Partnerships

CDC Climat - ICLEI - ORU/FOGAR - The °Climate Group

nrg4SD has established several partnerships with national and local governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), global organisations, the business sector and academia.

CDC Climat

In order to guarantee sound technical support to its Financing Climate Action Working Group, nrg4SD has established a collaboration with the French CDC Climat - Caisse des Dépôts et Consignation’s subsidiary set up in February 2010 to combat climate change. Since March 2011, nrg4SD has had the pleasure of developing a fruitful collaboration with the Direction for Investments at CDC Climat. nrg4SD and CDC Climat signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the nrg4SD General Assembly in Québec from 29 - 31 August 2011.

www.cdcclimat.com


ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

nrg4SD and ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability have been working together for many years on several thematic areas in the interest of their members. nrg4SD and ICLEI have organised common events, shared key advocacy messages towards the recognition of subnational and local governments in the framework of international environmental negotiations and policy. nrg4SD will continue to work closely with ICLEI, who is the focal point for the Local Government and Municipal Authorities’ Major Group recognised by UNFCCC, and both organisations will develop future synergies in preparation for COP17 in Durban, South Africa, which could include joint work in different fora and side events dedicated to local and subnational governments.  

www.iclei.org


ORU/FOGAR

As a member of the Organisation des Régions Unies/Forum Global d’Associations de Régions (ORU/FOGAR), nrg4SD is the voice of ORU/FOGAR in the field of sustainable development, and also shares with ORU/FOGAR several common members. For this reason ORU/FOGAR held the next meeting of its Executive Committee alongside the nrg4SD General Assembly. Both organisations will participate at the World Water Forum in Marseille in March 2012 and will co-host a high level panel on subnational governance of water resources. 

www.regionsunies-fogar.org


The °Climate Group

Following from the ongoing informal collaboration and on the basis of the common membership of several subnational governments to both organisations, on 1 June 2011 nrg4SD and The °Climate Group (T°CG) signed a Collaboration Agreement. Based on the share commitment to work together on climate action at subnational level, this collaboration aims to structure the on-going dialogue between both networks and tofurther the progressive work in areas of mutual agreement. Topics for collaboration include identifying areas of focus for each organisation in order to avoid duplication of efforts; taking maximum advantage of the geographic complementarity of both organisations; increasing capacity in climate change action, and enhancing the collective capability of both organisations in seeking international recognition of the contribution of their members to the global climate change agenda.  

www.theclimategroup.org