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Read more at: Road to Paris still open but we need to pick up speed – business leaders on close of Lima talks – 14 December 2014

Road to Paris still open but we need to pick up speed – business leaders on close of Lima talks – 14 December 2014

For immediate release: 14 December 2014 Road to Paris still open but we need to pick up speed – business leaders on close of Lima talks The world must move faster towards a climate change agreement that gives businesses the long-term international policy vision and price signals they need to scale up low carbon investment...


Read more at: Ministers right to call for EU climate action, say Europe's business leaders – 18 December 2014

Ministers right to call for EU climate action, say Europe's business leaders – 18 December 2014

For immediate release: Thursday 18 December 2014 Ministers right to call for EU climate action, say Europe's business leaders The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) has welcomed a statement released today (Thursday, 18 December 2014) by the Green Growth Group of environment Ministers from 15 Member States...


Read more at: MEPs show lukewarm ambition over EU-ETS reform – 24 February 2015

MEPs show lukewarm ambition over EU-ETS reform – 24 February 2015

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...


Read more at: The devil is in the detail on EU climate and energy plans, say business leaders – 25 February 2015

The devil is in the detail on EU climate and energy plans, say business leaders – 25 February 2015

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...


Read more at: Press release: Business leaders ask for clear long-term emissions goal to be included in Paris climate deal
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Press release: Business leaders ask for clear long-term emissions goal to be included in Paris climate deal

Paris, 9 December 2015 – With just 48 hours to go before the end of the COP21 UN climate conference, business organisations working with thousands of corporations and investors urged world leaders to ensure that a clear and specific long-term emissions goal is included in the final Paris agreement.


Read more at: Press release: Paris Climate Change Conference opens with unprecedented call by governments and businesses to end fossil fuel subsidies
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Press release: Paris Climate Change Conference opens with unprecedented call by governments and businesses to end fossil fuel subsidies

Paris, 30 November 2015 – An unprecedented coalition of close to 40 governments, hundreds of businesses and influential international organisations has called today for accelerated action to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, a move that would help bridge the gap to keep global temperature rise below 2°C.


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: 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: 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.