Knowledge hub

Increasing the supply of affordable housing is part of the solution to our homelessness challenge. Especially when we can find new ways of unlocking underutilised land in well located positions to provide high quality, sustainable, well-designed housing. One project is showing what is possible when we work together.

Dr Catherine Brown OAM discusses Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation approach to philanthropy: being an early/first funder, and taking informed risks in the hope that we will leave tracks for others to follow in the future.

How to speed up the wide adoption of Impact Investment by foundations and other investors wanting to invest for impact & financial return across various asset classes?

While Australia was not ambitious in its commitments at COP26, there is momentum growing in the race to zero.

COP26 has come to a close in Glasgow and the Glasgow Climate Pact has been agreed. Alok Sharma, the President of COP26, describes it as a ‘fragile win’. The world will now need to act to ensure we all safely transition to a zero-carbon economy and hold global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Part of our role as the community foundation for Greater Melbourne is to grow collective knowledge so we make smart decisions about a climate resilient future. CEO Dr Catherine Brown OAM shares key research that will assist our climate transition.