Climate Action Network

Climate Action Network
AbbreviationCAN
Formation1989 (1989)
TypeAdvocacy group
Legal statusNon-profit, non-governmental
PurposeNetwork of over 1300 non-governmental organizations in over 130 countries working to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels
HeadquartersBonn, Germany
Region
Worldwide
Official language
English
Key people
Michael Oppenheimer (founder)
Staff
28 (2020)
Websitewww.climatenetwork.org

Climate Action Network - International (CAN) is a global network of over 1,300 environmental non-governmental organisations in over 130 countries working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.[1][2]

  1. ^ CAN website: http://www.climatenetwork.org
  2. ^ Hadden, Jennifer (2015). Networks in Contention: The Divisive Politics of Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-08958-7.

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