Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces 2025 - 2026 Mayors Challenge Winners
Bloomberg Philanthropies • • world
Key Points:
- Bloomberg Philanthropies announced 24 winners from 20 countries in its largest Mayors Challenge to date, awarding each city $1 million plus operational support to scale innovative projects improving essential urban services.
- Winning initiatives address diverse challenges such as affordable housing infrastructure, AI-driven health care connections, flood risk mitigation, waste reduction, and sustainable energy solutions, impacting over 35 million residents globally.
- The competition selected winners from over 630 applicants, emphasizing novel ideas with strong implementation plans that enhance municipal capacity amid growing urban populations and strained services.
- Projects include initiatives like Boise’s municipally owned geothermal heating, Budapest’s surplus food repurposing for school meals, and Beira’s community-led coastal relocations, demonstrating a new model of proactive,
