{"id":7002,"date":"2017-04-21T15:16:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcsdh.hu\/?p=7002"},"modified":"2017-04-21T15:16:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:16:41","slug":"wbcsd-presidents-letter-g20-must-keep-paris-agreement-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcsdh.hu\/en\/news\/wbcsd-presidents-letter-g20-must-keep-paris-agreement-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"WBCSD President\u2019s Letter to G20: We must keep the Paris Agreement a priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, the G20 Finance Ministers are meeting in Washington DC during the IMF\/World Bank meeting and we are urging them to keep the Paris Agreement, climate finance and the FSB TCFD top priorities on the G20 agenda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Climate change will be a crucial part of their discussions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The business voice must be clear and resounding. Companies must strongly urge <em>all<\/em> G20 actors to reaffirm their commitment to the Paris Agreement \u2013 starting with the finance ministers tomorrow, and continuing on to the G20 leaders meeting taking place from 7-8 July.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The business case remains clear. Addressing climate change is the biggest business opportunity for the foreseeable future, and the transition to the low-carbon economy is unstoppable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taking action on climate is a critical part of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). When we take action on climate, the impacts go far beyond just Goal 13 \u2013 their ripples positively impact goals related to health, communities, hunger, energy and cities, just to name a few.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And achieving the SDGs will drive innovation, growth and development that generates up to 380 million jobs worldwide while <a href=\"http:\/\/report.businesscommission.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creating at least US$12 trillion in business value per year by 2030<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Here is the link to the public version of the open editorial: <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/NHC9Gn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/NHC9Gn<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next week we will be sharing with you letters that CEOs can sign to send to the G20 Heads of States before the Sherpa meeting early May.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the G20 Finance Ministers are meeting in Washington DC during the IMF\/World Bank meeting and we are urging them to keep the Paris Agreement, climate finance and the FSB [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[864],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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