Bonn, a boon for business? Top ways your company can make the most of COP23
COP21 in Paris was a watershed moment for government. COP23 in Bonn will be the year for business.
Tag: Climate & Energy
The transport revolution: when science-fiction becomes business reality
The world is changing. Technological developments and the advance of the digital age have fundamentally shifted the way we experience day-to-day life.
Insider Perspective: BIO World Congress for Industrial Biotechnology
This week below50 partnered with the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) to advance the case for below50 fuels during the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology (#BIOWC17) in Montreal, Canada, where industry leaders, government officials and academic researchers met to share the latest advances across the spectrum of industrial biotechnology including renewable chemicals, synthetic biology, food ingredients and advanced biofuels.
LCTPi 7 Insider Perspective
This week during Sustainable Energy Week in Brussels, 250 sustainability professionals and policymakers from across the world gathered at the seventh global meeting of the Low-Carbon Technology Partnerships initiative (LCTPi 7).
Integrating climate risk into the finance sector
WBCSD co-organized an official side event at the UNFCCC Bonn Intersessionals with the We Mean Business Coalition (WMB), the Climate Disclosure Project (CDP) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
COP22 – Low-Emission Solutions Conference
In the second week of COP22 – “the COP of action” – the first-ever Low-Emissions Solutions Conference (LESC) took place on the ground in Marrakech, putting innovative technical solutions at the heart of COP22 and the global climate action agenda.
A wealth of opportunities
For decades, the “tragedy of the commons” has been a useful tool for understanding and explaining the risks of undervaluing shared resources.
Today, the Paris Agreement enters into force
Nearly one year ago, many didn’t even think an agreement was possible. And yet it’s going into effect faster than many ever imagined.
WBCSD Insider Perspective: LCTPi 6 in Chennai
Companies turned out in force with more than 80 WBCSD member representatives gathering to review progress against each of the sector-specific work plans for 2016, and to discuss how to continue driving implementation in 2017.
Paris and the climate talks: business’ shortest route to success
Our world has changed. So has our climate. Never has the necessity of building a sustainable world been so real and so urgent. But stepping into this reality should not evoke dark clouds as it is also a synonym for hope.