 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.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.The Global Climate Network was launched at the 14th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Poznań, 2008.