ClimateWorks

Overview

"ClimateWorks is an organization based in San Francisco, California. The ClimateWorks Foundation emerged from a study commissioned by six foundations: the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Energy Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, and the Oak Foundation.

The 2007 study “Design to Win: Philanthropy’s Role in the Fight Against Global Warming" (pdf), sought to answer a critical question: What would it take to achieve a real “win” in the battle against climate change?

The authors of Design to Win interviewed more than 150 of the world’s leading experts on energy, climate change, and forests to identify the top priorities for avoiding dangerous climate change. Using cost curves and other research, the Design to Win analysts ranked investments by their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and their ability to prevent the “lock-in” of long-lived, carbon-intensive infrastructure.

The ClimateWorks Foundation was built on the principles identified in the Design to Win study and launched in 2008 with the support of three foundations: the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the McKnight Foundation."

Resources

ClimateWorks Tools

• From Climate Finance to Financing Green Growth
• Low Carbon Growth Plans: A Sectoral Approach to Climate Protection
• Low-Carbon Growth Plans: Advancing Good Practice
• Mexico's Special Program on Climate Change

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ClimateWorks Programs

• Brazil-ClimateWorks Low Carbon Growth Planning Support
• China-Climate Change Research Center
• China-ClimateWorks Low Carbon Growth Planning Support
• Democratic Republic of Congo-ClimateWorks Low Carbon Growth Planning Support
• Egypt-ClimateWorks Low Carbon Growth Planning Support
• Ethiopia-ClimateWorks Low Carbon Growth Planning Support
• Guyana-ClimateWorks Low Carbon Growth Planning Support
• India-ClimateWorks Low Carbon Growth Planning Support
• Indonesia-ClimateWorks Low Carbon Growth Planning Support
• Kenya-ClimateWorks Low Carbon Growth Planning Support
• Malaysia-ClimateWorks Low Carbon Growth Planning Support
• Mexico-ClimateWorks Low Carbon Growth Planning Support
• Papua New Guinea-ClimateWorks Low Carbon Growth Planning Support
• Project Catalyst

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Outcomes, Lessons Learned and Good Practices

Presentation		Title	Date
	ClimateWorks	ClimateWorks Best Practices Network	2011-02-02