The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions – an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to forge practical solutions to climate change.
Their mission is to advance strong policy and action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote clean energy, and strengthen resilience to climate impacts. A key objective is a national market-based program to reduce emissions cost-effectively. They believe a sound climate strategy is essential to ensure a strong, sustainable economy.
Who they are
C2ES is the successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and is widely recognized as an influential and pragmatic voice on climate issues. They are:
What They Do
Here are some of the ways they work with policymakers and diverse stakeholders to meet our climate and energy challenges:
Solutions Forum
C2ES brings together business, state, and city leaders to develop practical climate solutions. Through public-private roundtables around the U.S., the C2ES Solutions Forum is fostering collaborative strategies to reduce emissions, expand clean energy, mobilize climate finance, strengthen climate resilience, and build a foundation for national efforts.
Partnering with Mayors
In partnership with The U.S. Conference of Mayors, C2ES is working to strengthen public-private cooperation in cities nationwide. The Alliance for a Sustainable Future helps mayors and business leaders work together to reduce carbon emissions, speed deployment of clean technologies, and promote sustainable development.
International Dialogue
C2ES brought together negotiators from two dozen countries to help lay the groundwork for the landmark Paris Agreement, and is now working with them to ensure it is effectively implemented. They’re also advancing global efforts to phase out HFCs, a highly potent class of greenhouse gases, and to reduce aviation emissions.
Business Environmental Leadership Council
Their council – including top companies in the power, manufacturing, transportation, high tech, oil and gas, finance and other sectors – is the largest U.S.-based group of companies devoted solely to addressing climate change. C2ES works with these business leaders to better understand the policies and technologies that will help them reach their climate goals.
Market-Based Strategies
C2ES is working with cities, states, and businesses to explore cap-and-trade, carbon taxes and other market-based strategies for cost-effective emissions reduction, with the ultimate aim of a national market-based climate program.
Strengthening Resilience
C2ES has worked with some of the world’s largest companies to strengthen business resilience to extreme weather and other climate impacts. Building on that expertise, they’re now bringing businesses and cities together to assess and address climate risks.
Climate Leadership Awards and Conference
C2ES co-hosts the annual Climate Leadership Conference, where hundreds of sustainability, energy, and climate professionals from the public, private and non-profit sectors get the latest on policy and business solutions. The conference features the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's prestigious Climate Leadership Awards.
Carbon Capture Coalition
C2ES and the Great Plains Institute co-convene the National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative, a broad coalition of business, environmental, labor, and state representatives advancing technology to capture carbon emissions from factories and power plants for storage and commercial use.
The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization and donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
