Create a zero carbon future.
Renewable Energy Buyers Coalition: WWF convened major corporate energy consumers to help
accelerate renewable energy markets. In July, 12 large companies—including Bloomberg, Facebook, General
Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Mars, Novelis, Procter and Gamble, REI, Sprint, and
Walmart—together with WWF and the World Resources Institute launched a buyers coalition to help
companies purchase more renewable energy with fewer obstacles. The initiative is the first of its kind and
will engage utilities and energy suppliers to find opportunities for collaboration and energy system reforms.
Priority Species at Risk from Climate Change: WWF is working with scientists to assess the
vulnerability of WWF priority species to climate change. The project is creating concrete recommendations
to incorporate into species conservation plans to build resilience to increasing extreme weather events and
longer-term changes in climate. Toolkits for species such as elephants, snow leopards, mountain gorillas
and sea turtles will be shared throughout WWF’s global network and with other conservation groups and US
universities. The analysis will also be the basis for an education packet for US high school teachers that will
be disseminated by our partner, the North American Association for Environmental Education.
Cities Move to 100% Renewable Energy: As part of WWF’s “Renewable, It’s Doable” campaign, we are
working with cities across America to use little-known “community choice” laws to help cities shift to 100
percent renewable electricity. We have already helped to more than double the number of cities using 100
percent renewable electricity for all of their residences and small businesses, including Cleveland, Cincinnati,
and Sonoma County. In March, WWF together with Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin, launched
“Leading from the Middle,” a report showcasing the 90 cities and towns that used Illinois’ community choice
law to leave their local utility and buy 100 percent renewable energy.