Business leaders

The document argues that while UN climate negotiations have floundered, business leaders and individual governments are driving low-carbon action. It suggests that the primary value of international negotiations currently lies in creating expectations and inducing anticipatory action, but warns that long-term binding commitments are essential for credibility. The authors call for a post-Durban political roadmap to institutionalize the business case for climate action.

• Business leaders are establishing their own low-carbon standards independently as United Nations climate negotiations fail to make progress.
• The current value of international climate negotiations is primarily found in the anticipatory actions and expectations they generate, though these require long-term binding commitments to remain credible.
• To institutionalize the business case for climate action, the international negotiation process must produce a political roadmap following Durban to secure binding international commitments.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2011). Business leaders. https://www.sei.org/publications/business-leaders/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Business leaders. 2011. https://www.sei.org/publications/business-leaders/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Business leaders |date=21 November 2011 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/business-leaders/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2011business, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Business leaders}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2011}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/business-leaders/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }