Philanthropy Asia Alliance launches new communities for health and climate action

The HHP Community aims to reduce preventable deaths and diseases across SEA.

The Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA) has launched two new communities — the Health for Human Potential (HHP) Community and the Just Energy Transition (JET) Community — for health and climate action.

The HHP Community aims to reduce preventable deaths and diseases across Southeast Asia, focusing on maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition.

The initial leads of the Health for HHP Community are the Gates Foundation, Institute of Philanthropy, Quantedge Advancement Initiative, Tanoto Foundation, and Temasek Foundation. Together, they will commit an initial funding of $129m (US$100m) towards a portfolio of projects by 2030.

Meanwhile, the Just Energy Transition (JET) Community aims to galvanise philanthropic leadership and accelerate Asia’s shift towards clean, inclusive, and people-centred energy solutions.

The JET Community seeks to close climate funding gaps as Asia receives disproportionately lower philanthropic support for its critical energy transition.

Between 2019 and 2023, just 20% of philanthropic funding reached Asia, Africa, and Latin America whilst nearly 60% flowed to the U.S. and Europe.

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