To enable its partner cities to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, CCI will:

1. Create a purchasing consortium that pools the buying power of cities in order to lower the prices of energy saving products and to accelerate the development and market deployment of new energy saving technologies. The Clinton Foundation will use the same total quality management approach that has been successful in its HIV/AIDS initiative in making this consortium successful. The purchasing consortium will enter into partnerships with vendors that result in lower production and delivery costs and therefore lower sustainable prices. Key product categories will include building materials, systems, and controls; traffic and street lighting; clean buses and garbage trucks; and waste-to-energy systems. Our procurement team has identified the first commodities on which they will focus their efforts and currently is engaged in discussions with many of the leading suppliers of these products globally.

2. Mobilize the best experts in the world to provide technical assistance to cities to develop and implement programs that will result in reduced energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. We are providing technical assistance in areas including building efficiency, clean transportation systems, renewable energy production, waste management, and water and sanitation systems. The Clinton Foundation has partnered with a dozen international expert groups and is organizing the political conditions and managing the circumstances of their deployment to maximize their effectiveness in service of participating cities. We also will facilitate the exchange of expertise between C40 cities and associate cities, where it is practical and action-oriented.

3. Create and deploy common measurement and information flow tools that will allow cities to establish a baseline on their greenhouse gas emissions, track the effectiveness of their emissions reduction programs, and share what works and does not work with each other. Greenhouse gas emissions inventories will inform where and how cities direct their mitigation activities. Common measurement systems also will allow cities to relate the emissions reductions, energy savings, cost savings, and other cobenefits of projects in foreign cities to expected benefits in their own local contexts. Our online information network will include real-time mechanisms for technical experts and policymakers in different cities to access data and to engage one another in dialogue about best practices.