This article discusses the background and mission of the Alliance for Climate Protection.
The
Alliance for Climate Protection is a non-profit organization dedicated
to educating the public about the climate crisis. The Alliance for
Climate Protection's goal is two-fold. First, they wish to build
non-partisan alliances with varied constituencies and individuals to
form a coalition to combat the environmental crises. Additionally, they
are working to persuade individuals and society to take measures based
on scientific facts from research.
Former Vice President and
presidential candidate Al Gore, who has been famously outspoken about
the dangers of climate change, is the chairman of the board and brings
over thirty years of experience to the table.
The Alliance for
Climate Protection works within three arenas to focus and disseminate
their message. They work with government offices, business communities,
and society at large. The Alliance for Climate Protection is dedicated
to non-partisan coverage of the issues in order to push through
unnecessary political roadblocks and background noise, and instead
focuses all of their attention on working together to make the world a
better place.
The Alliance for Climate Protection spells out its main goals as follows:
1.
Working toward bi-partisan political efforts to create new
climate-friendly proposals to reduce CO2 and methane emissions and
other greenhouse pollutants. This task is addressed within the Alliance
through persuasive education techniques. The Alliance for Climate
Protection works to generate wide-ranging support for
climate-protection efforts in order that political entities will work
sincerely to generate viable solutions. 2. Pushing for United States
participation in the creation of a global treaty to reduce greenhouse
emissions and pollution. 3. Persuading individuals at all levels to
reduce their own carbon footprint and greenhouse emissions.
It
is clear that The Alliance for Climate Protection's main weapon in the
fight against climate crisis is collaboration. A grassroots dynamic is
cultivated within the organization through their collaborative
education and coalition-building efforts. The Alliance believes that
working with a diversity of groups across political and social lines is
the most effective means to meet shared environmental protection
objectives.
The Alliance's "Repower America" campaign works to
spread the word regarding America's "dangerous reliance" on
carbon-based fuels and sets forth the challenge to end our "carbon
addiction." Repower America informs us that this reliance on
carbon-based fuels puts America at economic, environmental, and
national security risk. They suggest that investments in clean,
renewable energy sources can inject new life into the economy and
produce savings for the average American, beyond simply reducing
pollution. More information can be found at repoweramerica.org. The "We
can solve it" campaign and the "This is reality" campaign are two other
projects meant to inform the public and generate support for climate
protection.
Al Gore and his philanthropy, the Alliance for
Climate Protection has entered into an integrated partnership with Dot
Eco, to secure and promote the .eco top level domain.
This new initiative backed by Dot Eco LLC,
will donate over 50% of the domain registration proceeds back to fund
scientific initiatives and research in climate change, ocean analysis,
economic policy, and other environmentally-related areas. Dot Eco
is a powerful and truly innovative initiative and with their support
can act as a strong force in the fight against global warming.
