This is the Turning Point
Summary
The We Mean Business Coalition, representing over 6 million companies, argues that climate action is beneficial for business and essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. They urge governments to establish an ambitious agreement at COP21 in Paris that focuses on global decarbonization, transparency, carbon pricing, and climate resilience.
Key insights
- The We Mean Business Coalition and its partners, representing more than 6 million companies globally, advocate for an ambitious climate deal at COP21 in Paris to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
- The coalition asserts that climate action benefits business by scaling clean energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions according to science, creating jobs, and promoting low-carbon innovation.
- The coalition requests that the Paris agreement include mechanisms for decarbonizing the global economy this century, regular updates to government commitments, transparency rules, carbon pricing, and incentives for low-carbon, climate-resilient investment.
Cite the original document
- APA
- Camara, J. (2015). This is the Turning Point. We Mean Business Coalition. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/this-is-the-turning-point/
- Chicago
- Camara, Jake. This is the Turning Point. We Mean Business Coalition, 2015. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/this-is-the-turning-point/.
- Wikipedia
- {{cite press release |last1=Camara |first1=Jake |title=This is the Turning Point |publisher=We Mean Business Coalition |date=28 September 2015 |url=https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/this-is-the-turning-point/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @misc{camara2015this, author = {Camara, Jake}, title = {{This is the Turning Point}}, publisher = {We Mean Business Coalition}, year = {2015}, month = sep, url = {https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/this-is-the-turning-point/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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