Communiqué Handed to Ban Ki-Moon
The Copenhagen Communiqué on Climate Change was launched today, Tuesday 22nd September at an 8 am press conference in New York, where business leaders from around the world were joined by Ed Miliband, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to call on world leaders to agree “an ambitious, robust and equitable global deal on climate change". The launch was timed to coincide with the United Nations Summit on Climate Change taking place in New York today.
A copy of The Copenhagen Communiqué was handed to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and distributed to over 100 heads of state and governments attending the summit.
CEOs from around the world, representing a remarkable international consensus from the business community included,
Craig Bennett, Co-Director of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders’ Group (UK)
Mr. Gerard Kleisterlee, President & Chief Executive Officer, Royal Phillips Electronics, (EU)
Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Suntech Power (China)
Maria Ramos, CEO of ABSA Bank (South Africa)
Ban Ki-Moon Secretary General of the United Nations
Jose Manuel Entrecanales Domecq, CEO and Chairman, Acciona (Spain)
Guilherme Leal, Co-Chairman of the Board & Co-founder, Natura (Brazil)
Sergey Generalov, CEO of International Investors and Chairman, FESCO (Russia)
Mr. Jack Ehnes, Chief Executive Officer, California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS)
George Kell, Director General of the United Nations Global Compact
“It is striking how business has been able to agree on this important issue. They are really calling on Government to do the same….” says Craig Bennett, Co-Director of The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders' Group on Climate Change,
