Businesses and governments must take climate action now

Businesses and governments must take climate action nowAt the 2010 Investor Summit on Climate Risk in New York on Monday, investor groups met to discuss the implications of the climate negotiations held in Copenhagen in December. 

The investor groups, made up of the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR)Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) claimed that “investors, businesses, and governments cannot wait for a global treaty before taking action,” and released a document guiding governments on how to initiate investor participation in a low-carbon economy, entitled Investor Statement on Catalyzing Investment in a Low-Carbon Economy.