Centro per un Futuro Sostenibile

The Center for a Sustainable Future (CFS) is a foundation that aims to bring the issues related to climate change, the environment, sustainable development and green growth at the heart of our country’s political – economic agenda and international commitment. The Foundation comprises an authoritative Scientific Committee, which includes, among others, some leading figures of the italian chapter of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), the UN Commission winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize, and a Political – Parliamentary Committee composed of significant representatives of different political parties. CFS has promoted a series of partnerships, among other things, with Global Climate Network international think tanks, with TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute, India) and the Center for American Progress. The Centre intends to carry out a qualified activity from the scientific and dissemination point of views, in order to raise public awareness on problems and solutions that are fundamental for the future of the international community. The Foundation promotes the dialogue between the worlds of science and policy to develop strategies for effective action; it looks at the world of business, as a key to facilitate a change of perspective that allows to consider environmental issues as a main way to overcome the economic crisis, and to create new businesses and jobs.