The Paris Climate Agreement will help businesses go further and faster

The We Mean Business coalition asserts that the economic case for climate action is now clear, with 200 international companies and over 100 investors already making ambitious commitments. The coalition calls for a Paris Agreement that ensures global decarbonization by the end of the century, establishes five-year update cycles for government commitments, and provides clear policy signals like carbon pricing to shift investment toward low-carbon assets.

• Significant corporate and investor momentum has already developed, with 200 international companies representing nearly US$5 trillion in revenues and over 100 investors managing more than US$8 trillion in assets making over 500 climate action commitments.
• Businesses and investors are adopting specific strategies to transition to a low-carbon economy, including procuring 100% renewable electricity, setting science-based emissions targets, and implementing internal carbon pricing, the use of which tripled in the current year.
• The We Mean Business coalition defines a successful Paris Agreement as one that achieves net zero greenhouse gas emissions well before the end of the century, updates government commitments every five years, ensures transparency, and provides policy signals to shift trillions of dollars toward climate-resilient investment.

APA

Topping, N. (2015). The Paris Climate Agreement will help businesses go further and faster. We Mean Business Coalition. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/the-paris-climate-agreement-will-help-businesses-go-further-and-faster/

Chicago

Topping, Nigel. The Paris Climate Agreement will help businesses go further and faster. We Mean Business Coalition, 2015. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/the-paris-climate-agreement-will-help-businesses-go-further-and-faster/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{topping2015paris, author = {Topping, Nigel}, title = {{The Paris Climate Agreement will help businesses go further and faster}}, publisher = {We Mean Business Coalition}, year = {2015}, month = sep, url = {https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/the-paris-climate-agreement-will-help-businesses-go-further-and-faster/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }