About Us
Mission:
On time promise delivery of climate, health, energy and equity commitments for cities and vulnerable regions.
Approach:
Play to win at what matters most.
The Carbon League is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to helping leaders within cities and vulnerable regions achieve critical climate, health, energy, and equity goals. By providing technical assistance, programming, and leadership coaching, The Carbon League empowers public, private and civic volunteer leaders to deliver measurable progress in focused, 90-day sprints.
Chicago
Chicago Task Force
đ 43 sprints, 12 wins
Ongoing Projects
Chicago Clean Energy Workforce Week
Creating a responsive workforce ecosystem in Chicagoland centered around people, partnerships, and education/training to deliver measurable impact via a growing job pipeline. Including CEJA partners, this includes a database of jobs and workforce partners to make it easier to access resources at every level of the pipeline. This work will culiminate in the Chicago Clean Energy Workforce Week in 2026Q2 to bring employers, workforce trainers, and future employees together for matching/development.
Community Driven Collaboration - East St. Louis
Building a collaborative framework for measurable progress in enhancing East St. Louis' health, prosperity, and resilience. This includes emphasizing the need for resident-driven clean energy initiatives, transformation of underutilized land into an Ameren clean energy industrial park, and tackling food insecurity through community-led efforts.
Transparent Community Climate Dashboard
The "Transparent Community Climate Dashboardâ seeks to create an interactive, visualized dashboard that tracks a communityâs progress on climate, health, energy, and equity initiatives. The dashboard aims to provide transparent metrics that stakeholders, including public officials, private organizations, and community leaders, can use to monitor progress and accountability. It integrates real-time data to support collaborative decision-making and highlights successes and gaps in achieving the city's sustainability goals. This tool is a centerpiece of The Carbon Leagueâs strategy to drive high-impact, measurable outcomes.
Clean Bus for All of Us
Building a collaborative framework for measurable progress in enhancing East St. Louis' health, prosperity, and resilience. This includes emphasizing the need for resident-driven clean energy initiatives, transformation of underutilized land into an Ameren clean energy industrial park, and tackling food insecurity through community-led efforts.
New Building Performance Standards Scoreboard
Centered on developing a stakeholder-informed building scoreboard and scorecard that measures health, wealth, and emissions impacts to accelerate the adoption of new Building Performance Standards (BPS) in Evanston, IL. This includes engaging community voices to ensure equitable input, identifying data sources and baselines, and aligning with city-wide climate and equity goals. Over the following 12 months, the Task Force aims to produce a replicable and transparent scoreboard model and case study to drive accountability and measurable progress in building decarbonization across Greater Chicago.
Mid-Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic Task Force
đ 29 sprints, 7 wins
Ongoing Projects
DMV RFI to Advance Scalable Thermal Energy Networks
The DMV 24Q3 Grid Modernization Task Force is driving a regional effort to deploy Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) by bringing together leaders from GWU, Joint Base Andrews, and industry partners. During its recent 90-day sprint, the Task Force developed a six-page Request for Information (RFI), informed by subteams focused on data, funding, developer interest, and stakeholder outreach. The draft RFI has been reviewed by groups including HEET, HEETLabs, Pepco, and FedGeo. As it nears public release, the Task Force seeks input from developers, utilities, and technology providers to inform a potential Design-Finance-Build-Operate-Maintain (DFBOM) project. The goal is to pilot scalable, district-level TENs aligned with energy efficiency goals, with stakeholders encouraged to respond and shape the DMVâs clean energy future.
DMV Task Force Elevates Rider Voices for Bus Priority
The DMV 24Q4 Mobility & Clean Transportation Task Force focused its mission on building public support for expanding bus priority lanes in Washington, D.C. To achieve this, the Task Force launched a 90-day sprint to engage directly with bus riders, residents, and local business owners along potential corridorsâsuch as 16th or 11th Street. By setting up a feedback stand, collecting survey data, and recording rider and business testimonials, the team is compiling a finished outreach product for WMATA. This multimedia packageâincluding video interviews and an ArcGIS Story Mapâwill help WMATA illustrate how bus lanes benefit diverse communities and build momentum for its next transit priority project.
DMV Task Force to Reframe Building Electrification as a Strategic Investment
The DMV 25Q2 Building Conversion & Electrification Task Force was formed following the May 15, 2025 AEG Stakeholder Challenge to address a critical obstacle: shifting building ownersâ views of electrification from a cost burden to a strategic investment that reduces obsolescence risk and creates new value. Over the next 90 days, the Task Force will engage 20 key stakeholders to develop pilot projects and case studies that highlight the benefits of electrification. These efforts will inform a 12-month campaign aimed at demonstrating ROI and reframing building electrification as a smart, future-proof asset. The 17-member Task Force brings together leaders from government, private industry, and academia committed to accelerating decarbonization in the DMV region.
