When freshly inaugurated president Joe Biden stated that the US would re-join the Paris Agreement and lead in fighting climate change, it was welcome news. But global climate action still lacks effective leadership. Our partner the Climate Breakthrough Project is working to change that. Each year, the San Francisco-based initiative awards exceptional climate action leaders with resources and support to bring their ideas to life.
The Climate Breakthrough Project’s two newest awardees are Mohamed Adow and Nicole Rycroft. Over the next three years, each gets a $3 million grant to develop bold solutions and strategies for tackling the climate crisis.
They join a cohort of nine fellow Climate Breakthrough Project awardees, from Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, the UK, the US and Vietnam. This community of strategists unites some of the world’s brightest, most imaginative minds in climate policy, law, finance, forestry, energy and behaviour change.
Mohamed Adow (Kenya) is an international climate policy expert and advocate for people in developing nations, who are disproportionately affected by climate change but play almost no role in causing it. Mohamed’s experience on the climate crisis front lines anchors his work defending those most vulnerable to climate change. He founded Power Shift Africa, a think tank mobilising climate action in Africa and transitioning climate and energy policies to zero carbon. Before this, Mohamed spent a decade working as the global climate policy lead for Christian Aid.
Nicole Rycroft (Canada) is an environmental activist, an Ashoka Fellow and the founder and executive director of Canopy. The non-profit organisation has engaged many of the world’s leading fashion, publishing and consumer brands to pressure fibre producers to stop sourcing from old-growth high-carbon forests. Canopy’s work led to the final Harry Potter instalment being printed on sustainable paper in over 25 countries and has shifted more than half of global viscose production out of endangered forests within just a few years. Nicole’s focus is fixed on achieving what is ecologically necessary rather than what might be deemed reasonable.
Behind every climate solution are people making it happen.
It was a privilege to visit @Cooperpac, based in the south of the city of São Paulo, and meet founder Valquíria Cândido da Silva, and the cooperative members whose work is helping give waste a second life.
Thank you for welcoming our IKEA Foundation Ambassadors and sharing your inspiring story. Cooperpac is a powerful reminder that climate action can create opportunities for people while protecting the planet.
This visit was made possible through our partner Global Methane Hub and its support for @InstitutoPólis, whose work helps strengthen community-led solutions like Cooperpac across Brazil.
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📢 We just helped launch The Shift at @ldnclimateweek — a campaign to make climate progress visible.
Too often, the organisations driving climate solutions don’t have the same access to influential media as those with the greatest resources.
🌍 The Shift is our way of helping change that, supporting our partners to bring their evidence, stories and solutions to new audiences, and shift the climate conversation towards progress already happening.
The campaign features an incredible group of partners working across some of the world’s most pressing climate challenges, including Climate Analytics, Global Methane Hub, InfluenceMap, NewClimate Institute, @fossilfueltreaty, UMI Fund and Youth Climate Justice Fund.
Explore the stories, meet the organisations behind them, and share with your network. Together, we can help more people see the climate solutions already making a difference: 🔗 link in bio!
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🪰 What if a tiny insect could help tackle food waste, support farmers, and reduce emissions?
The black soldier fly is doing exactly that.
♻️ Across Kenya, partners like @_icipe are scaling insect-based innovations that transform organic waste into valuable resources such as animal feed and organic fertiliser — supporting healthier ecosystems, stronger livelihoods and more resilient food systems.
🍅 And in Indonesia, @magifarm.id, supported through partners like @viriyaenb, is using the same nature-based approach to rethink food waste management, turning waste into value for businesses and households.
This is what people-centred climate action looks like in practice: solutions that work for people, planet and business.
💬 Had you heard of black soldier flies before? What other unexpected climate solutions have caught your attention? Let us know in the comments.
This is cool — literally! 🧊
Denis Karema, CEO of @sokofreshkenya and a strong advocate for expanding access to solar-powered cooling in Kenya, showed us how these solutions make a real difference in farmers’ everyday lives.
By keeping food cold, less goes to waste — a key climate solution as temperatures continue to rise across many regions.
We had the opportunity to document how SokoFresh’s cold rooms are used in Kenya as part of our upcoming IKEA Foundation Week campaign, which will focus on food systems.
This work is supported by the IKEA Foundation and our partner @claspappliances, who are helping bring renewable energy to smallholder farmers in East Africa and India. SokoFresh is also supported by our partners #PREO and @enviu, as part of a strong nexus solution across renewable energy and agriculture work.
A huge thank you to Denis for sharing his inspiring work, and to our fantastic production team in Nairobi for bringing this story to life.
📅 More to come during #IKEAFoundationWeek, Autumn 2026.
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