India should work with other G20 countries to accelerate the transformation to a low-carbon, resilient economy, writes Naina Lal Kidwai in Hindustan Times.
Investors large and small need to grapple with the opportunities in low-carbon investment, as well as the risks and challenges of being stuck in the old, high-carbon economy, writes Caio Koch-Weser in The Economist Intelligence Unit.
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China’s policymakers are going to show the world decisively that climate action and economic growth go hand-in-hand with its 15th Five-Year Plan, writes Lord Nicholas Stern in Financial Times.
Only an educated global society can take the decisive action needed to get us to a cleaner, more productive, and fairer path of development, writes President Felipe Calderón in Project Syndicate.
"It is time for us all to realise that sustainable infrastructure is not just one potential pathway among many: it is the only growth story of the future," writes President Felipe Calderón in Financial Times.
"If the United States and India act decisively, a more sustainable and prosperous future is possible for us all," says Naina Lal Kidwai in USA Today.
Today the Coalition for Urban Transitions launches — the first major international initiative to make the economic case for better urban development globally.
Michael Bloomberg, Anne Hidalgo, and Eduardo Paes say in The Guardian, "If we want to reduce emissions, cities are key. But they need to be empowered if they are to have an impact."
Today, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon nominated Mexican Ambassador Patricia Espinosa as the next Executive Secretary of the UN Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Former President of Mexico and Chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate Felipe Calderón releases the following statement:
