The William J. Clinton Foundation launched the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to create and advance solutions to the core issues driving climate change. We take a holistic approach, addressing the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and the people, policies, and practices that impact them. Working with governments and businesses around the world, CCI focuses on three strategic program areas: increasing energy efficiency in cities, catalyzing the large-scale supply of clean energy, and working to stop deforestation.
Cities
With a majority of the earth’s population now living in urban areas, cities contribute more than two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions. Through targeted projects, including building retrofits, outdoor lighting, and waste management, CCI’s Cities program helps municipal governments improve energy efficiency and measure the reductions of emissions. Learn More.
Clean Energy
Fossil fuels are the source of most of our energy today and account for about 60 percent of greenhouse gas emissions globally. Electricity and heat are the major contributors, generating about 25 percent of the world total.
CCI’s Clean Energy program develops projects using technologies that will deliver clean energy on a significant scale by 2020 and have long-term commercial potential. Learn More.
Forests
The reduction of deforestation and the adoption of better land use practices could lower global emissions by up to 30 percent. CCI’s Forestry program is creating a measurement system and a portfolio of projects in partner countries to sustain tropical forests and their local communities. Learn More.
