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| In 2007, CSM initiated a climate change work programme to respond to the lack of awareness and leadership on this issue in India. The subject was not new to CSM. In 2001, we were the first organisation in the country to hold a carbon neutral event. While offsets are now controversial, for CSM it was an important way of highlighting an issue in a country where little public awareness existed. CSM’s annual corporate citizenship conferences were subsequently carbon neutral, in partnership with Future Forests, with offsets in India itself.
Our view is that solving the climate crisis will require not just a transformation in our economies, but in our politics and our mindsets. India has a key role to play – not as a victim, but as a leader on this agenda with much at stake. At CSM we work to forge leadership, promote solutions, and drive the transition to sustainability and human rights in the climate age.
Since 2007, CSM has led India’s foremost public engagement initiative on climate change, Climate Challenge India. This has mobilized business, city leaders, NGOs and opinion formers around the country on the need for a pro-active agenda on climate change. In December 2007, the campaign was recognized as one of the world’s top five campaigns on climate change and profiled at the United Nations climate conference in Bali. CSM has subsequently worked with world leaders including Al Gore and his team on India issues, and advised a range of political leaders on the new climate agenda for India.
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You can join us today by taking the CCI Pledge and becoming an automatic member of the Climate Challenge India community.
CSM prefers to work in partnership and collaboration with other like-minded organisations and individuals. Our agenda is ambitious and our approach is open.
If you would like to join us - or propose a specific activity for partnership - we would be happy to hear from you…
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