The Chamber is an accredited observer to the UNFCCC and has been a strong and constructive presence in the Business and Industry Non-Governmental Organization observer group. GEI supports continued U.S. participation in the Paris agreement discussions, in addition to sustained global cooperation to tackle climate change.
Here we are near the end of COP-21, and there are still lots of issues outstanding in the most recent iteration of the text of the agreement released Thursday night. If you’ve been following these reports, you can probably guess what they are. But at the risk of sounding like a broken record, they
First the good news: The latest draft text of the agreement does not include any references to intellectual property. Now the bad news: The issue is could still be alive. Language offered up in the technology development and transfer section of the text suggests “Addressing barriers in accessing to
There are a lot of business interests here at the Paris COP, and a lot of different views on a whole range of matters, but one area where the business community has found unanimity is the need to establish an more formal relationship between the business community writ large and the UN Framework
After a great deal of anticipation, new draft agreement text was issued earlier today, which includes text for a draft agreement and decision. While the text is, at 29 pages, more streamlined than earlier iterations, that doesn’t mean a lot of issues have been resolved. Quite the contrary. Although
Business and industry groups call for inclusion in Paris Agreement PARIS, 8 December – The business and industry NGO (BINGO) constituency at the UN climate talks has today called on all negotiators to explicitly recognise the positive role of business and establish a defined and recognized role for
The high-level talks kicked off on Monday, with the negotiators getting down to the business of tackling the many contentious issues that remain. French Foreign Minister Laurant Fabius created the “Paris Committee,” which meets each evening to report on progress. As I mentioned yesterday, four
As the COP21 UNFCCC Meeting in paris progresses, we ask for your continued leadership in rejecting the ongoing demands of a small group of foreign governments and NGOs that UNFCCC member governments weaken the protection of climate change-related patents and other Intellectual Property Rights.
With the conclusion of the first week of the UN climate change talks in Paris, known as COP-21, it’s fair to say the 196 Parties made one step forward, and one step back towards a new accord. Here’s the state of play as the second week gets underway. The meeting started on something of a high note
