Sunday, December 11, 2005

Predictable rules can unleash the power of the private sector, business tells climate negotiators


At the UN climate talks in Montreal, business representatives have put forward their perspectives on a long-term international policy approach to address global climate change.

As many delegates at the 11th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change begin to look beyond the Kyoto Protocol’s targets and timetables, they are considering more flexible ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after 2012. Executives attending under the banner of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) urged governments to take a long-term view of the climate challenge, saying that increased economic development in poorer countries would provide important opportunities for new technologies and new practices to curb emissions.

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