G20: time to recommit to leadership on climate change

The We Mean Business Coalition calls on G20 leaders to move beyond rhetoric and commit to specific policy actions to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions and hold global temperatures below 2 °C. The coalition advocates for the elimination of high-carbon energy subsidies, the enactment of carbon pricing, and the scale-up of low carbon energy and public finance. It further encourages the G20 to integrate findings on climate-compatible infrastructure investment into the establishment of a global infrastructure hub, asserting that climate action is compatible with economic growth.

• The We Mean Business Coalition defines "strong and effective action" as including the urgency to hold global temperatures below 2 °C and the implementation of domestic policies through 2030 such as eliminating high-carbon energy subsidies, enacting carbon pricing, ending deforestation, and establishing robust energy efficiency standards.
• The coalition recommends that G20 leaders establish a clear long-term global goal, such as achieving (net) zero emissions well before the end of the century, and increase public finance to accelerate private sector low carbon investment.
• The G20 is urged to apply findings from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate regarding climate-compatible infrastructure investment to the creation of a global infrastructure hub, noting that climate action is compatible with economic growth.

APA

Camara, J. (2014). G20: time to recommit to leadership on climate change. We Mean Business Coalition. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/g20-time-to-recommit-to-leadership-on-climate-change/

Chicago

Camara, Jake. G20: time to recommit to leadership on climate change. We Mean Business Coalition, 2014. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/g20-time-to-recommit-to-leadership-on-climate-change/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{camara2014g20, author = {Camara, Jake}, title = {{G20: time to recommit to leadership on climate change}}, publisher = {We Mean Business Coalition}, year = {2014}, month = nov, url = {https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/g20-time-to-recommit-to-leadership-on-climate-change/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }