Clinton Climate Initiative

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Clinton Climate Initiative

By creating public and private sector partnerships of purpose, we're proving that measures to fight climate change can also grow economies.

Building on President Clinton’s longstanding commitment to the environment, the Clinton Climate Initiative develops scalable projects that can be tailored to local conditions while also serving as innovative models for tackling global climate change. This approach helps provide real-world demonstrations of how we can cut emissions while compressing the timeframe for delivering real progress.

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Forestry Program

Deforestation and forest degradation contribute approximately 15% of human-caused carbon emissions.

Islands Energy Program

As climate change accelerates, small island nations will suffer a disproportionate share of the global consequences already occurring.

Energy Efficiency Program

Energy use in the global building sector is significant and on the rise. In fact in the United States commercial and residential buildings accounted for over 40 percent of primary energy consumption.

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Catalyzing Cambodia’s Carbon Credits Process

From 2008 to 2012 CCI developed two carbon credit projects in Cambodia, including Cambodia’s first carbon credits effort in Oddar Meanchey, and worked with the community to implement organic vegetable gardens, chicken raising and biogas digesters intended to reduce dependence on fuelwood.

The Arkansas HEAL Program Saves Energy

The Clinton Climate Initiative's Home Energy Affordability Loan program is bringing clean energy solutions to communities in Arkansas through building retrofits and home energy audits. CCI is working to expand and replicate this program across the country to help communities save energy.

Using Data to Change the World

CCI's SLEEK program will give farmers access to a wealth of climate, soil and crop data through SMS and simple tablet applications. This will provide farmers with up to date information, helping them make better decisions about which crops to plant and when.

Restoring East Africa's Forests

CCI is helping catalyze large-scale forest restoration in Kenya and Ethiopia by developing national maps that show the best sites for restoration, working with communities to plant over 800,000 trees, and developing new financial models to scale forest restoration.

L’Oreal Becomes First Employer to Implement HEAL

In 2009, L’Oreal USA’s North Little Rock Plant became the first employer to offer the HEAL benefit. Nearly one-third of their eligible employees participated, seeing average annual savings of $447 and 2.4 tonnes of CO2 per home.

Indonesia’s Largest Carbon Credits Project

CCI helped develop carbon credit projects in Indonesia in areas of biodiversity-rich forest land.

Medical Center Reaches 1,000 HEAL Participants

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) became the nation’s first employer with over 1,000 HEAL employee participants. Employees received free energy audits, customized energy plans, rebate eligibility and low interest financing (3.75%) repaid through a payroll deduction.