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CITY OF PARIS AND THE CLINTON FOUNDATION JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT CLIMATE
CHANGE: 05/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)
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UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network /
- 05 October 2007 --
The Clinton Foundation and the City of Paris have both taken proactive
initiatives on the critical issue of climate change.
In 2006,
the Clinton Foundation launched the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a
partnership with the C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group to support the
efforts undertaken by world metropolises to reduce their greenhouse gas
emissions.
CCI
works with cities to achieve tangible and significant reductions in greenhouse
gas emissions, using the same business model that has made the Foundation’s
other programs, like its HIV/AIDS initiative, successful.
In May
2007, President Clinton announced the creation of an energy efficiency building
retrofit program which brings together energy service companies, banks and large
cities in a landmark effort to significantly reduce energy use in buildings.
Since
2001, the City of Paris has embarked on an ambitious environmental program,
especially in the fields of urban development and transport.
The
recent Climate Strategy, adopted on October 1, 2007, is the latest concrete
commitment of the City authorities: the City will begin a large-scale program
aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption 30 % below
2004 levels by the year 2020.
The
Clinton Foundation and the City of Paris have decided to pool their efforts on
this critical challenge by partnering together to improve building energy
efficiency.
In
accordance with the Paris Climate Strategy, the Clinton Foundation and the City
of Paris will work together on an energy efficiency program to retrofit public
buildings.
The
objective of this cooperation will be to reduce by two thirds the energy
consumption of the 660 kindergartens and primary schools of Paris (approximately
1 million square meters of space, and an annual energy consumption of 225 GWh or
13 million Euros). A first mapping of energy consumption in these schools will
be completed by the end of the year 2007.
As early
as 2008, the program will be carried out through building improvement works
compatible with the Climate Strategy. These will be financed by the energy
savings achieved over several years, and will be coupled with a large-scale
awareness campaign in the school community. The first stage of the process will
involve 100 schools, including, as a priority, primary schools.
About
the Clinton Climate Initiative
Building
on his long-term commitment to preserving the environment, President Clinton
launched the Clinton Foundation’s Climate Initiative in August 2006 with the
mission of applying the Foundation’s business-oriented approach to the fight
against climate change in practical, measurable, and significant ways.
In its
first phase, CCI is working with the C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group
to accelerate efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. CCI team members have
visited nearly all of these cities and are working with them to define projects
and take action.
The C40
Large Cities Climate Leadership Group is comprised of the following cities:
Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Beijing, Berlin, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Caracas,
Chicago, Delhi, Dhaka, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, Jakarta,
Johannesburg, Karachi, Lagos, Lima, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manila,
Melbourne, Mexico City, Moscow, Mumbai, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, Rio de
Janeiro, Rome, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo, and Warsaw.
Click here
to learn more about the Clinton Climate Initiative.
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