Greetings from the Skoll World Forum and welcome to the April issue of AMP's newsletter!

This past month has been exciting for AMP and our partners throughout the world:

• AMP officially joined the Aspen Institute, an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC!
  “We are delighted for AMP to join the Institute. AMP is a natural fit as we expand our programs to incorporate implementation-oriented initiatives in emerging markets,” announced Elliot Gerson, the Aspen Institute's executive vice president of policy and public programs, international partners.
• AMP partner in Brazil, FEI's (University of Industrial Engineering) Dr. Jacques Demajorovic, launched his newest book in São Paulo.
• I was honored to be a first-round judge in the Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge and to participate in last Friday's, April 4, Finals Event. It was inspiring to see the high-caliber teams from graduate programs around the world presenting institutional-quality investment strategies with the potential to deliver positive social or environmental impact along with competitive financial returns.
• Next month, AMP is hosting a roundtable on Harnessing Market-Driven Partnerships to Address Climate Change in Washington, DC. We hope you'll be able to join us. 

Last month was also an important month for climate related reasons. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) produced its first comprehensive report since 2007 on the changes that might accompany a rising global temperature and on humanity’s potential to cope with them. This report highlights the critical importance of addressing climate change now. As Secretary of State Kerry said,"read this report and you can't deny the reality: Unless we act dramatically and quickly, science tells us our climate and our way of life are literally in jeopardy." AMP works to increase the amount and effectiveness of capital invested into climate resilience and low- carbon technologies. We believe that it is time to debunk the false choice between achieving robust economic growth and addressing climate change.

Let's continue the conversation on Twitter! Make sure to follow me at @CycleNomad and AMP at @AMPGlobal and share your thoughts with us there. 

Best regards,

Robert Foster,
Executive Director

HP's Nate Hurst authored an article on HP Moonshot featured in a newly released publication from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center, Achieving Energy and Water Security: Scalable Solutions from the Private Sector. Featuring more than 25 business success stories, the report shows how companies solve energy and water challenges in their operations and supply chains. Check it out here!

If you're interested in staying up to date on what's new and interesting in impact investing, social enterprise, sustainability and more, we invite you to connect with us on Twitter and Facebook. 

Reports: 

• Achieving Energy and Water Security: Scalable Solutions from the Private Sector - US Chamber of Commerce
• Factsheet: Clean Cookstoves and Climate Change - Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
• Interactive: Everything you need to know about climate change - The Guardian

Articles: 

• 14 ways to make sanitation sustainable - The Guardian
• Bill Gates Interview (on Climate Change) - Rolling Stone
• Climate Action Now: Building Scalable Solutions - World Bank
• Climate change a threat to security, food and humankind - IPCC report - The Guardian
• Climate change laws: time to act on the IPCC report? - The Guardian
• Climate change report 'should jolt people into action' says IPCC chief - The Guardian
• Climate change will 'lead to battles for food', says head of World Bank - The Guardian
• Climate impacts 'overwhelming' - UN - BBC
• Financing Sustainable Fisheries With Impact Investments - Rockefeller Foundation
• Have we reached the clean energy tipping point? - GreenBiz
• How climate change will brew a bad-tasting, expensive cup of coffee - The Guardian
• How F1 and champagne might help us solve global warming - The Guardian
• How social enterprise circuses are impacting on disadvantaged youths - The Guardian
• No open data? No problem. 5 ways entrepreneurs are fueling open data in the developing world - World Bank
• Our Year of Extremes: Did Climate Change Just Hit Home? - NBC
• 'Social Finance': Doing Good by Doing Well - Bloomberg Businessweek
• Seeking the political will to secure a carbon-free future - The Guardian
• USAID, Hillary Clinton launch Global Development Lab for game-changing innovations - Devex
• Which are the Most Unsustainable Cities in the World? - Sustainable Cities Collective
• Why Mike Bloomberg Teamed With Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson And Hedge Fund Billionaire Tom Steyer On A Project Called "Risky Business" - Forbes

Videos:

• 63 years of global climate change - Pew Research Center
• Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Triple Win (Short) - World Bank
• IFC's Sustainability & Climate Business Opportunities 
• 'Voyage Of Discovery' Explores Climate Change Through Science And Art - Huffington Post

Opportunities: 

• ANDE - Director of Strategic Development 
• Foundation Center - Multiple Positions
• AMP Digital Media Volunteer