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  • Date:
    21 December 2011
    Location:

    The Climate Group driving Indian state policy changes to scale-up LEDs

    After gaining substantial success in piloting LED streetlights in some of India’s biggest cities, The Climate Group is now working on a pioneering project towards impacting policy level changes for the scale-up of energy efficient LED lighting in two Indian states.

  • Date:
    09 December 2011
    Location:

    COP17 Daily: Thursday December 8

    The penultimate day of COP17 witnesses the usual frantic activity associated with the last 48 hours of every annual climate conference, as Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group provides his daily round-up of the news from the second week of COP17 in Durban.

  • Date:
    07 December 2011
    Location:

    Our 1,000 Village initiative announced as one of the UN's Lighthouse Projects

    Our 1,000 Village Initiative in Guiyang, China was selected as one of the ten worldwide Lighthouse Projects as part of the UN's Momentum for Change, by the UNFCCC Secretariat at an event in Durban, during COP 17.

  • Date:
    06 December 2011
    Location:

    COP17 Daily: Tuesday December 6

    All week Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group ismproviding a daily round-up of the news from the second week of COP17 in Durban, as well as analysis and live tweeting.

  • Date:
    06 December 2011
    Location:

    COP17: Philips and The Climate Group's China LED project chosen as model public-private partnership

    Philips Lighting and The Climate Group were praised for their joint solar-driven LED street lighting project in China’s Guiyang community at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban (COP17) today.

  • Date:
    30 November 2011
    Location:

    LED revolution advances in China with Government backing

    Despite some quality issues, China now leads the world in the deployment of LED street lights, and the country’s next Five-Year Plan is expected to drive further advancements, writes Phil Jessup for LEDs Magazine.

  • Date:
    28 November 2011
    Location:

    Aditi Dass on India's LED market tipping-point

    Aditi Dass, Director of Technologies India, The Climate Group, writes for the Economic Times on India's LED market which is on the tipping-point of acceleration.

  • Date:
    23 November 2011
    Location:

    The Climate Group wins award for influential LED lighting project in India

    The Climate Group has won the Frost & Sullivan India LED Lighting Market Excellence Awards, for our lighting project in Kolkata, India, which has inspired LED scale-up across the country.

  • Date:
    13 October 2011
    Location:

    Clean Revolution leader: IKEA

    We have selected an initial set of eight success stories which illustrate the emerging global leadership of the Clean Revolution, and are presented on TheCleanRevolution.org. One of these Clean Revolution leaders is IKEA, the world's largest furniture retailer.

  • Date:
    19 September 2011
    Location:

    Clean Revolution launched at Climate Week NYC

    Today The Climate Group launched the three-year Clean Revolution campaign during the Opening Ceremony of Climate Week NYC, the annual global forum which aims to mobilize an international public-private response to climate change.

  • Date:
    07 September 2011
    Location:

    Leaders with a Clean Energy Revolution at the heart of their strategies

    On Tuesday September 6 2011, international state government leaders and influential business guests met in London to share success stories and tactics for effective acceleration of clean technologies, for the event, Leading a Clean Energy Revolution.

  • Date:
    04 September 2011
    Location:

    India LED pilot hits Haldia highway

    Haldia in West Bengal, which is the second Indian city to join an innovative global LED pilot project, is to begin installations this month on a major highway in the heart of the city. The other two Indian cities to join the LED pilot and receive the installations so far are Kolkata and Thane.

  • Date:
    18 August 2011
    Location:

    Japan’s Eco-point Program transforms LED market

    Phil Jessup, Head of International Lighting, The Climate Group, writes for LEDs Magazine about a government-sponsored program in Japan which could serve as a model for other countries seeking to transform their domestic retail market for LED lamps.

  • Date:
    10 August 2011
    Location:

    Discussing the opportunities of India's infrastructure

    The Climate Group was a Session Knowledge partner in Infragreen 2011, which was hosted by Economic Times in New Delhi recently and saw industry leaders gather to discuss the opportunities of low carbon infrastructure.

  • Date:
    04 August 2011
    Location:

    Philips LED wins US Government lighting prize

    Philips, a member of The Climate Group, has been awarded the highly esteemed first L Prize for energy efficiency - with a prize of $10 million in cash - by the US Government’s Department of Energy, for its 60-watt equivalent LED bulb.

  • Date:
    15 July 2011
    Location:

    Thane is third Indian city to join LED project

    Thane in Maharsatra is now the third Indian city to become a part of The Climate Group’s global LED project, which aims to swiftly implement LED lighting on a global scale.

  • Date:
    01 June 2011
    Location:

    LED trials are persuading early adopters

    Phil Jessup, Head of International Lighting, The Climate Group writes for LEDs Magazine about the LightSavers consortium of cities - in particular New York, Toronto and Sydney - which is undertaking an extensive and coordinated series of trials of LED outdoor lighting products, with a sure view to persuading the relevant authorities to adopt the technology.

  • Date:
    23 May 2011
    Location:

    Philips unveils an LED first

    Royal Philips Electronics - the industry leader in LED lighting solutions – helped accelerate a Clean Revolution in the lighting sector this week with its new Philips EnduraLED A21 17-watt light bulb, which boasts energy consumption reduction of 80% and lasts 25 times longer than incandescent bulbs.

  • Date:
    26 April 2011
    Location:

    New York, Sydney and Toronto LED scale-ups underway

    Phil Jessup, Cities and Technology Director, The Climate Group, looks at the LED trials in three leading cities, New York, Sydney and Toronoto. In an historic urban park, city streets and parking garages, LED scale-up engineering, financing studies and procurement tenders are now happening in these influential cities.

  • Date:
    13 April 2011
    Location:

    Sparking success: Kolkata LED pilot brightens lives

    Sparked by the success of the 2010 LED pilot in nearby Kolkata, Haldia in West Bengal is the second Indian city to feature in The Climate Group’s global LED project, which is supported by the HSBC Climate Partnership and aims to rapidly up-scale LED technologies across the world.

  • Date:
    06 April 2011
    Location:

    Sydney’s glowing response to LEDs

    Trials of LED outdoor lighting are currently being introduced in the City of Sydney, Australia, where The Climate Group have had the opportunity to gage the community’s reaction with a series of surveys.

  • Date:
    29 March 2011
    Location:

    Tony Blair, Jiang Zhaoli and business leaders attend China Redesign

    The Climate Group kicked off the new China Redesign program on March 28 in Beijing, with the Rt Hon Tony Blair and Jiang zhaoli, Director of National Policy & Convention Division, Department of Climate Change, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China, as well as government officials and a suite of influential business leaders.

  • Date:
    01 March 2011
    Location:

    New Sydney LED trial grows The Climate Group’s global lighting program

    The City of Sydney has launched a new trial of LED lamps and Smart controls on George Street in Sydney’s CBD. The trial forms part of The Climate Group’s global LED Program, which sees Sydney join nine other participating cities around the world including Hong Kong, London and New York.

  • Date:
    08 February 2011
    Location:

    HSBC and partner NGOs report real environmental progress from $100 million Climate Partnership

    The HSBC Climate Partnership – a programme between HSBC, The Climate Group, Earthwatch, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and WWF – has today published the HSBC Climate Partnership Review 2010, which celebrates the program's achievements to date.

  • Date:
    21 December 2010
    Location:

    “Upscaling use of LED street lights” stakeholder meeting in India

    A stakeholder meeting on “Up-scaling use of LED street lights” was organized jointly by that the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) and The Climate Group (TCG) on December 18, 2010, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

  • Date:
    16 December 2010
    Location:

    Training on Monitoring of Performance of LED Streetlights in Kolkata

    A training programme led by Phil Jessup, Cities and Technology Program Director at The Climate Group, was held in Kolkata, India in December 2010.

  • Date:
    01 December 2010
    Location:

    Launch of LED Streetlights in Kolkata

    On November 30 2010, the LED streetlight project in Kolkata was launched by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and The Climate Group, and attended by around 100 people from municipal corporations and development authorities of neighbouring cities, utilities, public works department and partner organizations.

  • Date:
    18 November 2010
    Location:

    LED pilot launched in Kolkata to save costs and emissions in India’s largest ever city installation of LED streetlights

    The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), international NGO The Climate Group and HSBC this week announced the launch of India's largest Light Emitting Diode (LED) streetlighting pilot program in Kolkata.

  • Date:
    10 October 2010
    Location:

    Cities glimpse the future of Lighting at The Climate Group’s LED Safari

    The Climate Group hosted city governments from around the world last month in California for its first ever ‘LED Safari’ – part of its global LightSavers initiative.

  • Date:
    09 July 2010
    Location:

    Philips joins The Climate Group's global coalition of leading businesses

    Royal Philips Electronics, a global leader in lighting, health and energy efficiency announced that it is joining The Climate Group today. The world’s biggest lighting company, Philips will work with the international non-profit and its corporate coalition to fast track smart policies and technologies that will cut global emissions and advance progress towards a low-carbon economy.

  • Date:
    12 May 2010
    Location:

    1000-Village Solar LED Initiative sees new launch in Sichuan to promote greener provinces

    The Climate Group and Jet Li One Foundation Project today launched a new solar lighting project in Pengzhou village in Chengdu, in the Sichuan province of China as part of their joint 1000-Village Solar LED Initiative...

  • Date:
    28 April 2010
    Location:

    Organizations Join Hands to Pilot Low Carbon Lighting as Hong Kong Takes Part in Global LightSavers Trial

    The Climate Group launched a ground-breaking LED outdoor lighting pilot program at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today...

  • Date:
    24 April 2010
    Location:

    Kolkata launches LED pilot as part of The Climate Group’s LightSavers Program

    The Climate Group and The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) have unveiled an extensive LED pilot project this weekend, that forms part of The Climate Group's LightSavers program.

  • Date:
    17 December 2009
    Location:

    Radical efficiency is needed to meet ambitious emissions reduction targets

    Corporate and state leaders assembled to discuss the benefits of high-level commitment to innovative technologies and policies in energy efficiency...

  • Date:
    15 December 2009
    Location:

    Legions of regions rally to set world on clean-tech pathway ahead of global climate deal

    The Climate Leaders Summit 2009, convened by international non-profit The Climate Group, gave platform to HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, Shai Agassi, Founder & CEO of Better Place, First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, Premier Rann of South Australia and Premier Charest of Quebec, among others. Each made an individual announcement on new low carbon initiatives in front of 60 leaders and ministers from around the world.

  • Date:
    17 September 2009
    Location:

    LED pilot project launches in New York City

    The Climate Group has launched a ground-breaking LED pilot project in New York City to assess potential of this low carbon technology in curbing urban greenhouse gas pollution and cutting energy costs, while making cities brighter and safer at night.

  • Date:
    22 August 2009
    Location:

    One Thousand Village Solar LED Initiative launches in southwest China

    Tony Blair and Jet Li today launched the initiative which will engage 400 villages in China in its first two years....

  • Date:
    23 June 2009
    Location:

    Ban Ki-Moon, Mayor Bloomberg and The Climate Group announce Climate Week NYC

    World Leaders, NGOs, Businesses and Thousands of Individuals to Mobilize in NYC for Five Days of Workshops, Seminars, Cultural Events and other Activities Aimed at Pushing New Global Policies on Climate Change.

  • Date:
    03 June 2009
    Location:

    Comment: The promise of LED lighting

    If all of the world's light bulbs were replaced with energy-efficient LEDs for a period of 10 years, researchers say it would reduce global oil consumption by 962 million barrels.

Events

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  • Date:
    17 June 2012 - 22 June 2012 
    Location:
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Rio+20 Earth Summit 2012

    The Climate Group will be at the Rio+20 Earth Summit to showcase The Clean Revolution. Find out more soon.

  • Date:
    30 May 2011 - 30 May 2011 
    Location:
    Hong Kong

    The Third LED Lighting Deployment Advisory Council

    The Climate Group has set up the LED Lighting Deployment Advisory Council in Hong Kong, which comprises representatives from government agencies, businesses, financiers, industry leaders and academics, to help devise a roadmap for Hong Kong to accelerate the adoption of low carbon technology.

  • Date:
    10 May 2011 - 10 May 2011 
    Location:
    Shanghai, China

    LED Global LightSavers Partners Summit 10 May

    Today the focus of the LED Global Leaders Summit 2011 is on the scaling-up of LED solutions to move from trials to deployment. Hear from experienced city representatives in the process of large scale deployments as well as financial experts, who can offer advice on making municipal scale-up of LED technology happen.

  • Date:
    09 May 2011 - 09 May 2011 
    Location:

    LED Global LightSavers Partners Summit 9 May

    Today the focus of the LED Global Leaders Summit 2011 is on an introduction to the LightSavers and LED program and cities. Share information with partners who are in various stages of the LED trials.

  • Date:
    08 May 2011 - 08 May 2011 
    Location:
    Shanghai, China

    LED Global Partners Summit 8 May

    LightSavers global partners arrive in Shanghai, ready for the LED Global Partnets Summit 2011. On Sunday a tour of a nearby ancient canal town such as Suzhou may be arranged, subject to participant interest. On Sunday evening, a social event and dinner will be held in Shanghai for LightSavers partners.

  • Date:
    12 May 2011 - 12 May 2011 
    Location:
    Shanghai, China

    LED Global LightSavers Partners Summit 12 May

    Today the LED Global Partners Summit 2011 focuses on the Opening Plenary of the CSA’s Green Lighting Shanghai 2011 conference and smart controls, lighting and smart cities in a session jointly organized by Philips China.

  • Date:
    11 May 2011 - 11 May 2011 
    Location:

    LED Global LightSavers Partners Summit 11 May

    The focus today of the LED Global Leaders Summit 2011 is on an continuing and concluding the LightSavers and LED program in the cities, as well as advice on recruiting new consortium partners. Hear from countries or regions on their LED technology road maps, market support and deployment programs.

  • Date:
    13 March 2011 - 14 March 2011 
    Location:
    Shanghai, China

    LED Global LightSavers Partners Summit 13 May

    The LED Global Partners Summit 2011 concludes with a visit to the LED program in Yangzhou, the SFT Lighting factory, a leading manufacturer of LED products in China.

  • Date:
    08 May 2011 - 13 May 2011 
    Location:
    Shanghai, China

    LED Global LightSavers Partners Summit 2011

    LightSavers is an international consortium of lighting users that seeks to speed up acceptance of LEDs and smart control technologies in outdoor lighting applications such as streets and parking areas. The Summit will convene the LightSavers consortium partners worldwide and senior government officials from countries that strongly support LED development and deployment, to help advance acceptance and market readiness for LED and smart lighting control products.

  • Date:
    07 May 2011 - 08 May 2011 
    Location:
    Shanghai, China

    LED Global Partners Summit 7 May

    LightSavers global partners arrive in Shanghai, ready for the LED Global Partnets Summit 2011. On Sunday a tour of a nearby ancient canal town such as Suzhou may be arranged, subject to participant interest. On Sunday evening, a social event and dinner will be held in Shanghai for LightSavers partners.

  • Date:
    30 November 2010 
    Location:
    Kolkata, India

    LED street lighting project launch in Kolkata

    The Climate Group is organizing a launch of the LED street lighting project in Kolkata on November 30, 2010.

  • Date:
    25 September 2010 - 30 September 2010 
    Location:
    California, U.S.

    LightSavers LED Safari

    The Climate Group is organizing the LED Safari, a study tour of LED pilots, to be held in collaboration with the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America’s (IESNA) annual Street and Area Lighting Conference in California.

  • Date:
    03 May 2010 - 29 July 2010 
    Location:
    Shanghai Expo

    The Shanghai Expo 2010

    The Shanghai Expo is a World Expo of international fairs and expositions with the theme “Better City - Better Life,” signifying Shanghai’s status as a major economic and cultural center.

  • Date:
    28 April 2010 
    Location:
    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

    HK LightSavers launch

    LightSavers, an international consortium of government agencies and organizations working together to advance LEDs and smart adaptive lighting solutions in cities are launching a scheme in Hong Kong.

Blogs

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Interviews

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  • Dr. Steve Howard

    Date:
    11 October 2011

    Dr. Steve Howard Chief Sustainability Officer for IKEA tells us what is driving the company’s current and future goals, in terms of sustainability strategy and leadership of The Clean Revolution.

Publications

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  • HSBC Climate Partnership Review 2010 08 February 2011

    Date:
    08 February 2011

    The HSBC Climate Partnership – a programme between HSBC, The Climate Group, Earthwatch, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and WWF – have published the HSBC Climate Partnership Review 2010, which celebrates the program's achievements to date.