MEPs show lukewarm ambition over EU-ETS reform – 24 February 2015
12 February 2016
For immediate release, Tuesday 24 February 2015 MEPs show lukewarm ambition over EU-ETS reform Members of the European Parliament voted today (Tuesday, 24 February) to reform the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) and introduce a market stability reserve (MSR) by the end of 2018 – leaving too many carbon...
The devil is in the detail on EU climate and energy plans, say business leaders – 25 February 2015
12 February 2016
For immediate release, Wednesday 25 February 2015 The devil is in the detail on EU climate and energy plans, say business leaders The success of climate and energy plans released by the European Commission today (Wednesday 25 February) now hangs on how effectively they are implemented, say business leaders. The Prince of...
12 February 2016
University of Cambridge report: EU ETS provides competitive advantage and cost efficiencies for ambitious businesses New report: 10 years of Carbon Pricing in Europe: A business perspective LONDON. 9 JULY 2015 Read the report here A new report, out today, finds that the existence of the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) has...
Better Growth, Better Climate – Business Briefing on The New Climate Economy Synthesis Report
12 February 2016
January 2015 and September 2014 – This briefing presents the findings of The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate as documented in their New Climate Economy Synthesis Report, ‘Better Growth, Better Climate’ as a short and relevant summary for a business audience.
Blog: Business as usual is dead: How businesses are transcending boundaries to fight climate change
26 January 2016
26 January 2016 – Philippe Joubert, Chair of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group and Senior Adviser at WBCSD, reflects on the outcome of COP21 and calls on businesses to take a leading role in implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Blog: Climate change in the UK: a growing public concern
14 January 2016
14 January 2016 – A warm and wet UK winter has increased public awareness of the devastating impacts of climate change, argues David Webb. Combined with a successful outcome at COP21 in Paris last month, this could help the irresistible shift towards a low carbon economy.
"Business as we know it is dead" – CLG in the news at COP21
12 January 2016
12 January 2015 – The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group disseminated its key messages at COP21 through dozens of interviews our spokespeople gave while in Paris in December, media releases and blogs we published and press briefings we organised. Here is a selection of our press coverage.
Blog: L’Appel de Paris: holding each other to account after COP21
22 December 2015
22 December 2015 – Building on the experience of the Corporate Climate Communiqués, the Paris Pledge for Action (L’Appel de Paris), a collective statement by non-state actors, is crucial for the successful implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change, explains Nicolette Bartlett.
Blog: COP21 has raised the bar for climate action
21 December 2015
22 December 2015 – Reflecting on the outcome of COP21, Eliot Whittington welcomes an agreement that is far more ambitious than predicted and has put to bed the idea that the world is not willing to act on climate.
Blog: Taking the Paris Agreement home to Europe
17 December 2015
17 December 2015 – The EU played a key role in making the unexpectedly strong Paris Agreement on climate change happen. It must now walk the talk, and deliver increased climate ambition through its own energy union.
