Time for business leadership !

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Time for business leadership !
Early, bold and comprehensive action to reduce
climate change is absolutely necessary. Businesse
s 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
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Claude Fussler

• Director
• Caring for Climate Programme

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Welcome !
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Numbers matter
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Reeds Law
Grow the efficiency wave
Emulate and cooperate
Communicate on Progress
Shape public attitudes
Inspire useful policies
Create a low-carbon economy
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The founding partnership
WBCSD
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Georg Kell

• Executive Director
• UN Global Compact

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Sylvie Lemmet

• Director
• Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
• United Nations Environment Programme

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Björn Stigson
WBCSD

• President
• World Business Council for Sustainable
  Development

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The founding partnership
WBCSD
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Fu Chengyu

• Chief Executive Officer
• China National Offshore Oil Corporation

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The innovation wedge
Decoupling economic growth from carbon combustion
needs massive, multiple innovations
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Energy efficiency
350
now
Zero carbon energy
2050
Carbon capture
Cooperation and burden sharing
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Low hanging fruits demanding technologies
The last 15 Gt CO2 cost 50 to 800 /tonne
The first 15 Gt CO2 have a positive return
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45 trillion for 40 years of energy innovation
Supply side Carbon capture storage power
plants Coal gasification and ultra-supercritical N
uclear renaissance On- Offshore wind
power Biomass gasification and cogeneration Non-fo
od 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
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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
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The road post Kyoto, to Copenhagen 2009
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
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Negotiate a combination of complex agreements
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.

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Ensureappropriate monitoring

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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
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At the same time business leadership required
Early, bold and comprehensive action to reduce
climate change is absolutely necessary. Businesse
s 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
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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

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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

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COP 15
World Business Summit on Climate Change
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5 priorities
Measure Progress 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
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Caring for Climate
the business leadership platform on climate change
298 signatories
206 large companies
92 SMEs
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Amplify ? new signatories since May 1, 2008
102 signatories
64 large companies
38 SMEs
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