The Climate Group
The Climate Group was founded in 2004 to advance business and government leadership in the area of climate change. The organisation is a collaboration of businesses and government entities working for effective solutions to climate change problems that are compatible with economic growth and business development. The Climate Group works through uniquely influential partnerships, focusing on measurable results and providing a dynamic and politically-neutral environment in which discussions can take place.
For more information about The Climate Group, please visit:http://www.theclimategroup.org/.
The Climate Group and the HSBC Climate Partnership
The Climate Group's participation in the HSBC Climate Partnership enhances their collaboration with other major non-governmental organisations working on climate change. Their key skills in facilitating communications are important in reducing duplication of effort and sharing research tasks and findings.
Specific goals for the Climate Group's role in the HSBC Climate Partnership include 40 new Climate Group memberships, helping to galvanise the conditions in which governments in the UK, USA, India and China can adopt greenhouse gas emissions targets, and building the Climate Group's capacity in key world cities.
The connections that the Climate Group has fostered are also helping the partnership to access city populations and to address environmental issues in urban areas.
HSBC Climate Partnership: progress against objectives
The Climate Group aims to create cleaner, greener cities in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York and Toronto. In practice this means:
| Objectives | Achievements to date: |
|---|---|
| Increasing the Climate Group's capacity to engage government, business and consumers. | Opened new offices in China, Hong Kong and India |
| Engaging government and business leaders through baseline surveys on current perceptions and policies, annual round table events and forums, Climate Group membership by government organisations and businesses, and regular briefing papers. | Established partnerships with 20 key corporate members and a number of states and regions (including New York State and the City of New York) Engaged communities in the Pearl River Delta region - China's most developed region - on the needs and opportunities for low carbon development. Supported Tony Blair to deliver his 'Break the Climate Deadlock' initiative |
| Engaging consumers through launch events and raise awareness of environmentally-friendly products and services. | Launched 'Together' consumer campaigns to reduce CO2, in the UK and New York (2,000,000 tonnes of CO2 saved to date) |
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