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Read more at: Report: The business brief: Shaping a catalytic Paris Agreement

Report: The business brief: Shaping a catalytic Paris Agreement

26 November 2015 – A new We Mean Business report sets out 8 asks for COP21 to turn the Paris agreement from a diplomatic settlement into a catalytic instrument for business leadership.


Read more at: Event: Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform – The missing piece of the climate change puzzle

Event: Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform – The missing piece of the climate change puzzle

On 30 November 2015, the Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group join forces to handover the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Communiqué on the opening day of COP21, in the presence of Heads of Governments and business leaders.


Read more at: Events: The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group at COP21
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Events: The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group at COP21

30 November–12 December 2015: We’ll be supporting a strong climate agreement in Paris throughout a series of events during the two weeks of COP21.


Read more at: Comment by Eliot Whittington on Amber Rudd’s energy policy announcements

Comment by Eliot Whittington on Amber Rudd’s energy policy announcements

18 November 2015 – The UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has set a clear direction of travel towards decarbonisation, but more is needed on energy efficiency, says our Deputy Director.


Read more at: State of the EU Energy Union: How to make it work?

State of the EU Energy Union: How to make it work?

Brussels, 18 November – Last year, the European Commission launched the Energy Union as one of its 10 strategic priorities. The European Commission’s Vice President Šefčovič recently completed an Energy Union tour of all 28 EU Member States and today he launched his ‘’State of the Energy Union’’ communication . To mark...


Read more at: Blog: It’s time for the G20 to shift from words to action on fossil fuel subsidy reform
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Blog: It’s time for the G20 to shift from words to action on fossil fuel subsidy reform

It's time for the G20 to shift from words to action on fossil fuel subsidy reform By Sandrine Dixson-Declève 16 November 2015 The G20 was one of the first international bodies to put fossil fuel subsidy reform on the global agenda. As early as 2009 they committed to "phase out and rationalise over the medium term...


Read more at: Press release: The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group calls on G20 Leaders to fulfil their six-year-old pledge to end fossil fuel subsidies
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Press release: The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group calls on G20 Leaders to fulfil their six-year-old pledge to end fossil fuel subsidies

13 November 2015 – Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies would not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It would also benefit the wider economy.


Read more at: Blog: We need finance ministers’ support for a robust climate agreement
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Blog: We need finance ministers’ support for a robust climate agreement

We need finance ministers’ support for a robust climate agreement Eliot Whittington, Deputy Director, The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group 2 November 2015 We now have just one month to go before tens of thousands of people descend on Paris for COP21 – the 21st Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention...


Read more at: Press release: Business leaders urge Finance ministers to step up their efforts to support Paris climate deal – 2 November 2015
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Press release: Business leaders urge Finance ministers to step up their efforts to support Paris climate deal – 2 November 2015

Business leaders urge Finance ministers to step up their efforts to support Paris climate deal CAMBRIDGE, 2 NOVEMBER 2015 — With just one month to go before Heads of States converge in Paris for the opening of the COP21 UN climate conference , 11 international business organisations today called on Finance Ministers to...


Read more at: News: The Prince of Wales to attend COP21 in Paris, 30 November 2015

News: The Prince of Wales to attend COP21 in Paris, 30 November 2015

29 October 2015 – The Prince of Wales has accepted an invitation from President Hollande of France to deliver a keynote speech on 30 November at the Opening Ceremony of COP21 otherwise known as "Paris 2015". COP21 is the 21st Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.