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  • Service: Advisory, Risk Consulting, Internal Audit, Risk Consulting Services
  • Type: Business and industry issue
  • Date: 11/29/2010

Weaving together a solid response to climate change 

KPMG COP16
The way to achieve a solid response depends on sure-but-steady steps and a focus on green growth.

In the last few minutes, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary to the UNFCCC, has called for countries to "weave together the elements of a solid response to climate change, using both reason and creativity". Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Cancun Climate Change Conference, Ms. Figueres acknowledged that the task "isn't easy, but it is achievable".

 

In the last few days, Yvo de Boer, former UN Executive Secretary to the UNFCCC and now Special Global Advisor on Climate Change and Sustainability to KPMG, the global network of services firms, has said that the way to achieve a solid response depends on sure-but-steady steps and a focus on green growth.

 

Read, watch and listen to his latest comments to the media here:

 

 

As the first day of the fortnight-long conference opens in Mexico this morning, we’ll be watching closely as the negotiations unfold and bringing you perspectives on developments for government and business.

 

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