Combat Climate Change Initiative
The 3C initiative is an organisation that encourages business leaders'across the globe to actively help shape global opininon on the issue of climate change.
Goal
According to the 3C website,the primary goal of initiative is to influence the post-Kyoto process - COP 15 - and drive policy that promotes a market based solution in dealing with the problem of climate change.
Signatory companies
At present 55 global companies including General Electric, AIG, Citigroup, BP, Siemens, Hitachi, Rusal, Reuters, Duke Energy, China Oil & Offshore Company, Volvo, Tata Power, HP and Vattenfall have joined our initiative![1] Many of the participants in the 3C initiative also take part in other activities on climate change such as the World Economic Forum's G8 Climate Change Roundtable, US Climate Action Pertnership and various Trade Association's initiatives.
The Swedish power company Vattenfall is responsible for coordinating the initiative. Other companies are invited to take part. The initiative stems from Vattenfall’s proposal for a low carbon emitting society “Curbing Climate Change”. This can be achieved by getting as many companies as possible aboard and by getting our common platform well known and well understood.
There are clear indications of an ongoing global climate change. The root cause seems to be the emission of greenhouse gases due to human activity. A change in the climate could potentially alter the conditions that govern human life and lead to major costs. Therefore, we believe that the global community should aim at reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to acceptable levels as rapidly as possible, as well as providing secure and affordable energy for a stable, global development.
