Climate policy and the need for clarity and certainty

24 Apr 2014

Cutting emissions now makes business sense for industry, writes TAMARYN NAPP, a research associate at Imperial College, London.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report tells us that CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to rise and that, unchecked, climate change will likely have severe effects. This provides opportunity, as well as risk, for industry – but they need to act now to to reduce GHG emissions.


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