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  • FASTER, SMARTER, GREENER: The state of city innovation on climate change and other urban challenges

    Municipal governments around the world are facing challenges of increasing complexity, including climate change and the need for sustainable, resilient and low carbon development. This report presents the findings from a survey and case study analysis of 50 diverse cities to understand how they are identifying and communicating their challenges; finding solutions to these challenges; and what barriers they faced in implementing these solutions.

    Agile Cities

  • Global outdoor LED trials

    LED outdoor products can cut energy consumed by lighting by more than half, LED products have now reached technological maturity for applications such as street lighting, and Canada and Québec are well positioned to benefit from an LED scale-up.

    Global Outdoor LED Trials: Analysis for lighting managers (English/French)

  • Shaping China’s Climate Finance Policy

    The Shaping China’s Climate Finance Policy report calls for a two stage plan to reform China’s climate finance mechanisms by 2020.

    china finance report

  • Insight Briefing | Unlocking low carbon innovation

    At the World Economic Forum in Davos, we shared the first of our Insight Briefings. This is the executive summary.

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  • Post-COP18 briefing

    The 18th UN Climate Conference closed on Saturday December 8, in Doha, Qatar, with a generally weak, but not unexpected outcome.

    Briefing Papers Postcop18

  • Institutional arrangements for climate finance governance in China

    This report identifies a number of challenges regarding China’s climate policy and financing, and suggests a series of institutional reforms combined with new strategies to address those challenges.

    China climate finance

  • COP18: Briefing paper

    This year’s UN climate conference, COP18 takes place in Doha, Qatar from November 26 to December 7. The Climate Group is going to be following the negotiations closely and providing insights on what is at stake, what is discussed and what the outcomes of the Summit are likely going to be.

    Briefing Paper COP18

  • American Clean Revolution: Why the US should play to win on the clean economy

    Researchers have shown that a clean energy strategy could deliver GDP gains of $3 trillion to the US economy. Global business opportunities for US companies are potentially huge: the clean tech market will be worth $2 trillion by the end of the decade. Find out exactly how America will win $3 trillion for its economy by downloading the report now.

    American Clean Revolution Report

  • Clean Revolution Leadership from the World’s States and Regions

    The Climate Group’s States and Regions Alliance has become a positive force for progress towards a low carbon economy, with members using this network to share policy lessons and discuss common barriers to success. This report showcases some of most compelling examples of this leadership.

    Clean Revolution Leadership from the World’s States and Regions

  • Leadership for a Clean Revolution

    This report aims to inspire the world’s most influential business, government and thought leaders to take transformative action on climate change, creating a tipping point for the low carbon economy.

    Leadership for a Clean Revolution