The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) seeks a Regional Director for Africa. C40 is a global network of the world’s largest cities taking action to combat climate change by identifying, developing, and implementing policies and programs that generate measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions An international staff of embedded “City Directors” and “Global Initiative Teams” work for the organization, and with these cities, to deliver on this mission.
The current chair of the C40 is New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who – with the support of the C40 Executive Team -- guides the work of the C40, along with the members of the C40 Steering Committee. Current Streering Committee members are: Berlin, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, London, New York City, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Tokyo.
In April 2011, President Bill Clinton and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced the strategic alignment of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) and the Clinton Climate Initiative Cities Program (CCI Cities), a program of the William J. Clinton Foundation.
C40-CCI is responsive to the needs of C40 Cities and focuses on the areas of greatest opportunity for city action and climate impact. C40’s approach is three pronged: direct assistance, peer-to-peer exchange and knowledge management/research. Intrinsic to the C40’s success is its ability to leverage relationships between peer cities, as well as technical and financial partners whose expertise can help drive a city’s sustainability initiatives.
Using this data-driven approach, the staff identify and promote exchange of proven programs and policies developed by cities; provide world-class research, technical expertise, and access to key partners to deliver new programs and policies with cities; and communicate cities’ individual achievements and collective leadership. C40-CCI works with governments and other partners to build strong connectivity among member cities to enable easy exchange of information, collaboration to achieve climate protection goals, efficient identification of solutions and barriers to climate protection challenges and strategic deployment of resources.
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