The Business of Climate Change: Corporate Responses to Kyoto

With the Kyoto Protocol to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change now ratified, business is bracing itself for the reality of serious regulation on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The Business of Climate Change offers in-depth analysis of corporate responses to the climate change issue. The March 2005 report describes and assesses a number of recent business approaches, aiming to identify effective strategies and promote the dissemination of proactive corporate practices on climate change. The report is split into four sections:

1. Introduction and Overview presents a broad perspective on business and climate policies.
   
2. Policy Instruments outlines early experiences with different types of policy instruments to curb greenhouse gas emissions, ranging from emission trading to voluntary agreements.
   
3. Sector Analysis assesses developments within sectors of industry that are likely to play an important role in future climate policies: oil, cement, chemical, automotive and insurance.
   
4. Case Studies discusses bottom-up initiatives to combat climate change in five different organizations.

This book will be essential reading for policy-makers searching for instruments that have proven business support; academics and researchers analysing the complexity of how business is responding to the challenge of climate change; and businesses wishing to learn about best practice in the sectors most likely to be seriously affected.

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