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Business views on addressing climate change beyond 2012 COP10 side event

Business views on addressing climate change beyond 2012 COP10 side event Buenos Aires, 13 December 2004. Laurent Corbier Program Director, Energy and Climate. Overall context. Rising population Development Poverty alleviation Energy supply and consumption Impacts and global warming.

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Business views on addressing climate change beyond 2012 COP10 side event

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  1. Business views on addressing climate change beyond 2012 COP10 side event Buenos Aires, 13 December 2004 Laurent Corbier Program Director, Energy and Climate

  2. Overall context Rising population Development Poverty alleviation Energy supply and consumption Impacts and global warming Those themes interact… …how do we understand and face the challenges ? Millenium Development Goals (2000) WEHAB, (2002)

  3. Business has an important role to play Business’ contribution is key to design and implement « workable » solutions, that respond to the « 4A » principle: Accessible, Affordable, Acceptable impacts, Adequate returns. This implies: • getting a shared understanding of the facts, and of the challenges and dilemmas, • participating to the design and implementation of workable framework conditions: bringing realism and pragmatism into the debate.

  4. setting the scene… Facts and Trends to 2050 Energy and climate change

  5. The business agenda Conditions for sustained action • Markets • Visibility / predictability • Cost-effective frameworks and mechanisms • A level playing field

  6. Moving forward….a new approach is needed • For immediate implementation: • energy efficiency and conservation, • enhance the contribution of renewable sources and non emitting technologies, • workable, cost effective and “market-realistic” mechanisms, • prepare for the longer term: innovation & technology; • Key elements for an effective long term response: • global framework, decentralized implementation, • realistic and quantifiable objectives, • a major effort on technology development and deployment; new types of cooperation needed

  7. Thank You !

  8. WBCSD www.wbcsd.org • 175 leading international companies • 35 countries • 20 major industrial sectors • Total turnover (2003) 4’400 BUSD • Employees 12 M • Customers each day 2.5 B • Regional Network • 48 national/regional BCSDs and partner organizations • representing 1200 local members, mainly in developing countries

  9. Membership by geographical distribution Europe - EU EU 66 North America (incl. Mexico) EU, NA and Japan: 80% Regional Network: a counterbalance Asia (Japan & Korea) Europe - Other Japan 21 Latin America North America 51 Central & Eastern Europe Oceania Asia Africa & Middle East

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