Business Review of 2021: Climate change and Covid

By Martin Webber Published 30 December 2021 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Related Topics COP26 Over the past year governments all over the world told businesses to radically step up their strategies for going green and shifting away from fossil fuels. The Glasgow COP 26 Climate Conference in November saw the host, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, setting out why humanity had to “act now”. Mr Johnson declared: “If we don’t get serious about climate change today, it will be too late for our children to do so tomorrow”. After the two weeks of talking in Glasgow, a draft deal pledging to “phase out” use of the dirtiest fuel, coal, was rejected by the biggest coal users, China and India. But climate experts welcomed the fact that a reference to coal did stay in the final agreement, with a commitment instead to “phase down” coal use. BBC World Service: Martin Webber’s previous Business Reviews of the Year Many established business leaders have already got the message and some have already completely changed what they do. The Australian mining entrepreneur, Andrew Forrest, the CEO of Fortescue Metals Group, told the BBC how his firm’s large iron ore trucks… Read full this story

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