Let’s Go for Low Carbon Prosperity
52 companies in the UK have joined forces with 34 experts and organizations to create an unprecedented low-carbon prosperity Task Force. This Task Force, will work with government and UN officials to develop a set of practical projects and policy proposals around the world, which will significantly stimulate the low-carbon economy from 2010 onward.
They believe 2009 is a crucial year for two reasons,”
• “The international community faces the twin challenges of dealing with the most serious global economic crisis since the 1930s
• and negotiating an ambitious agreement on climate change.”
They suggest that the two agendas can and should be designed to be mutually reinforcing. The main focus for the Task Force is to identify exactly how to create millions of green jobs in the short run and deflect economic growth onto a more sustainable, low-carbon path for the longer term.
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The Task Force is working with organizations such as the
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development,
• the United Nations Environment Programme,
• the United Nations Foundation and others,
A key element of the Task Force’s work is to develop practical ideas on how to get significant flows of green technology and investment into developing countries fast.
This will provide a considerable stimulus in the short run for developing countries, as well as a long-term accelerator for sustainable development and low-carbon growth.
They want to set deal in Copenhagen with a resource efficient, innovation-led 21st century green economy. Dominic Waughray, Senior Director and Head of Environmental Initiatives at the World Economic Forum, said: “A recovery strategy based on high-carbon energy sources will not work; it will ultimately choke itself on rising oil prices and the impacts of climate change.”
“The private sector is the key delivery agent of the low-carbon economy,” Mr Waughray added. “This means it is vital to get business to work with independent thought leaders, expert NGOs and governments to identify the most effective ways to accelerate a low-carbon economic transformation.
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