An independent nonprofit that encourages efficient and restorative use of resources. Aims to transform global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, and secure low-carbon future. They push for the global energy transition from fossil fuels to efficiency and renewables by working in partnership with businesses, communities, institutions, and entrepreneurs to advance market-based solutions.
Guiding Principles:
- Advanced resource productivity by using natural resources more efficiently
- Whole-systems design based elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits
- Positive action – “We don’t lobby, litigate, or harass those with whom we disagree”
- Working with markets, not against them
- End-use, least-cost approach
- Biological insight on nature’s extraordinary design solutions
- Corporate transformation an essential part of the solution
- Pursuit of interconnection – The importance of a “vision across boundaries”
Programs:
- Africa, Islands, and Southeast Asia: Building Climate-Resilient Communities that Empower the Most Vulnerable
- US Program: Supporting Unified and Sustained US Clean Energy and the Climate Movement
- Urban Transformation: Helping Cities Move from Climate Commitment to Climate Action
- Strategic Engagement & Analysis Group: Identifying and Scaling Pathways to Speed the Global Energy Transition
- India Program: Accelerating India’s Transition to a Clean Energy Economy for All
- Climate Intelligence: Accelerating Decarbonization Through Climate Data, Insights, and Action
- Climate Aligned Industries: Supercharging Efforts to Decarbonize Global Industry
- Carbon-Free Mobility: Catalyzing an Electric, Connected, and Equitable Transportation Future
- China Program: Accelerating China toward a Zero-Carbon 2050
- Carbon-Free Electricity: Accelerating the Transition to Clean Electricity Around the World
- Carbon-Free Buildings: Powering Our Homes and Businesses Without Fossil Fuels
- Breakthrough Technologies: Scaling Climate Tech and Opening New Markets for Innovation
Publications:
- Annual and financial reports
- A library of 1500+ reports, papers, blogs, press releases, articles, books, presentations, etc.
- Spotlight Series
- Blog
- Solutions Journal (since 2007) – A self-published magazine featuring articles that celebrate the people, projects, innovations, and impacts driving the clean energy revolution
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Reinventing Fire (2014, 352p.) – A book by Amory Lovins built on 30 years of research and work in the field that maps pathways for running a 158%-bigger U.S. economy in 2050 needing no oil, no coal, and no nuclear energy.
- The Impact of Fossil Fuels in Buildings (2019) – Facts that “direct building emissions, showing where they come from and how they fit into the overall emissions picture in the US.”
