Carbon War Room Aruba

Justin locke director of the island energy program at the carbon war room an international nonprofit says it makes sense for islands to switch to clean power.

Carbon war room aruba.

The government of aruba carbon war room and the new america foundation have launched the smart island strategy for aruba. To accelerate the adoption of business solutions to advance the low carbon economy. It was founded by virgin group ceo richard branson and merged with the rocky mountain institute in. Carbon war room published on october 10 2013.

In december 2014 carbon war room cwr merged with the rocky mountain institute rmi a us based ngo dedicated to transforming global energy use to create a clean prosperous and. The smart growth pathways publication provides an initial view of the roadmap to sustainability for aruba through a focus on low carbon pathways as the keystone to sustainability and economic growth. What is the carbon war room. Rmi engages businesses communities institutions and entrepreneurs to accelerate the adoption of market based solutions that cost effectively shift from fossil fuels to efficiency and renewables.

Incentivize household retrofit and commercial. Create world class walkable destinations for tourists and communities for residents. It engaged directly in markets to generate business led solutions in maritime shipping buildings aviation and other sectors and it prioritized the flow of capital to low carbon solutions as the key metric of success. Countries that have already jointed the ten island challenge include aruba grenada and saint lucia.

The carbon war room cwr is an international non governmental organization ngo and think tank working on issues regarding market based solutions to climate change. Rocky mountain institute rmi s mission is to transform global energy use to create a clean prosperous and secure low carbon future. While the document focuses more on the opportunity to transform the energy sector from one that. Carbon war room was co founded in 2009 by richard branson and a team of like minded entrepreneurs wanting to speed up the adoption of market based solutions to climate change.

Since may 2013 the carbon war room has convened multiple workshops meetings in aruba and the british virgin isles for island governments and the private sector to support the cci and ten island challenge. Working with the independent us energy group the rocky mountain institute and the business ngo carbon war room aruba ditched its old steam turbines for more efficient engines and changed the way. Carbon war room s goal.