Vision and Purpose

We believe that a healthy and prosperous future, powered entirely by clean energy, is possible — a planet with a safe climate and a healthy atmosphere, with clean air and clean water, with vibrant ecosystems, and with thriving communities fairly sharing in the benefits of a clean economy.

But humanity’s vast and largely uncontrolled discharges of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere in recent decades have thrown our climate out of equilibrium and into an increasingly abnormal, unstable, and dangerous condition. Thus, the resulting climate emergency demands a serious, nonpartisan, all-hands-on-deck national effort to accelerate the clean energy transition at every level of government.

In response to this situation, as well as the manifold business opportunities it now affords, we are convening leaders from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to a national gathering devoted to protecting and extending past gains in clean energy and energy efficiency and to removing barriers to the more rapid implementation of clean energy, energy efficiency, and natural climate solutions. We invite all people of goodwill to further these efforts independently, and to join in our event.

The conference sessions will highlight cost-effective strategies to reduce emissions, integrate innovative technologies into the energy economy, streamline permitting, and inspire more decisive state and local climate leadership. The conference will share best practices and model policies to accelerate adoption. Following the meeting, we will synthesize key findings and deliver a policy briefing to legislators and media to drive legislative action.