Quarterly report | Rare

Key FY24 goals

• Build the field of behavior-centered design for the environment by training 4,000 practitioners and influencing more than $100M in project funding through strategic partnerships.  
• Expand Fish Forever to 77 new communities and 5 subnational geographies to revitalize coastal communities and protect coastal waters.  
• Conduct scoping and feasibility assessments to replicate Lands for Life in Honduras. 

Program highlights

• Closed the world's first Small-Scale Fisheries Impact Bond at $6 million.

• Completed the research behind the fourth iteration of the Climate Culture Index: a nationwide research initiative that measures Americans' mindsets about climate actions.

Top accomplishments

• SHINE (Solar Helping Ignite Neighborhood Economies) completed its first solar job training class of ten trainees in September. Rare and our training partner ABCD will support the trainees with job placement services over the next year.
• The Coastal 500 network welcomed 48 new local leaders from Indonesia, bringing the total number of Coastal 500 members worldwide to 344.

FY25 moments to watch

• Lands for Life is poised to engage in 30 municipalities across five new departments in Colombia.
• Rare and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat will co-host an event at the Global Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16) demonstrating people-centered solutions to urgent environmental challenges.