For CDI, our first year at Skoll was both a milestone and an invitation: a chance to share what we are learning from communities at home, while listening to others who are asking similar questions around the world.
At the Climate Democracy Initiative, 2025 was a year of building foundations—not just programs, but the trust, relationships, and local leadership capacity that make lasting climate progress possible.
As a Fulbrighter, Natalie explored development, sustainability practices, and local community engagement in rural Japan.
We are living in the age of broken inheritances. The systems we have received—political, economic, ecological—were not built for the world now unfolding.
Climate Democracy Initiative (CDI) will join global leaders, innovators, and changemakers at the Skoll World Forum. Let’s come together to accelerate innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.
In rescinding the Endangerment Finding and repealing motor-vehicle standards for carbon pollution, EPA has chosen to disregard Supreme Court precedent, and to ignore science and logic.
The Climate Democracy Initiative (CDI) is proud to announce its selection as a Regional Resilience Fellow in the 2026 cohort of the Open Future Coalition, joining a global network of community-led organizations.
