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December climate change talks present both opportunities and challenges 

There is a growing appreciation of the emerging role of business in mitigating and adapting to climate change, despite regulatory uncertainty and improvements required to the measuring, reporting and verification of carbon emissions.
Business is encouraged to engage government and not wait for government to deliver policy. In addition, the recent Conference of the Parties (COP 16) convened in Cancun, Mexico, served to restore faith in climate change negotiations following the COP15 discussions in Copenhagen and has paved the way for potentially fruitful deliberations in Durban in December this year. These were some of the views to emerge at a recently convened panel discussion hosted jointly by the National Business Initiative (NBI) and KPMG. Read more.

Blog Updates

Post-Cancun - what it means
2011/01/13
Trust has been restored in the negotiations, important political principles have been captured.
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2010/12/11
The conference in Cancun in the early hours of the morning today adopted a comprehensive package, which anchors important elements of the Copenhagen Accord in formal decisions and outlines concrete steps to work out the details...
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2010/12/10
While some progress has been made on several technical issues under the Kyoto Protocol, there was no movement on the key political issues.
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2010/12/10
The successful outcome of Durban - which is a global imperative - will depend on the success of Cancun.
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2010/12/08
The world is expecting “a clear response to climate change that we cannot fail to give.”
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2010/12/07
Governments may need to be further convinced that the green growth model is possible…the most convincing argument is demonstrating that it can be done!
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2010/12/07
Business is simple. Business invests where it can see a return. If it is not seeing a return it will not invest.
KPMG COP16 Cancun
2010/12/03
KPMG’s Climate Change and Sustainability Practice is expanding on a global basis.
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2010/12/02
Many expressed their views that the Protocol final form is not something to be achieved here.
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2010/12/02
Emissions accounting continues to gain momentum among global corporations.
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2010/12/01
What climate change and sustainability mean for the global infrastructure challenge
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2010/11/30
The 16th UN Climate Change Conference (COP) finally opened yesterday, and the plenary looked like a gathering of old school friends.
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2010/11/29
The way to achieve a solid response depends on sure-but-steady steps and a focus on green growth.
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2010/11/26
Think you know about business and sustainability? Take a look at some of our latest thought leadership.
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2010/11/25
We’ll be involved in a number of events with a select group of KPMG’s Climate Change and Sustainability professionals from member firms around the globe ready to answer your questions and tell you more about the work we do.

Contact

Contact

Shireen Naidoo
Director of Climate Change and Sustainability Services
Tel: +27 (0)11 647 5581
shireen.naidoo@kpmg.co.za

 

Rohitesh Dhawan
Senior Advisor at KPMG
Tel: +27 (0)11 647 8110
rohitesh.dhawan@kpmg.co.za

Sustainability Services

KPMG Sustainability Services forms part of a greater KPMG multi-disciplinary team with skills in business risk, compliance, transactions, forensic, tax, and assurance.

Yvo de Boer Video - Road to Durban

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KPMG Video - Deliberating climate change: Understanding the challenges for Durban