Greening Our Planet, One Bulb at a Time
by Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
At 6,500 miles, Los Angeles has the largest network of streets and roads and the second largest number of street lights – 210,000 – to light the way. In 2009, the City of Los Angeles teamed up with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to find out how much those lights were costing the City - and our climate.
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2012
Haiti: Lessons for the Future
CEO of NRG Energy David Crane discusses project updates in Haiti during the 2012 CGI Annual Meeting Haiti breakout session. This year, as part of the CGI Annual Meeting, the Haiti Action Network hosted a breakout session to discuss commitments made to strengthen the country, their various stages of success, and lessons learned from working in a challenging and complex setting.
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Lift Up Women to Lift the World
This story originally appeared on CNN.com on Sept. 23, 2012. The authors, Melanne Verveer; United States ambassador-at-large for global women's issues, and Penny Abeywardena; head of the Girls and Women program and associate director at the Clinton Global Initiative, both attended the 2012 CGI Annual Meeting on Sept. 23-25, 2012 in New York City. Women have finally arrived.
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Why I’m Optimistic
For eight years now, the CGI Annual Meeting has brought together leaders from around the world, from the public sector, the private sector, philanthropies, foundations, NGOs and the UN system to share what they’re doing that’s working – and not yet working – to make our world healthier, safer, stronger. Given the relentless...
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2012 CGI Annual Meeting Day 3
President Clinton, Mutar Kent, and Gabriel Jarmillo discuss distribution systems and supply chains during the Closing Plenary Session of the 2012 CGI Annual Meeting. Yesterday, the third and final day of the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting focused around the theme “Designing Our Systems,” highlighting how the world requires systems of governance, community...
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Continuing A Commitment To Africa
In 1998, I travelled to Africa for the first time, visiting Ghana, Uganda, Senegal, Rwanda, Botswana, and South Africa. It was the start of what I hoped would become a new, collaborative relationship between the U.S. and Africa and a shared commitment to creating a better future. Since that trip – through my...
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