Frequently Asked Questions

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Climate change is not just an environmental issue—it's a profound public health crisis. Rising temperatures, water scarcity, vector-borne diseases, and extreme weather events disproportionately impact the most vulnerable communities, particularly across the Global South. There’s an urgent need for locally rooted, globally supported solutions that protect health, promote equity, and build long-term resilience.

ARCH operates at the unique intersection of climate resilience, health equity, and sustainable finance—combining thought leadership, practical innovation, and market-based models to catalyze systemic change. Our team brings decades of experience in the UN, public health, and global development, and we’re laser-focused on enabling locally led impact at scale across Africa and the broader Global South.

Yes—but too often these efforts are siloed, underfunded, or disconnected from community realities. ARCH focuses on integrated, science-backed solutions that accelerate what's working, connect global capital to local innovation, and build resilience from the ground up - with a focus on health.

ARCH’s mission is to accelerate and scale social innovations that address the interconnected challenges of climate and health. Our vision is a world where communities are empowered to thrive through equitable access to resilient systems, science-based solutions, and inclusive partnerships.

ARCH is a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC)—blending the mission orientation of a nonprofit with the agility and innovation of a startup. We can work across sectors, mobilize private and public capital, and build scalable ventures while staying accountable to community outcomes.

Most organizations focus on either policy, program implementation, or investment. ARCH connects all three—with an integrated approach that includes thought leadership, venture support, and new climate-financing models.

Madhu Deshmukh and Pradeep Kakkattil are global leaders with decades of experience in the UN, global health, innovation, and public policy. They’ve led billion-dollar programs, designed policy for some of the world’s largest development agencies, and built systems to support vulnerable communities. ARCH leverages this deep expertise to reimagine what inclusive, high-impact development can look like.

This is ARCH’s platform to help climate and health innovations scale beyond the accelerator and product-market fit phase. We support ventures that have already moved past MVP, field testing, and proof-of-concept and have provel solutions — so that we can scale them into new markets.

We are creating an investable pipeline of proven climate and health solutions — innovations that have demonstrated impact at a pilot or regional level but need strategic support to scale. Much like an investment portfolio spreads risk across multiple stocks, our approach curates a diversified set of 10–12 high-potential solutions, balancing sectors, geographies, and impact areas. By working with innovators, governments, investors, and donors, we design pathways that align capital, policy, and implementation. This portfolio approach ensures resilience, risk-adjusted returns, and measurable progress toward climate and health equity over time.

 We produce white papers, policy briefs, and implementation guidance based on real-world data and systems thinking. This helps shape decisions by governments, funders, and innovators to make climate-health solutions more effective and scalable.

A Public Benefit Corporation is a legal structure that allows a business to pursue both profit and public good. Unlike traditional corporations, a PBC is legally obligated to consider the impact of its decisions not only on shareholders, but also on society and the environment.

ARCH is proud to be a PBC—our structure ensures that our commitment to equity, sustainability, and community impact is embedded into everything we do.

 Absolutely. As a PBC, we can work with philanthropic capital, impact investors, or blended finance structures—balancing purpose and profit. This enables us to scale solutions without depending solely on grants.