“We want to see policy makers and governments unite behind green energy. We need to double the amount of green energy that is in the current targets in 2030, to stand a chance to stay below 1.5ºC,” Anders Holst Nymark, Global Public Affairs Lead at Ørsted, said.
It’s time to extinguish the fossil fuel flame once and for all. The transition to a zero-carbon energy system has begun, but must accelerate to help limit warming to 1.5ºC.
“Autodesk has been committed to 100% renewable energy for quite some time and any policies that helps to improve the renewable energy make up on the grid is going to help us better attain that target,” Ben Thompson, Director of Sustainability at Autodesk, said.
“What we really need to see in 2020 is for both governments and businesses to step up their ambition and step up their action so that we are really treating this issue with the gravity and urgency that it needs,” Ashley Allen, Climate and Land Senior Manager at Mars said.
Many of the technical solutions needed to combat climate change are already available, “but the reality is we’re waiting for policy makers to stand behind us or in front of us and enable those solutions to actually get together faster,” said Roland Dubois, Head of Sustainability at ABB.
We Mean Business had the chance to hear from Gabrielle Giner, head of environmental sustainability at UK telecoms company BT. We asked her some of the key takeaways from the summit, as well as how companies and governments can accelerate climate action throughout 2020 and beyond.
Harry Verhaar, head of global public affairs at lighting company Signify, calls on all governments to commit to becoming carbon neutral by 2050 and walk the talk when it comes to climate.
“In the next year, when we meet again at COP, I would be delighted to hear that nations are actually in a position to meet the commitments they’ve already made,” said Anirban Ghosh, CSO of India’s Mahindra Group.
Businesses around the world are calling for government policies that limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5ºC.
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