While its main offices are in london new york city and washington d c carbon war room also has associates around the world.
Carbon war room islands.
The carbon war room cwr is an international non governmental organization ngo and think tank working on issues regarding market based solutions to climate change.
Branson s carbon war room ngo is aiming to help islands in the region transition from expensive fossil fuel imports to using their own renewable energy resources as part of its ten island challenge programme.
In december 2014 carbon war room cwr merged with the rocky mountain institute rmi a us based ngo dedicated to transforming global energy use to create a clean prosperous and.
It was founded by virgin group ceo richard branson and merged with the rocky mountain institute in.
This week the bahamas joined the push committing to developing 20mw of solar pv generation in the outer family islands bringing energy.
To accelerate the adoption of business solutions to advance the low carbon economy.
Carbon war room s goal.
Led the clean energy transition planning process and supported the development of roadmaps for six islands to build low carbon futures.
What is the carbon war room.
The british virgin islands the turks and caicos islands san andrés and providencia belize saint vincent and the grenadines and saint lucia.
Countries that have already jointed the ten island challenge include aruba grenada and saint lucia.
Kenred dorsett minister of the environment and housing bahamas and justin locke carbon war room s director of islands signed a memorandum of understanding mou establishing a partnership to expedite the country s transformation towards renewable energy production and energy efficiency.