about us

The Climate Foundation consists of two entities, one located in Switzerland and the other located in the US.

The Health and Climate Foundation was created in 2007 in Switzerland as an Association, pursuant to article 60 onwards of the Swiss Civil Code. It is headquartered in the Canton of Vaud.

In 2008, a seperate Health and Cimate Foundation organization was created in the US and incorporated as a public charity in the District of Columbia pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is headquartered in Washington, DC.

 

PURPOSE

The nonprofit Health and Climate Foundation is established to help increase the well-being of people by supporting better understanding of the connections between health, climate and other environmental factors, and by supporting the use of this knowledge at national and local levels to combat disease and poverty.

The Health and Climate Foundation is a means to promote cooperation between the health, climate, environmental and social science communities, and to facilitate interactions between individuals and scientific and educational institutions. 

It has the following aims:

  • To increase civil societies’ awareness of climate-sensitive health issues
  • To create education and training opportunities for health and climate practitioners everywhere
  • To strengthen the intersection between health and climate, particularly improving the surveillance of climate-sensitive diseases
  • To raise and distribute funds for health and climate projects.

    • The Health and Climate Foundation is operated exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes.