- Global Campaign for Climate Action
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The Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA), is a global alliance of more than 280 non-profit organizations all over the world. Our shared mission is to mobilize civil society and galvanize public support to ensure a safe climate future for people and nature, to promote the low-carbon transition of our economies, and to accelerate the adaptation efforts in communities already affected by climate change.
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Background
The GCCA was born from conversations between internationally-respected campaigners and advocates representing environmental and development NGOs and social justice groups. These climate activists concluded in 2006 that the fight against climate change needed a boost. By uniting together across organizations to create public campaigns particularly in countries where additional mobilizing capacity was needed, they felt they had a better chance of becoming more than the sum of the parts. The GCCA was formed in 2008 and started campaigning in early 2009, with the goal to secure a fair, ambitious and binding climate treaty at the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen at the end of that year. One of the newer members of the GCCA, Kofi Annan’s Global Humanitarian Forum (GHF), offered the use of the new TckTckTck open source logo and marketing campaign which had been designed by Euro RSCG/Havas, an international advertising agency working pro bono for Kofi Annan. The TckTckTck logo thus became the shared brand for the new climate alliance. The GCCA is not a coalition in the traditional sense of the word, as we do not negotiate common policy positions beyond what is contained in our Call to Action and Asks. We focus on what unites us and not on what divides us, and partner organizations are free to engage with the campaign in ways that best suit their own strengths. The NGO movement united under the TckTckTck banner has kept growing ever since it started, inspiring people all over the world to take action in the race to the low-carbon future.
Achievements and Campaigns
In 2009 and 2010, our member organizations together mobilized 17 million people worldwide in a shared call for a fair, ambitious and legally-binding climate treaty. These supporters united in online petitions and real world days of action, showing leaders their willingness to move towards a sustainable, low-carbon future. Collectively we have inspired millions people from all walks of life and nearly every country on earth to join hands and tackle dangerous climate change.
In 2010 TckTckTck won a “Game-Changer” Award from the We Media Foundation, was short-listed for a Webby Award for world’s best advocacy campaign, and listed by The Guardian as one of the Top 50 climate tweeters in the world. We work hard to stay innovative, as we run creative campaigns, design cutting edge communications tools, and build capacity amongst NGOs to grow the movement for change both on and off-line.
GCCA Partners
Our 280 and growing group of partners come from a broad spectrum of civil society, including national and international NGOs working to protect the environment or to fight poverty, as well as faith-based charities and labor unions. These partners include, among others, World Wide Fund for Nature, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Amnesty International, DARA (international organization), the Red Cross, Christian Aid, World Council of Churches, 350.org, Avaaz, E3G.org, Global Call to Action Against Poverty, the Boy Scouts and the YMCA.
Together they represent millions of citizens all over the world concerned about climate change who recognize a need for genuine leadership and meaningful action. A complete list of all GCCA partners is available here.
Together for Climate Action
The GCCA is supported by a small international Secretariat dispersed around the world, with its home office based in Montreal (Canada).
There are many ways for organizations and individuals to get involved and to add their voice to the TckTckTck campaign. Contact the GCCA Secretariat today if you would like to join TckTckTck in showing world leaders the impact that civil society can have on solving the world’s challenges when we are unified.
See also
- TckTckTck
- International Day of Climate Action
- World People's Conference on Climate Change
- Individual and political action on climate change
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External links
Categories:- International environmental organizations
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