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The R20 - Regions of Climate Action (R20) is a nonprofit environmental organization founded in November 2010, by former Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, with the support of the United Nations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://regions20.org/contact-us )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://regions20.org/about-r20 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://theglobaljournal.net/group/arnold-schwarzenegger/article/89/ )〕 The R20 is a coalition of sub-national governments, private companies, international organizations, NGOs and academic and financial institutions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://regions20.org/about-r20 )〕 Its mission is to help sub-national governments to implement low-carbon and climate-resilient projects, as well as to share best practices in renewable energy and energy efficiency, in order to build a “green economy”.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.regionsmagazine.com/site/pdfs/RM107_R20_EN.pdf )〕 The focus of the NGO is to operate at the sub-national level. In effect, the R20 believes that sub-national governments constitute a powerful force for change and are the best positioned to take action and implement green projects.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.regionsmagazine.com/site/pdfs/RM107_R20_EN.pdf )〕 Following a bottom-up approach, successful sub-national projects will be scaled-up to national and international levels, in order to have a global impact. ==Mission and Methodology== According to its Charter, the mission of The R20 is to prevent a 2°C increase in global temperatures by 2020, by reducing global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 75%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://regions20.org/about-r20/charter )〕 The R20 works - upon demand from the regions - as a “matchmaker” for three actors: sub-national governments, technology developers and investors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://regions20.org/programs-action/finance-action )〕 Its purpose is to connect them with each other, in order to facilitate the implementation of green projects targeting GHG emission reductions, public health improvements, creation of new jobs, and poverty reduction in accessing public services for all.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2010/2010-11-16-01.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ideacarbon.com/Regions-20-Partnership/index.htm )〕 To that end, the organization works with worldwide sub-national governments, academic institutions, corporations, financial institutions, intergovernmental organizations, nonprofit organizations and United Nations programmes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://regions20.org/members-partners/partners )〕 The R20 approach to projects implementation is a three-phased approach, first determine the regions' needs (Regions in Action), then find the appropriate technology (Technologies in Action), and finally identify the investor (Finance in Action).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://regions20.org/programs-action )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://isa-gva.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/R20-Overview-January-2012.pdf )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「R20 Regions of Climate Action」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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