COP15 is heading into its final, climactic home stretch. We don't yet know what will transpire, of course -- the questions and issues are thorny, complex, and involve trillions of dollars -- but we do know this: This is not the end of the discussion. Indeed, what goes on in the crowded, raucous confines of the Bella Center in Copenhagen is but a prelude to a long-running conversation on climate at the global, national, and sub-national levels.
And the corporate level, too. As the news stories, blog posts, and firsthand accounts make clear, companies are viewing their carbon footprints in new ways -- not just through the lens of reducing their footprints, but through the lens of new business opportunities. From buildings to vehicles, information technology to consumer products, carbon has become part of the fabric. It seems safe to say that in the coming years, carbon will become one of companies' more critical "bottom lines."
In this special COP15 issue of ClimateBiz News, we're pleased to offer a slice of Copenhagen -- many slices, in fact. Our COP15 contributors represent a wide range of companies and NGOs, including Accenture, BSR, Carbonetworks, Carbon Disclosure Project, Ceres, EcoSecurities, EMC, General Electric, IBM, Johnson Controls, KPMG, Microsoft, New Forests, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Rainforest Alliance, Timberland, and the World Resources Institute. And there are more to come this week. You can find our full COP15 coverage here.
I'm also grateful to our great ClimateBiz team, notably Tilde Herrera and Leslie Guevarra, for efforts above and beyond the call of duty to bring extended coverage of COP15, and to Senior Contributor Marc Gunther who, as of this writing, is still on the ground at the Bella Center, reporting on the business of climate change.
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