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  • Date:
    06 February 2012
    Location:

    Clean Revolution leader: BT Group

    We have selected an initial set of eight success stories which illustrate the emerging global leadership of the Clean Revolution. One of these leaders is BT Group, one of the world's largest telecommunications companies which is leading the smart energy technologies revolution further and faster than its competitors, and reaping the rewards.

  • Date:
    09 December 2011
    Location:

    City officials and business experts share their views in Smart City Dynamics

    Experts from European cities and organizations share their views how to transfer to cleaner, more livable cities, in a series of interviews published in a new publication Smart City Dynamics.

  • Date:
    07 December 2011
    Location:

    Opening up data and digital assets is critical to accelerating low carbon cities

    Cities are wasting the potential of smart technologies by failing to realize the value of their hidden infrastructure and digital assets, according to a report published today by The Climate Group, Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Arup and Horizon Digital Economy Research at The University of Nottingham.

  • Date:
    25 November 2011
    Location:

    Subnational governments reinforce central role in Clean Revolution

    The Climate Group’s States and Regions Alliance, a large group of influential sub-national governments advocating global climate action, confirmed its official structure at its annual meeting, in a bid to forge ahead with Clean Revolution campaign plans.

  • Date:
    11 November 2011
    Location:

    HP, Dell, Philips earn top positions in green electronics guide

    The Climate Group member HP has earned the #1 position in Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics, demonstrating pro-active leadership that is driving a Clean Revolution in the IT industry. Dell and Philips ranked second and fifth respectively, demonstrating a significant improvement in their ongoing commitment to greening IT.

  • Date:
    17 October 2011
    Location:

    Basque Country presents Europe's first commercial wave energy plant

    At last week's European Open Days in Brussels, Xavier Garmendia, Basque Country Vice Minister of Technology and Industrial Development presented Europe's first wave energy device, the Mutriku Wave Energy Plant.

  • Date:
    11 October 2011
    Location:

    Greener buildings equal bigger returns, CB Richard Ellis report says

    New research from an ongoing study managed by CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (CBRE) reveals that green buildings generate greater investment returns, presenting a clear economic case for more sustainable investment in the industry.

  • 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:
    16 August 2011
    Location:

    Analysis of China's smart grid prospects

    The Climate Group China has published a Policy Briefing entitled ‘Smart Grid Development in China's Current Situation and Prospects’. The report offers a background on China’s surging smart grid industry and reviews opportunities and suggestions for the smart grid development which will accelerate a Clean Revolution in China.

  • Date:
    11 August 2011
    Location:

    Global smart meter use to surge by 2020

    New data from Pike Research forecasts that smart meter adoption will reach 963 million units by 2020, owing to recent acceleration of use across the world, especially in China.

  • Date:
    13 July 2011
    Location:

    Brazil, China, India leading in clean energy investment world record

    A new report commissioned by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) shows that developing countries such as Brazil, China and India invested more in renewable energy than developed countries like the US and UK last year, helping worldwide investment grow by 32% and reach a record high of US $211 billion.

  • Date:
    01 July 2011
    Location:

    Adopt smart grids to foster innovation and jobs

    Molly Webb, Head of Smart Technologies, The Climate Group writes for the Guardian Professional Network on smart grids enabling a clean energy future and issues around energy data in the US.

  • Date:
    29 June 2011
    Location:

    Google reveals huge GDP value of clean energy innovation in US

    Google has published a study, The Impact of Clean Energy Innovation’ and an associated website, which reveals that innovation in clean energy technology in the US can significantly cut greenhouse gases (GHGs), boost GDP and create over 1 million jobs.

  • Date:
    22 June 2011
    Location:

    EU launches Smart Cities and Communities Initiative

    Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger launched the EU's Smart Cities and Communities initiative at a high level conference in Brussels, which brought together high-profile speakers and attendees from sectors including energy and ICT, as well as experts from academia, financial institutions and the EU; the influential leaders needed to integrate large-scale clean technologies to Europe's cities.

  • Date:
    17 June 2011
    Location:

    North America leading with innovative climate policies

    The Climate Group North America is pleased to present our latest report Leading 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.

  • Date:
    13 June 2011
    Location:

    US Administration's call for consumer access to energy data welcomed

    Obama administration officials have announced a series of measures to make energy information readily accessible to consumers and promote innovation in the energy sector as part of a broader effort to modernize the U.S. electricity grid, which is welcomed by The Climate Group.

  • Date:
    27 May 2011
    Location:

    Leading The Clean Revolution

    The Climate Group held its 4th annual North America Members Meeting on May 18 and 19 at Nike World Headquarters just outside of Portland, Oregon. This unique session, open to The Climate Group’s members and partners around the globe, brought together more than 30 corporate and government members for two days of candid discussions about the low carbon economy.

  • 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:
    18 April 2011
    Location:

    EU Sustainable Energy Week 2011: Energy efficiency, regional action and innovative financing

    From April 11 to 15 2011 saw the EU’s Sustainable Energy Week take place in Brussels, where the core themes that emerged were energy efficiency, action at sub-national level and the development of new models for public-private project financing.

  • Date:
    15 April 2011
    Location:

    Toward a ‘smarter’ world

    Our SMART 2020 program concluded that by 2020, ICT could unlock savings worth US$946 billion per annum and reduce global carbon emissions by a whopping 15% - which is close to the entire US carbon footprint. Caroline Bayliss, Australia Director, The Climate Group, writes for CFO Magazine about the opportunities in a 'smarter' world.

  • Date:
    11 April 2011
    Location:

    Veolia Environment joins The Climate Group

    Veolia Environment, one of the global leaders in environmental services, has joined The Climate Group. The French multinational aims to contribute to our work on the Clean Revolution through involvement in our programs on LEDs, EVs and smart information and communication technologies, particularly in the city context.

  • Date:
    08 December 2010
    Location:

    Energy Efficiency through ICT in India: more needs to be done to demonstrate value

    On Friday, December 3, as negotiators worked in the early hours in Cancun Mexico, a group of 22 participants from technology companies and financial institutions gathered at IDFC’s offices in Mumbai for a half-day session on how to finance energy efficiency in buildings and the electricity grid.

  • Date:
    22 October 2010
    Location:

    Putting people at the heart of low-carbon technology

    Tashweka Anderson, Global low-carbon ICT Project Manager at The Climate Group, writes an op-ed for Guardian Sustainable Business on the role of people in the deployment and use of low carbon technologies.

  • Date:
    22 September 2010
    Location:

    How to finance Smart cities

    On Tuesday 21 September, The Climate Group hosted a high-level discussion where government and business leaders shared their thoughts on policies for stimulating the growth of emerging technologies.

  • Date:
    21 September 2010
    Location:

    Cities and Regions get smart on financing low carbon technology

    On day two of Climate Week NYC, international NGO The Climate Group hosted city and state government and business leaders from across the globe to share their best strategies for financing large-scale deployment of low carbon technologies.

  • Date:
    01 August 2010
    Location:

    Empowering UK Energy Consumers: A consumer-led vision for energy innovation

    The Climate Group and Google co-hosted a roundtable event on key issues around consumer access and control of energy information in the UK.

  • Date:
    04 July 2010
    Location:

    Smart solutions for smart cities

    Molly Webb, Head of Strategic Engagement at The Climate Group, discusses the outcomes of the recent 'Partnership for Urban Innovation', co-sponsored by The Climate Group, Cisco and Metropolis, and also analyzes the role of ICT and smart cities...

  • Date:
    28 May 2010
    Location:

    The Beginning of the End of Our Oil Addiction



    Amy Davidsen, Executive Director of The Climate Group in the US, writes an op-ed on the introduction of a legislation to scale up the use of electric vehicles in the US.

  • Date:
    09 April 2010
    Location:

    Browner welcomes industry letter on energy information

    Carol Browner, Adviser to the US President on Climate and Energy, has welcomed a letter sent to President Obama calling for home energy information from 47 signatories including The Climate Group.

  • Date:
    06 April 2010
    Location:

    Google and The Climate Group ask Obama to support revolution in home energy use

    A letter was sent to President Obama yesterday, asking for his Administration to adopt the goal of giving every household and business access to timely, useful and actionable information on their energy use.

  • Date:
    18 March 2010
    Location:

    US Broadband Plan: Rewired for a clean energy economy

    This week, the US Federal Communications Commission sent the National Broadband Plan to the White House. It puts a better communications infrastructure at the heart of solutions to multiple societal challenges, including energy and climate change.

  • 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:

    Johnson Controls joins The Climate Group

    Johnson Controls Inc. have announced today at the Climate Leaders' Summit in Copenhagen that it has joined The Climate Group...

  • 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:
    24 September 2008
    Location:

    CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Joins The Climate Group

    As of 24 September 2008, CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (CBRE) became the first commercial real estate services company to join The °Climate Group...

  • Date:
    19 June 2008
    Location:

    SMART 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age

    Smarter technology use could reduce global emissions by 15 per cent and save global industry EUR500 billion in annual energy costs by 2020 and deliver energy efficiency savings to global businesses of over EUR 500 billion, according to a new report published today by The °Climate Group and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)...

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:
    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:
    03 December 2010 
    Location:
    Mumbai, India

    Financing IT & Telecom enabled energy efficiency

    The Climate Group are hosting a roundtable event in Mumbai, India, to discuss the financing of IT & Telecom enabled energy efficiency.

  • Date:
    02 June 2010 - 02 June 2010 
    Location:
    The Science Museum, London

    SMART 2020 – Source-to-Socket: A Smart Grid Executive Seminar

    The Source-to-Socket seminar will bring together thought-leaders, innovators and senior utility players with an interest in smart grid, and will consist of a series of expert panel discussions.

  • 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.

Blogs

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Interviews

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  • Josep Roig

    Date:
    30 June 2010

    The Climate Group talks to Josep Roig, Secretary General of Metropolis, about smart cities, the Connected Urban Development project and the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in helping to scale up new low carbon cities.

  • Gregory Barker M.P.

    Date:
    05 February 2009

    On 16 January, the UK Conservative Party made headlines with their Low Carbon Economy plan. The Climate Group spoke with Gregory Barker, Conservative MP and Shadow Minister for the Environment, about the proposal...

Publications

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  • Information Marketplaces: The New Economics of Cities 29 November 2011

    Date:
    29 November 2011

    Information Marketplaces: The New Economics of Cities, is written in partnership with The Climate Group, Arup, Accenture and Horizon and the University of Nottingham, and investigates how technology can be used in cities to meet the growing challenges of expanding urbanization.

  • Financing New Coal-Fired Power Plants 24 October 2011

    Date:
    24 October 2011

    The Climate Group has developed and issued a Guidance Note on financing new coal-fired power plants, which was created with expert advice from BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, F&C Asset Management, HSBC and Standard Chartered.

  • Climate Smart Precincts – Adelaide Workshop Report 14 June 2011

    Date:
    14 June 2011

    This report is the latest in a series produced as part of Australia's Climate Smart Precincts Initiative, which involves a coalition of leading businesses and state governments working with flagship urban precincts to test the policies, technologies and new business models that will lead to an integrated, precinct-wide approach to urban growth and redesign becoming the norm, helping advance a Clean Revolution.