Identifying Economic Benefits of Acting on Climate Change
Thursday,
Oct 03
Oct 03
There is hope. The former President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, is leading the New Climate Economy project, which will analyze economic costs and benefits of acting on climate change. This project is being launched by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, which is comprised of business, government and finance leaders from around the world.
In a press release by the World Resources Institute, Felipe Calderón speaks about what the commission aims to accomplish.
“Climate impacts are rising and the evidence of warming is increasingly clear, but most economic analysis still does not properly factor in the increasing risks of climate change or the potential benefits of acting on it. We need urgently to identify how we can achieve economic growth and job creation while also reducing emissions and tackling climate change.”
Source:
http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/news_events/8.1/UNGC_Accenture_CEO_Study_2013.pdf
http://www.wri.org/press/2013/09/release-new-global-commission-aims-identify-pathways-economic-prosperity-and-safe-clim
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