Secretary-General Launches Caring for Climate Series

(Copenhagen, 24 May 2009) - On the occasion of the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has launched the Caring for Climate Series, a collection of new research studies and reports by leading investment, academic and civil society organizations. The six reports offer a broad range of perspectives on the roles of business, investors and governments in tackling climate change. The following reports were introduced in Copenhagen:

 

• Best Practices and Policy Expectations: the 2009 Survey of Caring for Climate Signatories. By GlobeScan.
• Emission Reductions and Lower Carbon Intensity: Are We Making Progress? By Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Centre for Business and the Environment at Yale
• Change is Coming: A Framework for Climate Change - A Defining Issue of the 21st Century. By Goldman Sachs.
• Investor Leadership on Climate Change: An Analysis of the Investment Community's Role on Climate Change, and Snapshot of Recent Investor Activity. By the Principles for Responsible Investment.
• Building a Green Recovery. By HSBC.
• Carbon Markets - the Simple Facts. By Mission Climat of Caisse des Dépots.  

About Caring for Climate

Caring for Climate provides a platform for companies committed to developing effective climate change policies, as well as a channel for the business community to contribute inputs and perspectives to key governmental deliberations. Since launching in July 2007, this joint UN Global Compact-UNEP initiative has emerged as the world’s largest and most diversified business engagement platform on climate, with approximately 400 corporate signatories in over 65 countries.

Media Contact:

Matthias Stausberg
Spokesperson
UN Global Compact
stausberg@un.org
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