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CCS Mission and Background
The Center for Climate Strategies (CCS) helps governments and their stakeholders tackle climate change issues by fostering consensus-based actions through collaboration and advanced technical assistance. Since 2004 we have partnered with over 40 U.S. states and territories (as well as Mexican states and Canadian provinces), dozens of government officials, and over 1,500 stakeholders through high level, high visibility projects to address complex and difficult issues related to climate change. CCS is a public purpose, nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c) (3), partnership organization that was formed in 2004 and is funded by private foundations, donors and governments at the program and project levels. We are headquartered in Washington, DC with over 30 national and field experts across the U.S, Canada and Mexico. Team members have extensive qualifications in environmental science, public policy, economics, management, business, law, education, communications, and finance. Many have experience as public officials, high-level policy advisors, and academic, nonprofit, community, and business leaders. As the nation’s premiere catalyst for climate policy development and integration at the state and federal levels, we combine expertise in facilitation, communications, technical analysis, and policy design to provide cutting edge, collaborative decision-making. Our work builds high levels of consensus for the implementation of specific policy actions that address multiple public policy objectives. Through our partnerships and support base, CCS has harnessed the creative power of stakeholders and policy makers at every level to develop and implement proven and innovative solutions that consistently yield the highest value for the lowest cost. This is exemplified in the highly integrative policy solutions that CCS has fostered by uniting the best approaches to policy in a common framework for action. |
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 Obama Gets a Menu of Climate Actions He Can Take Without Congress President Obama could invoke strong climate policies, like gasoline carbon limits, without congressional input before world leaders convene this fall to negotiate an international global warming treaty, a research group says in a plan provided to the administration. Whitman & Peterson: Climate Bill Should Top the Congress’ To-Do List As Congress approaches the August recess, our economy, energy and environmental security needs still top the to-do list of the president and Congress. This summer the Center for Climate Strategies and the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition have outlined how Congress can put a national strategy in place that gets all three on the same page: by passing comprehensive national climate change and energy policy that reflects our best policy options for immediate action. New Climate and Energy Policies Could Create 2.5 Million Jobs, Hold Down Energy Costs July 22, 2010 -- New greenhouse gas emissions and energy policies at the Federal level could generate as many as 2.5 million new jobs and $134 billion in economic activity in the U.S. while keeping energy costs down, according to a new report from the Center for Climate Strategies, published with Johns Hopkins University. Colorado legislature raises state RES, move seen creating jobs A coalition of stakeholders who worked on the Colorado Climate Panel's were critical to the new legislation’s passage. Since investor-owned utilities supply 60% of Colorado’s electricity, this implements most of the Panel recommendation (adopted by the Governor) on renewable energy standards (RES). more news |
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