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- EIN 27-0616224
- (202) 717-8439
- 1750 K St Nw Ste 400 Washington DC 20006 USA
- www.carbonwarroom.com
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Energy Resources Conservation & Development, Environment
Mission: Carbon war room harnesses the power of entrepreneurs to implement market-driven solutions to climate change. The war room aims to bring together successful entrepreneurs in collaboration with the most respected institutions, scientists, national security experts, and business leaders to implement the change required to avoid catastrophic climate change.
Programs: Communications: the network engagement group inspires and gathers the change-makers in identified sectors and finds ways for them to engage effectively with the carbon war room. The team assembles the disruptive innovators that will engineer the transition to a low-carbon economy at speed and scale. Additionally, the network engagement group operates as a bridge between opportunity identification and active operations. The main focus of the team is to eliminate market failures and accelerate private capital for climate change solutions.
research: the research and intelligence group works to identify opportunities that have cost-negative, billion ton scale carbon reduction potential over the next 10 years. The primary audience is the investment community, entrepreneurs, ngo's, and policymakers. Carbon war room has identified 17 sub-sectors across seven sectors. Each sector accounts for over 1 billion tons (or more than 2%) of global core emissions annually. These sectors encompass the full spectrum of challenges that must be met to implement a low carbon economy.
islands operation: the goal of the islands operation is to accelerate the transition of caribbean island economies from a heavy dependence on fossil fuels to renewable resources. The operation aims to address the barriers and identify technical and commercial solutions to facilitate low-carbon energy use in the caribbean.
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