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The World Economic Forum 2013 has spawned an impressive collection of reports on the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, transforming energy systems, adapting to climate change, and making major investments to steer the global economy onto a more sustainable path that protects our natural resources.
The messages are not new; the International Energy Agency, the World Bank, UN agencies, scientists and civil-society groups have long warned about these things and made similar calls to action.
In this blog post, SEI Executive Director Johan L. Kuylenstierna argues it’s time to stop talking – it’s time to act.
We know what we have to do. In Davos, could those with real power start doing it?
… Climate action can’t wait until we have spare cash, or until green technologies are cheap. Neither can sustainable resource management – water, land and key materials are already becoming scarce. Plus, as the WEF reports eloquently argue, investing in these things will strengthen, not weaken our economies.
Kuylenstierna offers four simple ideas to mobilize both business and the private sector:
For starters, stop fighting. … Second, stop blaming consumers. … Third, think longer-term. … Fourth – and this one is for policy-makers – don’t subsidize bad ideas.
Source: RTCC, UK
Feature / As we prepare to launch Currents 2024 on 17 January, it is time to take stock. Did we detect the way the winds were blowing when we looked ahead to 2023?
Perspective / Originally published in The Conversation, this article offers key insights into a new report which featured contributions from SEI York and SEI Africa.
Other publication / Read a stocktake of business action on climate change adaptation, produced ahead of COP28 by SEI, World Economic Forum and PwC.
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