Combat Climate Change (3C), a new coalition of 46 international companies, is pushing global governments to join together for immediate action to address climate change.
The group released its roadmap and call for action at a seminar in Washington, D.C., aimed at the leaders of the G8 and another 5 countries (Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa) along with a statement saying that a low-carbon economy is well within reach, and that the time to act is now.
Lars Josefsson, the initiative's founder and president and CEO of Swedish energy group Vattenfall, said that industry can and should be an ally, not an obstacle, to addressing the very real climate problem. "But the initiative must be taken not by one industry, but by all of us working together: the global challenge of combating climate change requires a global solution."
The group also aims to create a global emissions-trading market and set requirements for energy efficiency and resource-use, especially in the transportation and building sectors, create similar solutions for forestry and agriculture, and motivating the development of alternative energy technologies.
The 3C says that governments must shoulder themselves members also committed to working together across sectors as well as within their own operations to maximize efficiency and reduce emissions from within, while also working toward a comprehensive joint solution.
Combat Climate Change's six-step roadmap, as well as a list of all 46 member companies, is available on the group's website, CombatClimateChange.org.
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