Business views on addressing climate change
beyond 2012
COP10 side event Buenos Aires, 13 December 2004
Laurent CorbierProgram Director, Energy and Climate
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Overall context
Rising populationDevelopment
Poverty alleviation Energy supply and consumption
Impacts and global warming
Those themes
interact…
…how do we understand and face the challenges ?
Millenium Development Goals (2000)
WEHAB, (2002)
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Business has an important role to play
Business’ contribution is key to design and implement « workable » solutions, that respond to the « 4A » principle:Accessible, Affordable, Acceptable impacts, Adequate returns.This implies:
getting a shared understanding of the facts, and of the challenges and dilemmas, participating to the design and implementation of workable framework conditions: bringing realism and pragmatism into the debate.
Energy and climate change
Facts and Trends to 2050
setting the scene…
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The business agenda
Conditions for sustained action
Markets
Visibility / predictability
Cost-effective frameworks and mechanisms
A level playing field
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Moving forward….a new approach is needed
For immediate implementation:
energy efficiency and conservation,
enhance the contribution of renewable sources and non emitting technologies,
workable, cost effective and “market-realistic” mechanisms,
prepare for the longer term: innovation & technology;
Key elements for an effective long term response:
global framework, decentralized implementation,
realistic and quantifiable objectives,
a major effort on technology development and deployment; new types of cooperation needed
Thank You !
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