributing the world's natural resources to its nearly seven billion inhabitants.

As a global company, GE knows that these challenges are far more complex than simply getting the right resources into the hands of the people who need them most.

The solutions we develop today must not just anticipate the needs of a more populous planet; they must also incorporate strategies to address the underlying factors - like climate change - that will exacerbate the effects of water shortages, flooding, and other resource-based challenges that future generations will continue to face. Our public policy grants are focused on finding solutions to climate change, water scarcity, and environmental health and safety.

Learn about our work from Ann R. Klee, Vice President of Corporate Environmental Programs, GE
Climate Change and the Environment

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT GRANTS

To learn more about each grant, view the grant report PDF.

• Brookings Institution

  Energy Security Initiative on Clean Technology Transfer

• Duke University

  Creating a Master's Degree in Environmental Protection

• Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology

  Water Treatment Devices for Emergency and Community Settings in Developing Countries

• Fordham University-Leitner Center for International Law and Justice

  Growing Green Through the Rule of Law: Carbon Markets for Africa

• Harmony Foundation

  Leadership Training and Cooperation for Sustainable Community Development

• Peterson Institute for International Economics

  The Coming Climate Change Regime and Sectoral Agreements

• Institute for Sustainable Communities

  The Environment, Health and Safety Academy

• The United States-Indonesia Society

  Implementation Strategies for Indonesia's Energy Law

• U.S. Vietnam Trade Council-Education Forum

  Climate Change and Energy Program for Vietnam

"Our mission - to help businesses, industries and governments around the world understand the enormity of the environmental challenges we collectively face, and to provide the tools needed to solve them - has never been more relevant."

— Ann R. Klee, Vice President of Corporate Environmental Programs, GE

"With the financial support from the GE Foundation and technical support from Duke University, Vietnam is developing the first master's program in Public Policy for Environmental Protection (PPEP). The program will help us build the human capacity to develop and implement sound environmental policies that practically and effectively contribute to the sustainable development of climate mitigation on our country."

— Professor Minh Quang Le, Vice President, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City