USA

Annual Report 2023

Presided by John B. Kelly III, the American branch of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation continued to work both at local level, with the Stroud Water Research Center, for example and at national level, through the Climate Leadership Council’s work on a carbon fee and dividend policy in the United States. In line with the Foundation’s commitment to young leaders, the American branch pursued its partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as part of the MIT Solve Program. HE Maguy Maccario Doyle, Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco to the United States and Canada, represented HSH the Sovereign Prince, his Government and his Foundation at the 8th International Our Ocean Conference, which took place on 2 and 3 March in Panama.

On 27 October, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation held its 16th annual Planetary Health Awards ceremony at the Perelman Theater on the Kimmel Cultural Campus in Philadelphia, hosted by the American branch. A number of events were held in honour of the visit of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco to Philadelphia, including a welcome reception hosted by HE Maguy Maccario Doyle at the Philadelphia Museum of Art attended by numerous guests. Then HSH the Sovereign Prince, alongside his cousin John B. Kelly III and representatives of the City of Philadelphia, planted a tree in the Williams Moore Reed Memorial Park as part of the Philly Tree Plan, a strategic plan to create an urban forest in Philadelphia, for which the American branch has provided 130,000 US dollars in funding.

There were two further official visits connected with projects supported by the Foundation: one to Philadelphia Zoo, which conducts initiatives to raise awareness of and educate the public on species protection, and the other to FDR Park, where around 13 hectares are to be transformed into a wetland, helping to restore biodiversity.