Corporate Power Purchase Agreements: forging the path for more renewables
We need to transform natural and human systems at an unprecedented scale and pace to avoid the detrimental impact of climate change to people and planet.
Tag: Climate & Energy
Leading companies commit to action in climate smart agriculture – essential to achieving Paris Agreement goals
Unilever, Olam, Barry Callebaut, Syngenta, Rabobank and the We Mean Business coalition spearhead CSA 100, which aims to close the emissions reduction gap and limit temperature rise to well below 2-degrees C Singapore, 24 October 2018: Today, CEOs from a number of member companies belonging to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched CSA […]
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.
Global companies step up to scale investment in natural climate solutions
12 September 2018: Today at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) publicly launched its new project focused on mobilizing private sector investment to scale natural climate solutions. These solutions are an established means of capturing and storing carbon emissions through carbon sinks like forests and peatlands. […]
Insider Perspective: The CII Sustainability Summit and WBCSD India Day, New Delhi 5-7 September
This week saw two milestone events in Delhi, aimed at accelerating India’s sustainable development. India holds one fifth of the world’s population, the planet’s fastest growing large economy and represents one quarter of all additional energy demand to 2040. Additionally, India must deliver up to half the progress required for achieving the SDGs. In other […]
Insider Perspective: Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week 2018
Last week, business leaders and government officials from across Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Montevideo, Uruguay, for the Latin America & Caribbean Climate Week 2018 (LACCW 2018).
Is 1.5 degrees within reach?
The most significant development in global efforts to keep climate change to well below 2°C is the realization by all stakeholder groups that each of us must contribute our unique capabilities if we are to succeed in addressing the climate challenge.
Insider Perspective: Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2018
Earlier this week, business leaders and government officials from across the Asia-Pacific gathered in Singapore for Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2018.
Insider Perspective: COP23 in Bonn
Thousands gathered in Bonn Germany for the 2017 climate negotiations under the Paris Agreement. This year’s COP23 was presided over by Fiji and helped shine a light on important aspects of climate resilience and adaptation that have not been as visible at previous COPs.