SOS 1.5: The road to a resilient, zero-carbon future
As the initial stage of its SOS 1.5 project, WBCSD has developed a business roadmap to help companies design and implement their journeys to achieve net-zero emissions before 2050.
Tag: Climate Action
IPCC Special Report Climate Change and Land
The report finds that sustainable land management is a tool to combat climate change and is also urgently needed to keep land productive to improve food security.
We’re on track to blow past 1.5°C temperature rise – it’s time to work with nature to address the climate challenge
The landmark report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed by leading scientists and government representatives from across the globe, shows that the world is on track to far surpass 1.5°C temperature rise as soon as 2040. The report says that even the sum of all pledges to cut carbon would still see 3°C […]
Stepping up climate ambition: a business perspective
This new data-driven infographic was released during the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. It’s designed to send a clear policy signal: business is stepping up to climate ambition.
Making sustainable development relevant, actionable & scalable
Businesses are taking the lead in accelerating the transition to a sustainable world. By navigating risks and capturing transformative opportunities, sustainable companies are finding new growth, lowering their cost of capital and are becoming more successful.
Forest Sector steps up to mitigate climate change through increased forest cover and use of forest products
Paris, December 1 2015 – On the forests thematic day at the COP21 meeting in Paris, leading global forest companies have outlined their ambition to address climate change through increasing global forest cover and the use of forest products. Under the banner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Low Carbon Technology Partnerships initiative, the Forests and Forests […]