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Time for business leadership !

Time for business leadership !. Early, bold and comprehensive action to reduce climate change is absolutely necessary. Businesses must take action to reduce their carbon footprint and to develop innovative solutions.

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Time for business leadership !

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  1. Time for business leadership ! Early, bold and comprehensive action to reduce climate change is absolutely necessary. Businesses must take actionto reduce their carbon footprint and to develop innovative solutions. I particularly encourage business involvementin leadership initiatives, such as Caring for Climate UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moonJuly 2007

  2. Claude Fussler Director Caring for Climate Programme

  3. Welcome !

  4. 153 196 298

  5. Numbers matter 2 300 Reed’s Law Communicate on Progress Inspire useful policies Create a low-carbon economy Grow the efficiency wave Emulate and cooperate Shape public attitudes

  6. The founding partnership WBCSD

  7. Georg Kell Executive Director UN Global Compact

  8. Sylvie Lemmet Director Division of Technology, Industry and Economics United Nations Environment Programme

  9. Björn Stigson WBCSD President World Business Council for Sustainable Development

  10. The founding partnership WBCSD

  11. Fu Chengyu Chief Executive Officer China National Offshore Oil Corporation

  12. The innovation wedge Decoupling economic growth from carbon combustion needs massive, multiple innovations 450 Energy efficiency 350 now Zero carbon energy 2050 Carbon capture Cooperation and burden sharing

  13. Low hanging fruits & demanding technologies Technologyoptimism The first 15 Gt CO2 have a positive return The last 15 Gt CO2 cost 50 to 800 $/tonne

  14. 45 trillion $ for 40 years of energy innovation Supply side Carbon capture & storage power plants Coal gasification and ultra-supercritical Nuclear renaissance On- & Offshore wind power Biomass gasification and cogeneration Non-food bio fuels High efficiency photovoltaic systems Solar power concentration Demand side Energy efficiency in buildings, appliances, mobility systems and industrial motors Heat pumps Solar space and water heating Carbon capture in industry Electric and plug-in vehicles

  15. Consensus on the benefits of early action 45 trillion dollars are equivalentto 1.1 % of world GDP Energy innovation and fossil fuel substitution can save 51 trillion dollars and stabilise oil markets The risks of delayed climate action will costat least a continuous 5% of world GDP (Stern Review 2006) The IEA scenarios require urgent implementation of unprecedented and far-reaching new policies in the energy sector

  16. The road post Kyoto, to Copenhagen 2009… A long term vision Bali Action Plan The challenge is not the costbut the rules of burden distribution between rich and developing nations A political will and decision to set a target for carbon/GHGs emission levelsthat limits the risks of climate change while ensuring economic development and poverty reduction… A time table for rapid and concerted action…

  17. Negotiate a combination of complex agreements CO2 Agree an infringement cost that stimulates compliance • Enable markets to operate for lowest cost mitigation in • joint implementation, • cooperation in technology and clean development, • sectoral initiatives, • etc. ??? ppm Ensureappropriate monitoring + - Agree to a global stabilisation level of CO2/GHGs and a time frame (IPCC recommendations) Agree to differentiated (+/-) national targets in line with capabilities and development needs Finance and foster technology innovation

  18. At the same time: business leadership required Early, bold and comprehensive action to reduce climate change is absolutely necessary. Businesses must take actionto reduce their carbon footprint and to develop innovative solutions. I particularly encourage business involvementin leadership initiatives, such as Caring for Climate UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moonJuly 2007

  19. Caring for Climate the business leadership platform on climate change A voluntary commitment for performance • Measure CO2 and GHGs emissions • Develop a coherent climate and energy strategy • Increase energy efficiency and reduce the carbon burden • Set voluntary improvement targets • Empower employees throughout the organisation • Communicate annually and publically on progress

  20. Caring for Climate the business leadership platform on climate change A voluntary commitment for outreach • Be a champion for rapid, extensive action on climate risks • Cooperate with others in the sector and value chain • Help shaping public attitudes for energy conservation • Inspire policies that disseminate and amplify innovations • Support policy makers for a good outcome of climate negotiations

  21. COP 15 World Business Summit on Climate Change

  22. 5 priorities MeasureProgress and Needs Advocatesolutions and policies that enable innovation and inclusion Amplify reach and leverage of Caring for Climate Shareknowledge and join forces Partnerwith UNEP, WBCSD andlike-minded business networks

  23. Caring for Climate numbers by sectors % by regions the business leadership platform on climate change 298 signatories 206 large companies 92 SMEs

  24. Amplify  new signatories since May 1, 2008 102 signatories 64 large companies 38 SMEs

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  31. Welcome !

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