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(.#A.005).- The climate is inviting at the World Economic Forum
The climate is inviting at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
January 25, 2019.
DAVOS / (AFP) The climate change rush has been at the center of attention yesterday in Davos, amid warnings from the UN Secretary General and corporate strategies to adapt to it.
"We are losing the race" for lack of "political will" and "it could be a tragedy for the planet," warned Antonio Guterres, in an interview broadcast by Facebook on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.
Probably hoping to strike a chord with the more than 3000 personalities gathered in the Swiss Alps, including many senior CEOs, he then said in a speech: "This is the most important systemic risk today for the economy. World. "
CHALLENGES
In the absence of headliners - Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron, stars of an effervescent 2018, have declined the invitation this year - it is for example the primatologist Jane Goodall, the former US Vice President Al Gore or naturalist David Attenborough who took the stage.
"We are heading towards a warming of 4 degrees Celsius during this century, and the passive indifference with which most countries accept it takes on the air of a suicidal pact," said the former US secretary of state. John Kerry in an interview with CNBC.
Fragilated by the withdrawal of the United States, and the prospect of Brazil taking the same path, the Paris Agreement of 2015, which set itself the goal of limiting the rise in temperatures to 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, and anyway
"Insufficient", according to Mr. Guterres.
"Countries must make more ambitious commitments," the UN official said yesterday, saying that "there is no political will".
The impact of climate change on economic growth has been high on the agenda of Forum participants, according to a study published by the organizers last week.
Energy transition, deforestation and ocean conservation were high on the agenda.
CHANGE OF STRATEGY
On another topic that has occupied many participants in the annual high mass of business, plastic waste, the boss of Coca-Cola talked about the expectations of consumers to justify changes in strategy.
"When you're a business, the only way to have 100 years of growth is to pay attention to what consumers want or if you go ahead," Quincey said, as the multiplication of ocean images stifling under the plastic always arouses more indignation.
"We have worked for recycling and collection facilities around the world, which is expensive. But in the end if you think it's right and necessary, as much getting on the train as being crushed, " he said.
F I N .
The climate is inviting at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
January 25, 2019.
DAVOS / (AFP) The climate change rush has been at the center of attention yesterday in Davos, amid warnings from the UN Secretary General and corporate strategies to adapt to it.
"We are losing the race" for lack of "political will" and "it could be a tragedy for the planet," warned Antonio Guterres, in an interview broadcast by Facebook on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.
Probably hoping to strike a chord with the more than 3000 personalities gathered in the Swiss Alps, including many senior CEOs, he then said in a speech: "This is the most important systemic risk today for the economy. World. "
CHALLENGES
In the absence of headliners - Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron, stars of an effervescent 2018, have declined the invitation this year - it is for example the primatologist Jane Goodall, the former US Vice President Al Gore or naturalist David Attenborough who took the stage.
"We are heading towards a warming of 4 degrees Celsius during this century, and the passive indifference with which most countries accept it takes on the air of a suicidal pact," said the former US secretary of state. John Kerry in an interview with CNBC.
Fragilated by the withdrawal of the United States, and the prospect of Brazil taking the same path, the Paris Agreement of 2015, which set itself the goal of limiting the rise in temperatures to 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, and anyway
"Insufficient", according to Mr. Guterres.
"Countries must make more ambitious commitments," the UN official said yesterday, saying that "there is no political will".
The impact of climate change on economic growth has been high on the agenda of Forum participants, according to a study published by the organizers last week.
Energy transition, deforestation and ocean conservation were high on the agenda.
CHANGE OF STRATEGY
On another topic that has occupied many participants in the annual high mass of business, plastic waste, the boss of Coca-Cola talked about the expectations of consumers to justify changes in strategy.
"When you're a business, the only way to have 100 years of growth is to pay attention to what consumers want or if you go ahead," Quincey said, as the multiplication of ocean images stifling under the plastic always arouses more indignation.
"We have worked for recycling and collection facilities around the world, which is expensive. But in the end if you think it's right and necessary, as much getting on the train as being crushed, " he said.
F I N .
