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Read more at: Climate experts’ report must spur urgent action, say CLG business leaders
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Climate experts’ report must spur urgent action, say CLG business leaders

27 September 2013 – Business leaders from across the EU are urging immediate action from governments, businesses and society to reduce carbon emissions and increase resilience in response to the first part of the 5th report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released today.


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: Blog: Europe bounces back
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Blog: Europe bounces back

13 July 2017 – Jill Duggan, Director of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group reflects on the EU moving back into leadership mode, as it helps to keep climate on the G20 agenda.


Read more at: Business leaders write to MEPs to urge timely reform of EU-ETS

Business leaders write to MEPs to urge timely reform of EU-ETS

13 January 2015 – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group has written to MEPs, calling on them to reform the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) to include a Market Stability Reserve (MSR) by 2017 at the latest, to keep the continent on track for developing a low carbon economy and energy system.


Read more at: EU ETS provides competitive advantage and cost efficiencies for ambitious businesses
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EU ETS provides competitive advantage and cost efficiencies for ambitious businesses

10 July 2015 – Report released by The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group shows ETS has helped companies focus on carbon emissions reduction.


Read more at: EU Energy Union: businesses call on Heads of State to secure low carbon power
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EU Energy Union: businesses call on Heads of State to secure low carbon power

19–20 March 2015 – Leading European businesses including Acciona, EDF Energy and GlaxoSmithKline have written to Heads of State and Government to call for an EU Energy Union that equally focuses on securing energy supplies and reducing carbon emissions.


Read more at: CLG annual strategy meeting attended by the EU Commissioner for Climate Change and Energy
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CLG annual strategy meeting attended by the EU Commissioner for Climate Change and Energy

26 and 27 January 2017 – Miguel Aris Canete urges the CLG to keep up the good work at its annual strategy meeting in Madrid.


Read more at: EU Climate and Energy package is a major step forward but weak on renewables and energy efficiency

EU Climate and Energy package is a major step forward but weak on renewables and energy efficiency

24 October 2014 – The European Council has just agreed a new climate and energy deal that sets a binding domestic Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) target of “at least” 40% but which failed to agree ambitious targets for the share of energy from renewable sources and for energy efficiency.


Read more at: EU Climate and Energy package is a major step forward but weak on renewables and energy efficiency – 24 October 2014

EU Climate and Energy package is a major step forward but weak on renewables and energy efficiency – 24 October 2014

For immediate release: 24 October 2014 EU Climate and Energy package is a major step forward but weak on renewables and energy efficiency The European Council has just agreed a new climate and energy deal that sets a binding domestic Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) target of “at least” 40% but which failed to agree...


Read more at: Driving EU innovation in the transition to a zero carbon economy
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Driving EU innovation in the transition to a zero carbon economy

16 November 2016, Marrakech, Morocco – Business leaders and Ministers from across the EU have come together to discuss the innovation needed to transition to a zero carbon economy at an event hosted jointly by The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group and We Mean Business.