The foundation chose Raj Shah, who had run the U.S. Agency for International Development during the Obama administration, to succeed her. Shah pledged to continue supporting the initiative, indicating as recently as the end of last year that the foundation would provide additional funding, according to people familiar.
Then, last Thursday, Michael Berkowitz, head of 100 Resilient Cities, told employees that the group’s future was suddenly uncertain. The organization is expected to continue until a summit planned for Rotterdam in July, but perhaps not much beyond that, according to people at the meeting.
In its report last year, the Urban Institute noted that 100 Resilient Cities played a role unlike any other organization in fostering climate resilience.
“100RC is an innovation in multiple regards, not the least of which are its scale of interventions and depth of engagement,’’ the report’s authors wrote. “Alternatives to the Rockefeller Foundation’s charge do not exist.’’
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