Global business leadership to combat climate change

The Copenhagen Climate Council is a global collaboration between international business and science founded by the leading independent think tank in Scandinavia, Monday Morning, based in Copenhagen. The members of the Copenhagen Climate Council have come together to create global awareness of the importance of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, in Copenhagen, in December 2009, and to ensure support and assistance to global decision makers when agreeing on a new climate treaty.

Members of the Copenhagen Climate Council

The Copenhagen Climate Council comprises 30 global leaders, active in business, science, and public policy. Three elements will be key to the success of the 2009 U.N. Climate Change Conference:

• Business leaders representing global companies and innovative entrepreneurs, who, through their actions, reveal that sustainable, climate-responsible business is both necessary and profitable;
• Scientists will ensure that the work of the Council is underpinned by rigorous analysis;
• Policy makers with experience in public policy will ensure that the work is informed by knowledge of what is required to assist high-level, complex policy negotiations.

Our purpose

Leading up to the U.N. meeting, in December 2009, the Council will work on presenting innovative yet achievable solutions to climate change, as well as assess what is required to make a new global treaty effective. The Council will seek to promote constructive dialogue between government and business, so that when the world's political leaders and negotiators meet in Copenhagen, they will do so armed with the very best arguments for establishing a treaty that can be supported by global business.

By promoting and demonstrating innovative, positive, and meaningful business leadership and ideas, the Copenhagen Climate Council aims to demonstrate that achieving an effective global climate treaty is not only possible, but necessary. Our strategy is built around:

• Creating international awareness of the importance of the Copenhagen U.N. Climate Change Conference and the successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol;
• Promoting constructive dialogue between government, business, and science;
• Inspiring global business leaders by demonstrating that tackling climate change also has the potential to create huge opportunities for innovation and economic growth.

To learn more about our purpose and our intent, read our Manifesto, published in November 2007, on the eve of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bali.

Our activties

Further details about the initiatives and events of the Copenhagen Climate Council are listed under the respective menus.

Further information

To learn more about the Copenhagen Climate Council, please contact Project Director Laura Storm at lss@mm.dk or +45 3393 9323.