The European Climate Foundation is an international organisation that aims to promote climate

Climate

Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods...

 and energy

Energy

In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...

 policies that greatly reduce Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

's greenhouse gas emissions and helps Europe play an even stronger international leadership role in mitigating climate change

Climate change

Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...

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The European Climate Foundation is dedicated to developing and implementing well-crafted climate and energy policies that greatly reduce Europe's global greenhouse gas

Greenhouse gas

A greenhouse gas is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone...

 emissions. Key elements of a sustainable energy

Sustainable energy

Sustainable energy is the provision of energy that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Sustainable energy sources include all renewable energy sources, such as hydroelectricity, solar energy, wind energy, wave power, geothermal...

 future include: a substantial increase in energy efficiency

Efficient energy use

Efficient energy use, sometimes simply called energy efficiency, is the goal of efforts to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services. For example, insulating a home allows a building to use less heating and cooling energy to achieve and maintain a comfortable temperature...

; a successful transition from conventional to renewable energy

Renewable energy

Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...

; maintenance of the earth’s ecological systems and the life-supporting services they provide; and equitable distribution of energy services to different members of the population, both internationally and within nations.

The European Climate Foundation is funded by the Nationale Postcode Loterij

Nationale Postcode Loterij

The Nationale Postcode Loterij is a national lottery of the Netherlands. It was founded in 1989 by Novamedia, a marketing agency for charitable organizations...

, The Arcadia Fund

Lisbet Rausing

Dr Lisbet Rausing, born 1960, is a Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College’s Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. She holds honorary doctorates from Uppsala University, Imperial College and SOAS, and is a fellow of the Linnean Society, the Royal Historical Society and the...

, The Children's Investment Fund Foundation

The Children's Investment Fund Foundation

The Children's Investment Fund Foundation UK is a large charitable organization in the United Kingdom.It was founded in 2002 by hedge fund manager Chris Hohn and his wife Jamie Cooper-Hohn....

, The ClimateWorks Foundation, The McCall MacBain Foundation

John MacBain

John H McCall MacBain is the founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Trader Classified Media, one of the world's largest classified advertising companies...

, The Oak Foundation

The Royal Oak Foundation

The Royal Oak Foundation is an alliance of American citizens supporting the mission of the National Trust of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, which is Britain's largest heritage organisation. The foundation is headquartered in New York City....

, The Stordalen Foundation

Petter Stordalen

Petter Anker Stordalen is a Norwegian investor, hotel "tycoon", property developer and environmentalist. He has an estimated personal net worth of NOK 7-11 billion stemming from investments in hotels, shopping centers and properties. Stordalen is a self-made business man...

 and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.