Caring for Climate Working Group on Climate Change and Development

The Caring for Climate Working Group on Climate Change and Development is composed of senior corporate executives within the Caring for Climate signatories as well as representatives from the UN Global Compact, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Oxfam and the World Resources Institute (WRI). The working group seeks to enhance the understanding of ways in which businesses can find strategic solutions throughout their operations and value chains to address the impacts of climate change on development. The outcomes of the working group will feed into important UN processes and in particular into the Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability and the UN Conference on Sustainable development (Rio+20).

• Concept Note

Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change

As the first outcome of the working group a publication – Adapting for a Green Economy – was released. The report aims to address the efforts leading up to Rio+20 in June 2012, as well as related activities, processes, commitments and partnerships. Drawing on a comprehensive study of Caring for Climate signatories, the report makes the business case for private sector adaptation to climate change in ways that build the resilience of vulnerable communities in developing countries – and provides useful guidance to business leaders and policymakers alike.
 

• Download the report

Key Activities

Webinar III: 22 November 2011, 11:00AM–12:00PM EDT

Meeting to inform participants on various climate adaptation activities the CEO Water Mandate, UNEP, and WRI are currently involved in to engage the private sector, discuss the role businesses can play in addressing sustainability needs, and collect feedback from companies on contributing case studies on projects they have implemented that address the impacts of climate change.

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary & List of Participants
  
• Presentations
  Climate and Development Working Group - Phase II – UN Global Compact
  Proposed Strategic Priorities for Corporate Action– WRI
  UN CEO Water Mandate: Call to Action and Strategic Framework – CEO Water Mandate
  Climate Change Adaptation Strategy – UNEP

Webinar II: 17 March 2011, 8:30AM–10:30AM EDT

Meeting to provide participants with an overview of the Climate Change and Development project and generate initial inputs from business to inform the different sections of what will constitute the final Climate Change and Development report.

• Agenda
• List of Participants
  
• Presentations
  Climate Change Risk, Human Development, and Economic Growth – Oxfam
  Translating “Adaptation” into Practical Business Strategy – WRI
  Recommendations for Policymakers: Creating an Enabling Environment for Strategic Private Sector Responses to Climate Change – UNEP

Webinar I: 16 September 2010, 8:00AM–10:00AM EDT

Meeting to provide participants with an overview of the Climate Change and Development project and generate initial inputs from business to inform the different sections of what will constitute the final Climate Change and Development report.

• Agenda
  
• Meeting Report
• List of Participants
  
• Presentations
  UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (flyer) – Global Sustainability Panel (GSP) Secretariat
  Acciona – Juan Ramón Silva Ferrada, Area General Manager, Sustainability
  Coca Cola Company – Bryan Jacob, Director, Energy Management & Climate Protection
  Swiss Re – Mark Way, Senior Vice President, Sustainability & Emerging Risk Management

 

Contact

Lila Karbassi
UN Global Compact
karbassi@un.org
+1-917-367-3648

Jayoung Park
UN Global Compact
park10@un.org
+1-917-367-9112
 

(Last update 12 December 2011)