Outcomes This World Resources Institute sets out some very tangible outcomes from the UN Summit last week – on international cooperation, forests, cities, business, support for vulnerable countries, the green climate fund and transport To read more click here
David Cameron’s comments on the UN Summit: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/un-climate-summit-2014-david-camerons-remarks
The UN Summit on Climate Change is and has prompted a range of important commitments already. Perhaps this is the way forward – the push for international agreement – but the encouragement for a range of meaningful commitments by others.
John Kerry the US Secretary of State building on earlier commitments by President Obama has promised to put climate change at the front and centre of American diplomacy.
The Rockefellers once one of the biggest ever oil based investors have joined the ‘fossil fuel divestment movement’ – with 800 investors who have pledged $50 billion of funds for renewables from fossil fuels. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29310475
In the UK the Corporate Leaders Group brought together by Prince Charles have made a series of commitments to fighting climate change http://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/business-platforms/the-prince-of-wales-corporate-leaders-group.aspx
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