North American Climate Change Programme (2005)

• Alaska Conservation Foundation

  To educate federal policymakers about the adverse impacts of global warming in Alaska, in order to support the passage of critical climate legislation. (Over two years)

• Center for Resource Solutions

  To conduct an education and aggregation project in three New England states that will pool the energy demand of large businesses, local governments, colleges and universities.

• Clean Air Task Force

  To develop and communicate the analysis needed to understand and broadly describe health impacts of sulphur, black carbon, and particulate emissions from commercial shipping.

• Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

  To support efforts to negotiate a comprehensive agreement for a Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) that a critical mass of stakeholders can support.

• Northeast States Center for a Clean Air Future

  To continue work to define a policy framework that expands the scope of carbon emissions trading to include the transportation sector, and to apply this framework in a real-world context.

• Pembina Institute

  To establish federal and provincial policies in Canada that will support on-the-ground development of low-impact renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation. (Over two years)

• Redefining Progress

  To support climate policies that directly introduce climate change issues into the arena of state budget battles.

• Sage Foundation

  To ensure that Canada executes a climate plan that meets the Kyoto Protocol target and develops a long-term energy plan for Canada, targeting greenhouse gas reductions of 60 per cent or more. (Over two years)

• Sierra Club of Canada Foundation

  To provide overall coordination of Canadian NGOs working on climate change in Canada; to have greenhouse gas emissions classified as pollutants under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; and to create and administer a Climate Change Action Fund. (Over two years)

• Union of Concerned Scientists

  To establish a carbon cap-and-trade programme in the North-East through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and to achieve demonstrable progress on climate-related policies at the federal level. (Over two years)

• World Resources Institute

  To significantly scale up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the North East through regulatory and voluntary action.

Active Grants From Previous Years

• Center for Public Interest Research

  To secure sizable and measurable reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from New England sources by implementing and enforcing policies and actions at the state level. (Second year of three-year grant)

• Clean Air – Cool Planet

  To accelerate greenhouse gas emission reductions at the municipal level in the North-East United States by sharing best practices and ideas across borders. (Second year of two-year grant)

• Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies

  To improve North-Eastern U.S. and Canadian corporate policies and practices on climate change by securing ambitious corporate carbon reduction commitments as well as by gaining support for policy solutions. (Second year of two-year grant)

• Environment Northeast

  To reduce diesel emissions in New England as rapidly as possible, producing significant public health and environmental benefits. (Second year of two-year grant)

• Environmental Defense

  To achieve significant greenhouse gas reducing policies in Connecticut, Maine and New York that will have a cumulative positive impact on national policy, public opinion and consumer demand for energy-efficient technologies. (Second year of two-year grant)

• Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest

  To support continued policy advocacy, coalition-building and outreach activities to implement clean energy development policies in the Midwestern United States. (Second year of two-year grant)

• SmartPower

  To market renewable energy and encourage a goal whereby 20 per cent of Massachusetts’ energy needs will be met through renewable energy by 2010. (Second year of two-year grant)

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