A new BUSINESSEUROPE publication proposing four key principles that should guide negotiations towards a successful international agreement on combating climate change: 1. Mobilise all major economies to reduce emissions as soon as possible 2. Establish a level playing field for industry throughout the world 3. Strengthen global market mechanisms to reduce emissions, linking developed and developing regions 4. Ensure all cost-efficient climate technologies are deployed and developed European companies actively support the EU climate change objectives. But unilateral action will not solve the problem. A pragmatic global approach is needed which ensures that emission reductions in one place do not simply lead to emission increases somewhere else in the world.

EESC - GROUP I European Economic and Social Committee Employer's Group