Climate Initiative
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Endorse the US Climate Task Force Principles for Climate Change Legislation.
The Climate Initiative - Linking and aligning over 25 important climate alliances
In the wake of COP15 global climate treaty negotiations - Congress may establish as much as $1 trillion in tradable carbon offsets, a potential tax shift to drive down fossil fuel dependence, and technology incentives to advance clean economic development.
Directory
Below is a representative directory of key stakeholders we have identified, and in some cases, engaged. Click an entry to visit their website.
NOTE: The stakeholder organizations and individuals shown above does NOT imply any formal association with one another or with Future 500, with the occasional exception that some may be one of our partners.
The stakes are enormous. Yet no single company can join - or even track - every major climate initiative, or compare the effects of every major policy option. Add the political dimension - the complex dynamics of multiple stakeholders - and preparing seems impossible.
The Future 500 Climate Initiative keeps you informed, influential, and - as you choose - engaged with the political, corporate and NGO leaders driving climate policy. It provides the knowledge, strategies, contacts, and relationships you need to shape and prepare for different carbon policy scenarios.
Partners Receive
- STAKEHOLDER INSIGHTS - Better understanding of interests and key personalities of a wide range of stakeholders - companies, NGOs, activists and unions -- from the left to the right, so you can strategically engage to advance climate change policy.
- ESSENTIAL CONTACTS - At your option, join us for webcasts, stakeholder and peer discussions, and one-on-one dialogues, with policy leaders and stakeholders from a wide range of companies and organizations, to share perspectives, gain knowledge, and find common ground.
- BETTER PREPARATION for fast-approaching Congressional and post-COP15 climate action.
- MORE OPPORTUNITY to harness the economic, social, environmental, and political opportunities of a low-carbon economy.
Benefits
- BETTER PREPARATION for fast-approaching Congressional and COP15 climate action.
- BIG PICTURE KNOWLEDGE of all the major climate players and policies.
- LESS WORK AND COST to track and manage the climate issue.
- TRACKING of issues and actions.
- ALIGN with stakeholders to reduce conflict.
- MORE ALIGNMENT with policy trends.
- PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS through participation in climate coalitions.
- LESS UNCERTAINTY
- MORE OPPORTUNITY to harness the business and political opportunities of a low-carbon economy.
Who Should Participate?
Senior corporate and NGO executives with strategic responsibilities in strategic planning, policy and media affairs, shareholder/stakeholder engagement, CSR, and sustainability.
BE BETTER INFORMED, PREPARED, CONNECTED, and ultimately INFLUENTIAL on US and Post-COP15 climate policy.
Partners
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U.S. Climate Task Force
- Robert Shapiro, former Undersecretary of Commerce
- Elaine Kamarck, former chief of staff for V.P. Al Gore
- Ken Adelman, arms negotiator under President Reagan
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The Climate Group
- Tony Blair, Prime Minister (UK), founder
- Michael Bloomberg, Mayor (NY), co-founder of The Climate Group's Together campaign
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor (CA), co-founder of The Climate Group's Together campaign
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