WRI Statement on CLC Separation from Exxon

The World Resources Institute (WRI) issued a statement welcoming the separation of the Climate Leadership Council (CLC) from Exxon and urging companies to align their political spending and lobbying with their public climate commitments.

• The World Resources Institute (WRI) was a founding member of the Climate Leadership Council (CLC), an organization established four years prior to the statement to promote a carbon fee and dividend plan through a coalition of NGOs, economists, and companies.
• WRI President and CEO Ani Dasgupta expressed support for the CLC's separation from Exxon and called for companies to ensure their lobbying, trade association participation, and political spending are consistent with their public statements regarding climate change.
• WRI urged CLC member companies to support carbon pricing in any future legislation, including the forthcoming reconciliation package, citing the urgency of the climate crisis despite reconciliation not being the preferred method.

APA

Dasgupta, A. (2021). WRI Statement on CLC Separation from Exxon. World Resources Institute. https://www.wri.org/news/statement-wri-statement-clc-separation-exxon

Chicago

Dasgupta, Ani. WRI Statement on CLC Separation from Exxon. World Resources Institute, 2021. https://www.wri.org/news/statement-wri-statement-clc-separation-exxon.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{dasgupta2021wri, author = {Dasgupta, Ani}, title = {{WRI Statement on CLC Separation from Exxon}}, publisher = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2021}, month = aug, url = {https://www.wri.org/news/statement-wri-statement-clc-separation-exxon}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }