Climate Strategies: About Us
Climate Strategies is a leading, independent not-for-profit, international research organisation based in Cambridge. It is made up of a global network of experts and bridges the gap between academia and policymakers to provide unrivalled analysis for international decision makers in the field of climate change and energy policy. Our work is funded through a broad spectrum of governments businesses and foundations.
Our Company
Climate Strategies is a not for profit, limited by guarantee, membership
company registered in the UK, Companies House Number 05796323. Our
research portfolio depends on supporter contributions from governments,
foundations and the business community. Climate Strategies would like to thank
all their supporters for the contributions made this year.
Climate Strategies to date
In its rapid development since 2006, Climate Strategies has had a significant impact on the development of international policy responses to climate change. Our work on allocation issues in the EU ETS provided crucial input to the EC decisions on Phase II allocation. Our long-standing engagement on this subject generated wide press coverage of our report on ‘Role of Auctioning’ of emissions allowances in October 2008, the day before the EU Parliamentary Committee voted in support of the EU post-2012 package.
A number of other research projects have provided important input to the design proposals of Phase III EU ETS, the wider debate about competitiveness and carbon leakage and debate about the international Kyoto project mechanisms.
Our growing relevance to policy makers was proven through increased international government funding in 2009. Highlights were our reports on: “International Support for Domestic Action”; the synthesis of our European-based research into the widely-publicised report for the US policy-making constituency “Climate Policy and Industrial Competitiveness: Ten insights from Europe on the EU Emissions Trading System”, published by the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
In 2010, the post-Copenhagen
landscape has forced governments to re-evaluate international and domestic
policies. Climate Strategies saw this as an opportunity to inject fresh ideas
and thinking. Our work programme included: a broad-based project on ‘Competitiveness
and Leakage’ issues; a major project on ‘Sectoral Approaches’; and on ‘Climate Innovation Centres’. The 'Carbon pricing for low-carbon investment' project provided Response to the UK HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs Consultation on Carbon Price Floor debate.
Finally, we have lunched our biggest pan-European landmark study, examining the case for the EU to set more
ambitious 2020 emissions reductions targets.
