The high stake race for climate
As we come to the end of a year marked by a global health crisis, it’s a good moment to take stock of our efforts to fight the world’s climate crisis.
Tag: Natural Climate Solutions
From climate targets to holistic solutions
Today is 12 December 2020 – the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement.
The race for global climate leadership gathers pace
As the end of the year draws closer, we are about to mark the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement at COP21 in December 2015.
What nature can do for the climate in a post-COVID world
Business are in a race to zero It was expected that 2020 would set the agenda for environmental action for the next decade. But with the postponement of the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 15) and the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), along with the enormous fiscal pressures created by COVID-19, this year threatens to disrupt […]
P&G Embraces Natural Climate Solutions
The Procter & Gamble Company announced a new commitment to have its global operations be carbon neutral for the decade through a series of interventions that protect, improve and restore nature.
Green Recovery Alliance: reboot and reboost our economies for a sustainable future
WBCSD joined the Call to Action of the Green Recovery Alliance calling for an EU-wide green recovery strategy focused on sustainability after COVID-19. This Call to Action, signed by WBCSD President & CEO Peter Bakker and María Mendiluce, Interim CEO We Mean Business & WBCSD Managing Director Climate & Energy, originally appeared online on 14 April 2020. The coronavirus […]
COP25: a missed opportunity to agree carbon market rules and raise climate ambition
After a marathon two weeks, the COP25 climate talks drew to a close yesterday in Madrid.
WBCSD’s Maria Mendiluce and our call for bolder climate action in 2020
As we follow the global climate talks in Madrid this week, there has never been more at stake.
WBCSD releases key policy asks from business ahead of COP25 in Madrid
Geneva, 18 November 2019: A couple of weeks ahead of the opening of COP25 in Madrid, Spain (2-13 December), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released key policy recommendations for COP25 negotiators. The IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C published in October 2018, sent a clear signal: the impacts of allowing global warming to […]
Natural Climate Solutions will play vital role in tackling climate change emphasizes new report
WBCSD with the Nature4Climate coalition launched the report Natural Climate Solutions: the Business Perspective. The report builds consensus on how to credibly invest in Natural Climate Solutions as part of a climate action strategy and what are the barriers to investment, which WBCSD will now work to address. New York, 23 September: Yesterday, the World Business […]