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CCAP's mission is to support every step of climate action, from ambition to implementation. A recognized world leader in climate policy and action, CCAP creates innovative, replicable climate solutions, strengthens capacities, and promotes best practices across the local, national, and international levels to accelerate the transition to a net-zero, climate resilient future.
Moving Forward on Reverse Auctions: 7 Things to Know
I participated in a workshop in Tanzania on reverse power auctions July 26-29, organized by the US Energy Agency (USEA) on behalf of...
Paolo Cozzi
Aug 8, 2016
Building Climate and Clean Energy Solutions Post-Paris
I attended the June meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in Songdo, Korea, to moderate a policy dinner that CCAP held there. The GCF...
Bill Tyndall
Jul 5, 2016
You’ve Got to Spend Money to Spend Money
There is an old adage in business: “you’ve got to spend money to make money,” referring to the need to invest if you want to make a...
Paolo Cozzi
Jun 9, 2016
The Green Climate Fund and the Paris Agreement
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will play a key role in supporting the implementation of the Paris Agreement. At its upcoming meeting in...
Hannah Pitt
Jun 8, 2016
The Global Agreement to Fight Climate Change
Unbelievable, really. In Paris last December, 189 countries put commitments on the table to take action on climate. Then, last month on...
Bill Tyndall
May 3, 2016
Empowering Developing Countries to be Full Participants in the Paris Agreement
This week on Earth Day the landmark Paris Agreement opens for signature in a high-level ceremony in New York City, convened by UN...
Laurence Blandford
Apr 19, 2016
CCAP Submits Inputs for the Green Climate Fund’s Initial Proposal Approval Process
The GCF should be the “keystone” climate finance institution supporting the objectives of the Paris Agreement, including reducing...
Hannah Pitt
Apr 10, 2016
Accelerating Waste Management Plans at the National Level to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
On behalf of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), CCAP is organizing the Municipal Solid Waste Initiative (MSWI) to reduce...
Gerardo Canales
Mar 31, 2016
Seizing the Moment to Align Oil and Gas Methane Mitigation
A recent flurry of cross-border activity between the U.S. and its two North American neighbors appears poised to shift the continent...
Stacey Davis
Mar 28, 2016
With the Paris Agreement in Place, What’s Next for the Green Climate Fund?
Last week, Board members of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) met for the first time since the historic Paris Agreement was adopted last...
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Mar 23, 2016
Financing INDC Conversion through the GCF
As the Green Climate Fund (GCF) opens its doors and other sources of climate finance scale up their support to developing countries, the...
Hannah Pitt
Mar 8, 2016
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
“Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come.” These are the words of Victor Hugo, iterated by Claudia Salerno, the head of...
Paolo Cozzi
Mar 5, 2016
Next Steps for Converting INDCs into Action
With unprecedented climate commitments by developing country Parties on the table, strong political momentum coming out of Paris and the...
Laurence Blandford
Mar 4, 2016
Fulfilling the Promise of the Paris Agreement
To fulfill the promise of the landmark Paris Agreement, we must shift the focus to converting countries’ individual climate goals, their...
Bill Tyndall
Mar 2, 2016
The Temporary Halt to Clean Power Plan Implementation Should Not Stall Climate Action
Less than two months ago, the international community negotiated a historic agreement recognizing that climate change represents an...
Stacey Davis
Feb 11, 2016
Transforming the Energy Sector and Implementing NDCs
With the historic Paris climate agreement now in place, including mitigation commitments, now called Nationally Determined Contributions...
Leila Yim Surratt
Jan 13, 2016
International Climate Change and its Outlook for the Steel Industry
Each year, nearly 1,000 industry leaders from the Latin American steel industry, representing 25 countries, come together at the Alacero...
Ned Helme
Nov 25, 2015
The Need for INDC Conversion
In preparation for the UNFCC COP21 climate negotiations in Paris this month, countries around the world have been putting forward their...
Laurence Blandford
Nov 24, 2015
Aligning Investment with the 2°C Goal
The international community has committed to keeping the rise in global average temperature to below 2°C. Achieving this goal will...
Ned Helme
Nov 2, 2015
Strengthening the EU ETS
Around the world, countries are putting forward their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to a global agreement on...
Stacey Davis
Sep 21, 2015
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