Communiqués

The 2°C Challenge Communiqué on Climate Change

The 2°C Challenge Communiqué calls on governments to break the deadlock in the international negotiations and take the necessary action at a national level to ensure a successful transition to green growth and a climate resilient economy. Without an international deal, "business will have insufficient clarity or certainty of action to invest to its full potential".

Starting with the negotiations in Bali in 2007, previous Communiqués quickly gained wide business and NGO support, with 950 companies endorsing its message of support for an "ambitious, robust and equitable global deal on climate change" before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen in 2009. This year, business leaders emphasise that the window of opportunity to stabilise warming to 2°C "has almost closed".

The Communiqué notes that, if they fail to act, governments "risk permanent damage to their credibility", but the right action would "secure a low carbon emission economy that is more resilient, more efficient and less vulnerable to global shock".

This is the fifth in a series of corporate climate statements originally developed by The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) which are seen by many as the definitive voice of the progressive international business community in advance of the annual UN climate conferences. It has built on the foundation of the renowned Bali, Poznan, Copenhagen and Cancun Communiqués. The 2°C Challenge Communiqué has been written and delivered by business leaders from a range of sectors including energy, finance, mining, retail, and manufacturing, via the newly established Corporate Leaders Network for Climate Action (CLN). The CLN includes groups from Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the US.

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The 2°C Challenge Communiqué Website

For more information about the Communiqué and its signatories, please visit: www.2degreecommunique.com.

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The Cancun Communiqué on Climate Change

Commissioner Hedegaard being presented with The Cancun Communiqué by the CLG team including Sandrine Dixson-Declève (Director, EU CLG) Eliot Whittington (Director, UK CLG)

The Cancun Communiqué on Climate Change, launched on 16 November 2010, built on the significant momentum created by the Copenhagen Communiqué, and made it clear that the case for a comprehensive international framework to tackle climate change still stands and is increasingly urgent, and urged governments to both redouble their efforts to achieve this framework and also to take necessary and appropriate mitigation actions in parallel with such efforts. The Cancun Communiqué secured the support of over 400 companies based in 36 countries.

The CLG launched the Cancun Communiqué in Brussels with Commissioner Connie Hedegaard and Mexican Ambassador to the EU H.E. Sandra Fuentes-Berain. The lunch was attended by ten Ambassadors and Heads of Mission, MEPs, journalists, and members of the EU and UK CLGs. The Cancun Communiqué was also launched in Cancun at the World Climate Summit.

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For more information about the Communiqué and its signatories, please visit: www.cancuncommunique.com.

The Poznań Communiqué on Climate Change

Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznań, Poland, the CLG launched the Poznań Communiqué which set out what they believe should be the key elements of an international deal on climate change and was endorsed by the business leaders of over 140 companies worldwide.The initiative represented an impressive coming together of the international business community and included some of the biggest companies and brands from around the world.

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The Bali Communiqué on Climate Change

In November 2007, the EU CLG joined with the UK CLG to publish a Communiqué to governments gathering at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali. The Bali Communiqué was endorsed by over 170 companies from around the world.

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