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The low-carbon economy is the biggest opportunity of our lifetimes, and businesses that fail to recognise this fact risk being left behind, write Paul Polman and Naina Lal Kidwai in The Indian Express.
As the international community works this year to address the challenges of climate change and promote sustainable development, efforts to expand access to clean energy should be placed near the top of the agenda, write Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Lord Nicholas Stern in Project Syndicate.
To meet the goals of raising living standards, tackling poverty and reducing climate risk together, the scale and speed of change must accelerate, spurred on by cooperation both internationally and between the public and private sectors, write President Felipe Calderón and Lord Nicholas Stern in USA Today.
Taking decisive action on climate change will cost us less than failing to do so, writes Paul Polman in The Huffington Post.
"India is at a crossroads: It can pursue a carbon-intensive development agenda with huge health implications. Or it can reap the economic benefits of low-carbon growth that could lead to healthy, liveable cities," write Rajat Kathuria and Lord Nicholas Stern in Indian Express.
World leaders need to make it clear that they choose an inclusive and sustainable economy over the ageing, carbon-intensive dirty economic model based on burning fossil fuels, writes Paul Polman in The Guardian.