Adapting to Climate Change with ICTs
World Business Council for
Sustainable Development
Björn Stigson, WBCSD President
December 10, 2008
COP14, Poznań
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WBCSD
Coalition of 200+ leading companies
• Market capitalization: 8,000 BUSD
• Total member company employees:13 million
• Global outreach
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Supplies products and services to half of the world’s
population every day
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Which sectors do our members
represent?
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Elements of a Low Carbon Economy
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Business and Sustainable Development
Business
Mission: Efficient provision of
goods and services that
society wants
Reward: Shareholder value
SD Issues
Business societal
contract
 rules & constraints
The Space for
doing Business
Business license to
operate, innovate
and grow
Governments
Mission: Functioning Societies
Reward: Sustainability
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IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2008
 Current energy trends are patently
unsustainable – socially, environmentally,
economically.
 To avoid “abrupt and irreversible” climate
change we need a major decarbonization of
the world’s energy system.
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Reductions in energy-related CO2 emissions
in the climate policy scenarios
Source: IEA. WEO 2008. Presentation by Dr. Fatih Birol
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The Global Energy and Climate House
Post-2012 Global Framework
Global
Mindsets
Regulations
Data
Infrastructure
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Business Input into Climate
Negotiations
 Yvo de Boer,
Bali Global Business Day
– "A new framework must make business
sense if it is to succeed."
– "What policies do you, as Business, want
to see in a new global framework?”
– Need for specific recommendations from
Business in a timely manner
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WBCSD’s Copenhagen Roadmap
Policy
Development
The “Building
Group
Blocks”
A
Virtual
Negotiator
provide the
business context
develop
positions
draft
negotiations text
Energy
Efficiency &
Demand-side
Management
Technology
Contributor
Carbon
Markets &
Financing
Sectoral
Approaches
Group
B
Adaptation
Land Use
Change &
Forestry
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provide business
perspectives and
solutions
Sectoral Approaches
 Has become a mantra in international
circles
 But, means very different things to
different people
 SA’s will require a strong business
involvement & proposal for solutions
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WBCSD Sectoral Approach TF
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Forest Products Industry
Buildings
Cement
Mobility
Electricity Utilities
Maritime
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Aluminum
Steel
GeSI
Chemicals
Oil & Gas
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A 3rd Industrial Revolution
Clean, Lean & Mean
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Going Forward
“Business cannot succeed
in a society that fails.”
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www.wbcsd.org
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