Our Approach
President Clinton (center) with (from left) former Mayor Ken Livingstone of London, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles, former Prime Minister Tony Blair of the UK, and Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco, at the launch of CCI and its partnership with the C40 Cities. (Credit: Dan Avila)
The Clinton Climate Initiative’s (CCI) effectiveness draws from several core strengths.
- We operate at the nexus of business, politics, and environmental groups, where there is tremendous opportunity for bridging understanding.
- We take an analytical approach to complex problems and produce viable business solutions.
- We have global scale and reach, and the ability to convene leading experts from the private, public and academic sectors around ongoing partnerships or specific projects.
A large part of our work is aimed at helping governments turn pledges to reduce carbon emissions into action through replicable and scalable projects that can be tailored to local conditions. This approach is unique and serves several important functions, including demonstrating how targets can be met in practice, informing further policy decisions, and compressing the timeframe of achieving real emissions reductions. It is no longer an option to wait for an internationally agreed upon roadmap before devising and implementing projects that could be delivered today.
The people working at CCI primarily come from the international business community. Global in background and outlook, we have deep institutional understanding of how markets and businesses work, and share a passionate desire to shift the world to a more sustainable model.
