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The Global Climate Network -LRB- GCN -RRB- is an alliance of influential think tanks and research institutes in different countries that collaborate on research into climate change policy and whose stated aim is to help address the political blockages to ambitious action to tackle global warming .. climate change. climate change. The Network has members in nine countries worldwide , including the USA , China , India , UK , Australia , Brazil , Norway , South Africa and Nigeria .. Its Secretariat is housed at the Institute for Public Policy Research in London , UK .. Institute for Public Policy Research. Institute for Public Policy Research. GCN members are engaged jointly in a programme of research projects , the results of which each member feeds into policy making at the domestic and international levels .. Collectively , members of the Global Climate Network are committed to a vision of a prosperous and secure world in which greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced to a level that is no longer harmful to the climate system .. Working together , the Network construct a narrative for action on climate change that is concerned with human and economic progress as well as environmental wellbeing .. climate change. climate change. The Network 's patrons are Dr Rajendra Pachauri , chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and director-general of the Energy and Resources Institute in India ; John Podesta , former Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton and director of Center for American Progress , and Lord Christopher Patten of Barnes , former European Commissioner for External Affairs .. Dr Rajendra Pachauri. Rajendra K. Pachauri. Lord Christopher Patten of Barnes. Chris Patten