Key Takeaways

•  Tech Nation, Asia Pacific Adaptation Network, and C40 are examples of climate tech/net-zero expert networks.
•  Climate Alliance is one of the largest European city networks that is dedicated to climate action.
•  Climate Collaborative focuses on natural businesses that have a concern about climate change.

Introduction

Tech Nation

• Net Zero 2.0 was launched by Tech Nation to support scale-ups achieve and speed up UK’s goal to “drive down global emissions.” 

Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN)

•  Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) provides tools and resources for financing, planning, and building adaptive societies across the Pacific Region and Asia to “build more resilience against the consequences of climate change.”

C40 Cities

•  C40 enables collaboration and knowledge sharing by bringing together a network of megacities globally. Some cities that have committed to climate targets, established in the Paris Agreement, include London, New York City, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Sydney, Tokyo, and Mexico City.

Caribbean Community Climate Change Center (CCCCC)

•  The CCCCC offers several resources and tools to help users in the Caribbean region take appropriate actions in their communities. The center “works to coordinate the Caribbean region’s response to climate change by identifying solutions.”

Climate Alliance

•  Climate Alliance is one of the largest European city networks that is dedicated to climate action. The alliance is made up of government, municipalities and districts, NGOs, and other organizations.

Climate Collaborative

•  Climate Collaborative focuses on natural businesses that have a concern about climate change. The network has established ties with 673 businesses and offers a variety of support and resources to help them achieve their mission.

Climate Group

• During Climate Week NYC, government leaders and international businesses come together to make commitments toward net-zero emissions. The Climate Group “holds them accountable by sharing the actions they’ve taken and connecting them to other groups with similar objectives.”

Climate Justice Alliance (CJA)

•  Climate Justice Alliance brings together community-based, frontline organizations to lead the just transition to a regenerative economy from an extractive one. These communities work locally to fight climate change with traditional ecological knowledge. CJA helps these members scale up their impact nationally by uniting them.

Gender CC

•  Gender CC was created as a result of the United Nations Climate negotiations (UNFCCC). The global network of experts, organizations, and activists is “working to integrate gender justice into climate justice through raising awareness and empowering women.”

Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)

•  Indigenous Environment Network is part of the Native environmental justice movement formed in the United States after Indigenous and tribal grassroots youth leaders assembled to discuss the environmental assaults on waters, lands, villages, and communities. The network connects communities nationally and internationally to protect natural resources and sacred resources and support a just transition, the Green New Deal, and carbon pricing.

Additional Useful Sources

The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN)

•  The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) is a “global network of climate and clean energy financing experts.”

Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN)

•  Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN) provides a list of 651 members. The Network provides "access to a diverse global community of climate technology users, providers and financiers under the umbrella of the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism.”

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

•  Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) provides a 2020 list of seven major companies that are committed to net-zero.

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