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The venue and jury of the International Carbon Handprint Award has been chosen
Vancouver Economic Commission and Climate Leadership Coalition (CLC) launched the world’s first International Carbon Handprint Award at the GLOBE Forum in Vancouver in March 2022. With the International Carbon Handprint Award, we want to highlight the solutions that...
Demands for effective carbon pricing are increasing – IMF, WTO, OECD, WEF and many other large organizations have published recommendations
The founders of the Call on Carbon initiative - Climate Leadership Coalition (Finland), Haga Initiative (Sweden) and Skift Business Climate Leaders (Norway) - and several signatories of the call hosted a meeting on June 2, 2022 during the Stockholm +50 conference on...
CLC’s letter to EU leaders: Absolute cap on energy use threatens development of hydrogen economy
The Climate Leadership Coalition has sent on June 21, 2022 a letter to the EU leaders on the challenges of the proposed Energy Efficiency Directive. The proposal is on the agenda of the upcoming European Council meeting. ------ President of the European Commission...
Apply for the world’s first International Carbon Handprint Award. Registration open until August 19.
Registration open for the world's first International Carbon Handprint Award until August 5, 2022. Please read instructions how to apply below. Europe’s largest climate business network the Climate Leadership Coalition (CLC) and Vancouver Economic Commission launched...
CLC recommendation for EU on measures to decrease dependency on fossil energy
The REPowerEU communication comes at a time when it is more important than ever that we decrease our dependency on fossil energy, increase our energy security and, at the same time, accelerate measures for climate change mitigation. Climate Leadership Coalition (CLC),...
Four CLC city members on the list of Europe’s 100 leading climate cities
The European Commission has selected CLC members Espoo, Tampere, Turku and Lahti for the list of Europe’s 100 leading climate cities. CLC city members selected will be eglible for the EU’s Horizon Europe program which will provide 360 million euros to the 100 cities...
CLC Statement on the IPCC report and the urgency of climate action
IPCC published its sixth Working Group III assessment report on 4 April. The report summarises the latest information on climate change mitigation and assesses methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Based on...
CLC has grown to be an international climate policy influencer – annual spring meeting thanked Jouni Keronen and welcomed Tuuli Kaskinen as the new CEO
The Climate Leadership Coalition’s annual spring meeting was held on April 1, 2022. The meeting addressed the key achievements during the first eight years by the former CEO Jouni Keronen and plans for the future introduced by the new CEO Tuuli Kaskinen. During the...
First International Carbon Handprint Award competition launched at the GLOBE Forum
The Vancouver Economic Commission and Europe’s largest climate business network the Climate Leadership Coalition launched the world’s first International Carbon Handprint Award at the GLOBE Forum in Vancouver on March 31, 2022. The competition is for any company or...
Statement of the Climate Leadership Coalition board on delaying climate policies and lowering fossil prices
Mitigation of climate change and increasing European energy security have compatible goals - to reduce our dependency on fossil energy. When considering measures to alleviate current economic burden for consumers these should be planned in a way not prolonging the...