World business summit in Copenhagen

Ban Urges the Business Community to Lobby Governments to Power Green Growth and Seal the Deal on Climate Change

The three-day World Business Summit on Climate Change is a precursor to the negotiations in December where world leaders will negotiate a new UN-brokered climate treaty that will succeed the Kyoto protocol that expires in 2012.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Nobel Laureate Al Gore called on over 500 world business leaders meeting in Copenhagen to use their business acumen to urge government leaders to reach an agreement on reducing greenhouse gases.

"As business leaders, you must make it clear to your leaders that doing the right thing for the climate is also the smart thing for global competitiveness and long-term prosperity," Ban told the conference.

"Climate change is ... the most potent game-changer for business over the next century. It is an opportunity we must seize," he emphasised.

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