Chennai Refocus Paris; Businesses Ready To Invest In Low Carbon Economy
Chennai Refocus Paris; Businesses Ready To Invest In Low Carbon Economy
The latest insights from the We Mean Business coalition
Morocco and California Showing the Way on Global Low-Carbon Future
California and Morocco are starkly different places, but not when it comes to energy. Both are charting radical paths to replace fossil fuels with clean energy – and they’re pulling it off. As climate negotiators scramble this week to keep their bold carbon reducing agreement on track, they can draw lots of inspiration from these […]
Midsession COP21 Report: What Happened in Week 1, Expectations for Week 2, and How Business Can Act
As we enter the second week of COP21 in Paris, BSR’s Edward Cameron provides his analysis of week one, priorities for week two, and how business can take action now to ensure that the final Paris Agreement catalyzes the transition to a thriving, clean economy. Dienel: What were you most pleased to see in week one […]
The Pathways to Carbon Pricing
The Pathways to Carbon Pricing
Thinking Big and Bold on Climate Finance
The transition to a thriving, clean economy that protects the global climate while providing equitable access to sustainable development does not come cheap. The energy innovation and climate-resilient infrastructure we need requires finance at scale. This is why the climate finance discussion is so difficult and so important. On the one hand, developing countries legitimately […]
Growing the Economy and Keeping Communities Safe
The Adaptation stream of the negotiations is progressing well so far although important issues remain to be resolved, including interaction with Finance and Loss & Damage. This topic is a key node within the different discussions, bringing together issues of equity, finance, long-term ambition and trust. Wednesday’s theme for the Lima-Paris Action Agenda (LPAA) […]
Ratcheting carbon goals in 2020 will help unleash business ambition
Ratcheting carbon goals in 2020 will help unleash business ambition
Five Year Commitments to Keep Us Below 2°C
In Paris, the climate change negotiations are underway with over 140 world leaders opening the talks while brimming with enthusiasm about the development of a low-carbon economy. President Barack Obama said, “There are hundreds of billions of dollars ready to deploy to countries around the world if they get the signal that we mean business […]
Leaders take first step in creating a thriving, clean economy
Government Leaders have taken the first step in creating a thriving clean economy. Now they must continue the journey by including a long-term decarbonization goal in the Paris Agreement.