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2012

• Launched Climate Finance project in China

  Date

  03 July 2012

  With The Central University of Finance and Economics’s Research Centre for Climate and Energy Finance, we launched our new project,Shaping China’s Climate Finance Policy.

• Leadership from the World's States and Regions report

  Date

  18 June 2012

  We presented the States and Regions Clean Revolution Leadership report at Rio+20, Leadership from the World's States and Regions, which showcases some of the greatest examples of sub-national, low carbon leadership.

• Clean Revolution

  Date

  17 June 2012

  We officially launched The Clean Revolution Campaign at Rio+20 - the world's most important summit on the state of the planet.

  Among many proud moments in Rio, we introduced four game-changing reports: Leadership for a Clean Revolution, Consensus and Cooperation for a Clean Revolution: China and global sustainable development, Lighting the Clean Revolution and Clean Revolution Leadership from the World's States and Regions.

  We also announced a new partnership withISEP that will unlock the potential of the ICT sector, and our States and Regions Alliance commited to bold sub-national leadership via our Clean Revolution Statement.

• Leadership for a Clean Revolution report launched at Rio+20

  Date

  17 June 2012

  We also launched the report, Leadership for a Clean Revolution at Rio+20, which aims to inspire the world’s most influential business, government and thought leaders to take transformative action on climate change, creating a tipping point for the low carbon economy.

• Consensus and Cooperation for a Clean Revolution: China and global sustainable development report

  Date

  17 June 2012

  We release the report Consensus and Cooperation for a Clean Revolution: China and global sustainable development, along with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which suggests that China must collaborate internationally and invest in clean technology to tackle the financial crisis.

• Lighting the Clean Revolution report

  Date

  17 June 2012

  New report Lighting the Clean Revolution: The rise of LED street lighting and what it means for cities, is launched at Rio+20. It shares the findings of LightSavers, an independent, two-and-a-half-year global pilot of LED lamps in 15 separate trials across 12 cities which reveals that LEDs an generate energy savings as high as 85%.

• ISEP partnership

  Date

  17 June 2012

  Launched theISEP partnership at Rio+20 with The Digital Energy & Sustainability Solutions Campaign (DESSC), the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and the UN Foundation. 

• Our HSBC Climate Partnership wins top business charity award

  Date

  17 May 2012

  The HSBC Climate Partnership, a five-year program between The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, HSBC, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and WWF, wins top category at the Business Charity Awards. The Partnership has also been listed as one of the most admired corporate-NGO partnerships by C&E Advisory.

• Plugged-in Fleets report launched

  Date

  21 February 2012

  Our report Plugged-in Fleets was published in collaboration with Energy Saving Trust and Cenex, and with support from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, TFL and TNT’s Planet Medivision. It states that electric vehicles (EVs) can be commercially viable in business fleets.

• Supported Suzlon call at the World Economic Forum, Davos

  Date

  27 January 2012

  Tulsi Tanti, Chairman, Suzlon Group – the world’s fifth leading wind turbine maker – presented his publication Let's Save the Planet at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

2011

• Chinese LED project selected by the UN at COP17 in Durban

  Date

  07 December 2011

  Along with Philips Lighting we were praised by the UN for our joint solar-driven LED street lighting '1,000 Village' project in China’s Guiyang community at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban (COP17). The project was selected by the UN as one of ten worldwide Lighthouse Projects of the UN's Momentum for Change.

• Information Marketplaces report

  Date

  29 November 2011

  We launched a new report,Information Marketplaces: The New Economics of Cities, that states that while cities are using information and communications technology (ICT) to improve their sustainability and efficiency, they are not recognizing or measuring the full value of smart initiatives and are missing the opportunity to turn unused data and infrastructure into new low carbon solutions and services.

• Award won for India LED project

  Date

  23 November 2011

  We won the Frost & Sullivan India LED Lighting Market Excellence Awardfor our LED lighting program work, such as our project in Kolkata, India, which has inspired LED scale-up across the country. 

• Fourth China’s Clean Revolution report published

  Date

  06 November 2011

  The fourth annual China’s Clean Revolution report, Financing China’s Low Carbon Growth is published; the country's first comprehensive review of China's strategy to finance its low carbon economy.

• Our China office wins Green Medal Award

  Date

  03 November 2011

  Our Greater China office won the Green Medal Award 2011, an annual award which is part of the Green Love Environmental Series organized by China Business Network, currently China's largest financial media group.

• Lyon Declaration

  Date

  21 October 2011

  European Regions signed the Lyon Declaration of Regions for Climate Actionwhich calls upon the international community to act on climate change and commits sub‐national governments to take ambitious actions within their own area of influence.

• Clean Revolution introduced at Climate Week NYC 2011

  Date

  19 September 2011

  The Climate Group introduced the Clean Revolution campaign at Climate Week NYC 2011, alongside a full-page call for leadership action in the Financial Times, full support from Mayor Bloomberg, Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, the UN, the World Bank and C40 Cities, and a new website, TheCleanRevolution.org which showcases transformational leadership through constantly updated case studies.

• Businesses call for 30% emissions reduction target

  Date

  18 June 2011

  An ever-increasing list of top European companies, presently totalling 74, have signed up to a Joint Declaration calling on the European Union to adopt a 30% emissions reduction target by 2020 below 1990 levels, to preserve the European Union's competitiveness, and build a low carbon economy.

• China Carbon Treasure event

  Date

  16 June 2011

  The Climate Group China organized two panel discussions at the Carbon Treasure Program Phase event, where the Carbon Strategy and Management Guidelines for Chinese Businesses was launched, which includes one general and three sector guidelines, to help drive a Clean Revolution in China.

• Leading the Way: Policy Design for a Clean Revolution

  Date

  14 June 2011

  The Climate Group North America published our latest reportLeading the Way: Policy Design for a Clean Revolution, which showcases the tremendous progress made by cities, states and regions across North America that are leading the Clean Revolution with innovative climate policies.

• Climate Precincts Adelaide Workshop

  Date

  14 June 2011

  The Climate Group Australia presented the Climate Precincts Adelaide Workshop report to the Premier of South Australia, Mike Rann.

• Euro-Mediterranean Energy Efficiency Forum

  Date

  11 May 2011

  Johnson Controls, The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and The Climate Group opened the Euro-Mediterranean Energy Efficiency Forum, with the promise to highlight smarter ways to promote energy efficiency to help meet international climate and energy objectives. 

• China Redesign

  Date

  28 March 2011

  China Redesign, a landmark program is launched, to help Chinese cities develop and implement low carbon growth strategies and meet the emissions reduction objectives of China's 12th Five Year Plan.

• India's Clean Revolution

  Date

  23 March 2011

  We publish India's Clean Revolutionwhich reports on how India is to challenge the EU, US and China for a share of the $2.2 trillion global clean technology market, and that enormous potential exists for generating new income and jobs by developing domestic renewable energy resources.

• Guide to China's 12th Five Year Plan

  Date

  07 March 2011

  Our new report commissioned by the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence entitled Delivering Low Carbon Growth - A Guide to the 12th Five Year Plan is launched, showing how the Chinese Government's decision to put a Clean Revolution at the heart of the nation's economic plans will deliver real carbon savings.

• Greenhouse Indicator Annual Report

  Date

  09 February 2011

  Now in its fifth year of tracking greenhouse gas emissions from energy use in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, the Greenhouse Indicator Annual Report 2010 was published, revealing that emissions are down for the second year running.

• HSBC Climate Partnership Review

  Date

  08 February 2011

  The HSBC Climate Partnership Review 2010 was released, celebrating the continuing achievements of the five-year collaboration between HSBC, The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and WWF's pioneering program, which has been working to reduce the impact of climate change on people, forests, freshwater and cities, and to accelerate the adoption of low carbon policies.

• Leaders' meeting at World Economic Forum in Davos

  Date

  26 January 2011

  Along with the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, we hosteda meeting for international leaders from the finance and energy sectors in Davos, during this year's World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. The second Climate Principles Progress Review, which was produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers for The Climate Group, was released during this high-profile event.

2010

• Climate Leaders Summit at COP16 in Cancun

  Date

  29 November 2010

  We host the Climate Leaders Summit 2010 in Cancun, Mexico, on the sidelines of the COP16 UN climate talks. Members of The Climate Group's international alliance of business, cities, states and regions showcased their roles in the Clean Revolution, and this year's Climate Leaders Summit also had a special focus on sub-national government leadership and action in China. 

• Business Summit on Climate Leadership 2010

  Date

  28 November 2010

  We host The Business Summit on Climate Leadership 2010, which brings together thought leadership and experience in addressing profitable business models that help mitigate climate change while generating sustainable growth for all stakeholders.

• LED project launched in India

  Date

  18 November 2010

  We organize the launch of the LED street lighting project in Kolkata, India.

• China's Corporate Carbon Strategy

  Date

  09 November 2010

  The Climate Group, along with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, launch The Corporate Carbon Strategy (Carbon Treasure) Program, a program intended to address climate change issues and actions being taken by businesses in China.

• UK-India Business Leaders Climate Group

  Date

  01 November 2010

  A report was launched by the UK-India Business Leaders Climate Group, a diverse group of influential CEOs and senior business leaders from the UK and India. The Climate Group, acting as secretariat to the Group, oversaw the launch of a new 'Charter of Principles' to Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Gregory Barker, recommending practical ways India and the UK can together unlock a new era of green growth and economic collaboration.

• Climate Week NYC 2010

  Date

  16 September 2010

  For the second straight year, global business leaders and policymakers representing some of the world's most influential companies, cities, states, regions and nations convened at Climate Week NYC. Held on the sidelines of the United Nations' General Assembly meeting, Climate Week NYC is a global forum to mobilize an international public-private response to climate change.

• Report on CCS in China

  Date

  23 July 2010

  We launch the CCS: Towards Market Transformation in China report, which examines different CCS implementation strategies, and  discusses current policies, regulation and financing, within China and also internationally.

• HSBC Climate Partnership celebrated

  Date

  16 July 2010

  HSBC host an evening reception for VIP stakeholders to celebrate the global achievements of the HSBC Climate Partnership, a five-year programme between HSBC, The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and WWF.

• Shanghai Expo

  Date

  09 May 2010

  We hold several events at the Shanghai Expo in May and June, including an EV event and China EV report, a Smart Buildings event with Landsea and a Partnership for Urban Innovation: Global Conference, which was held in partnership with The Climate Group, Cisco and Metropolis.

• Hong Kong Carbon Reduction Campaign concludes

  Date

  03 May 2010

  The Hong Kong Carbon Reduction Campaign (HKCRC) comes to an end in May, with a fun fair aiming to further enhance the awareness of low carbon living among the citizens of Hong Kong.

• LED pilots launched in Hong Kong

  Date

  30 April 2010

  Under our LightSavers initiative, we set up three pilot LED sites in Hong Kong at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and The Hong Kong International Airport.

• Call for more ambitious EU climate and energy policies

  Date

  11 March 2010

  The Climate Group, along with some of Europe's most powerful regional governments sent a joint statement to EU leaders to warn that more ambitious EU climate and energy policies would be essential to powering Europe's future competitiveness, growth and jobs. 

• Climate Principles Progress Review

  Date

  28 January 2010

  The Climate Group and the founding members of the Climate Principles - the finance sector's landmark response to dealing with the risks and opportunities of climate change - launched the first Climate Principles Progress Review in Davos, during this year's World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

2009

• COP15 in Copenhagen

  Date

  17 December 2009

  We host the Climate Leaders Summit on the sidelines of the UN's COP15 climate change talks in Copenhagen, convening international business and government leaders.

• Breaking the Climate Deadlock

  Date

  13 December 2009

  Breaking the Climate Deadlock was our joint initiative with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair which aimed to help build support for an ambitious new global climate deal in Copenhagen in December 2009 - and its subsequent implementation - through a suite of expert reports, briefing papers and public engagement activities. 

• Climate Week NYC established

  Date

  24 September 2009

  We establish Climate Week NYC - a series of more than 60 high-level meetings, forums and public-facing events on climate change. At the Opening Ceremony, we convene world leaders from business and government - including the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, top climate negotiators from the US, China, and India, as well as actor, Hugh Jackman - to call on world leaders for an ambitious and successful deal in Copenhagen.

• Climate Week NYC

  Date

  17 September 2009

  Climate Week NYC aims to mobilize climate action through a week-long agenda packed with diverse public-facing events and high-level meetings. Now in its fourth year, it yet again takes place at the key moment when hundreds of government, business and thought leaders converge on New York City for the United Nations General Assembly meeting, forming the perfect audience for us to showcase how Clean Revolution leadership is already changing the world.

• LED pilots

  Date

  17 September 2009

  We launched a ground-breaking LED lighting pilot project in New York City, followed closley by pilots around the world including Sydney, Australia, Tianjin, China, London, UK, Kolkata, India, Sydney, Australia and Toronto, Canada, where glowing results have proven that the low carbon lighting technology is ready to be brought to scale. In many of our locations, scale-up is already well underway. This was made possible with the sponsorship of HSBC bank

• Delivered LED pilots in NYC

  Date

  13 September 2009

  We partner with New York City to deliver the city's first LED pilot project.

• Mumbai Energy Alliance

  Date

  21 August 2009

  In partnership with the International Institute for Energy Conservation, we launch the Mumbai Energy Alliance - an initiative to cut energy costs and the carbon footprint of one of the worlds most populous cities.

• One Thousand Village Solar LED initiative in China

  Date

  10 August 2009

  The Climate Group, Jet Li and Rt Hon Tony Blair launch the One Thousand Village Solar LED Initiative in Southwest China.

• Hong Kong Carbon Reduction Campaign launched

  Date

  08 April 2009

  We launch the Hong Kong Carbon Reduction Campaign, Hong Kong's first cross-industry employee engagement program on climate change mitigation.

• Switching Gears

  Date

  06 March 2009

  We convene Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Denmark's Minister for Climate and Energy, Connie Hedegaard for Switching Gears. They sign an MOU to help Midwestern states make a swift transition to the new energy economy.

• Gathering of 100 on Capitol Hill

  Date

  06 March 2009

  Our Gathering of 100 event on Capitol Hill brings together US Senators, policymakers and business leaders to discuss climate policy and build support for national climate legislation.

• Aviation Global Deal Group

  Date

  14 February 2009

  We partner with major international airlines on our Aviation Global Deal Group. This group is proposing how global aviation can meet emission reduction targets set in a global climate agreement.

• Forward Chicago

  Date

  04 February 2009

  We launch Forward Chicago and bring together business and government in a unique public-private partnership to help the City of Chicago achieve its ambitious emissions reduction targets.

2008

• Recycle Together

  Date

  24 December 2008

  We team up with the four largest beverage companies to launch Recycle Together - an initiative to help American cities dramatically increase recycling rates to help fight climate change.

• Major financial institutions sign on to Climate Principles

  Date

  18 December 2008

  Five major financial institutions sign on to The Climate Principles, the first ever comprehensive global response to climate change from the finance sector. 

• Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute founded

  Date

  27 November 2008

  Australian PM Paul Rudd welcomes us as founding partner of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute.

• Hong Kong Climate Conference

  Date

  28 October 2008

   Lord Stern and over 200 global leaders gather for our Hong Kong Climate Conference: "Making Business Sense of the Low Carbon Economy."

• China's Clean Revolution

  Date

  01 August 2008

  Our China's Clean Revolution report illustrates that China is already the world's leading renewable energy producer, and is making big gains in the global clean technology race. An updated version is released in August 2009.

• Together Campaign

  Date

  30 June 2008

  We partner with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to launch Together in the US.

• Tony Blair delivers Breaking the Climate Deadlock report to G8 chair

  Date

  27 June 2008

  Rt Hon Tony Blair delivers the first Breaking the Climate Deadlock report, A Global Deal for Our Low Carbon Future, to the Chair of the G8. The report identifies the 10 building blocks crucial to a post-2012 climate deal.

• SMART 2020

  Date

  19 June 2008

  SMART 2020: enabling the low carbon economy in the information age, is the world's first comprehensive global study of the ICT sector's growing significance for the world's climate. It shows that while the sector is responsible for 2% of global emissions – set to almost double by 2020 - ICT's unique ability to monitor and maximize energy efficiency could cut CO2 emissions by up to five times this amount.

• Behavior change

  Date

  05 June 2008

  Our research revealed a clear opportunity for companies to lead. We found that people want brands (rather than green specialists) to play a bigger role in tackling climate change. We worked with brands and consumers to bolster leadership on climate change through programs such as the Together campaign, Recycle Together and Hong Kong Carbon Reduction Campaign.

• Breaking the Climate Deadlock

  Date

  21 March 2008

  We launch the Breaking the Climate Deadlock initiative with Rt Hon Tony Blair. Together we aim to build crucial support in key countries for a new and ambitious post-2012 climate change agreement.

2007

• Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) officially launches

  Date

  16 November 2007

  The Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) officially launches. Together with the World Economic Forum, International Emissions Trading Association and World Business Council on Sustainable Development, we launch the world's first global standard for ensuring the credibility of carbon offsets.

• Live Earth

  Date

  16 July 2007

  We help green Live Earth.

• 19 business leaders meet British Prime Minister Tony Blair

  Date

  29 June 2007

  In his last-ever press conference as PM, Tony Blair gathers with The Climate Group, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and 19 of the world's most influential business leaders to plan how to speed up global action on climate change and fast-track the low carbon economy.

• New York City joins us

  Date

  29 May 2007

  New York City joins The Climate Group as part of delivering Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC, aiming to slash its emissions by 30%.

• HSBC Climate Partnership formed

  Date

  07 May 2007

  HSBC partners with The Climate Group and three other world-renowned charities to form the HSBC Climate Partnership, a groundbreaking, five-year, US$100 million program to combat climate change world-wide.

• Together campaign launched in UK

  Date

  26 April 2007

  The Together campaign launches in the UK. We partner with major brands, cities and NGOs to offer millions of consumers easy ways to save money and fight climate change.

• Greenhouse Indicator goes live

  Date

  08 January 2007

  The Greenhouse Indicator goes live. Our unique online tool provides real-time information on weekly emissions from key Australian states.

2006

• Voluntary Carbon Standard

  Date

  15 October 2006

  The Climate Group, the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and the World Economic Forum Global Greenhouse Register developed the Voluntary Carbon Standard. It is designed to be a global benchmark standard for project-based voluntary emission reductions that offers standardization to the voluntary carbon market and creates a credible voluntary emission reduction credit, the VCU. 

• Assembly Bill 32

  Date

  27 September 2006

  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the landmark legislation: Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which calls for a cap on state-wide greenhouse-gas emissions, and a 25% reduction by 2020. California also established emission controls on the largest industrial sectors, leaving the door open for market mechanisms like emissions trading, to help reduce global warming in a way that makes economic sense.

• Long Beach Climate and Energy Roundtable

  Date

  16 July 2006

  We convene UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and 14 globally influential CEOs pledge business support for strong policy and action on climate change at our Long Beach Climate and Energy Roundtable. 

2005

• Low Carbon Leaders Awards

  Date

  16 December 2005

  We sponsor the Low Carbon Leaders Awards with Business Week. 

• Green Power Market Development Group Europe

  Date

  16 December 2005

  Our new partnership with WRI on the Green Power Market Development Group Europe helps businesses install on-site renewable energy generation systems and green up their energy supply.

• Montreal Climate Summit

  Date

  01 December 2005

  We co-host the Montreal Climate Summit, where state, regional and provincial leaders from all over the world commit to take ambitious action together to tackle climate change.

• C20: World Cities Leadership Climate Change Summit

  Date

  16 October 2005

   We help convene the C20: The World Cities Leadership Climate Change Summitwhere leaders of 20 world cities vow to lead and work together to fight climate change.

• Climate Change: The Business Forecast

  Date

  01 October 2005

  We host the event, Climate Change: the Business Forecast, where CEOs of HSBC, BP, and other leading corporations and UK government leaders come together to call for strong, clear climate policy.

• We merge with IIGCC

  Date

  16 May 2005

  The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) merges with The Climate Group.