Editor-at-Large Eric Olson is dispatched to Copenhagen this week (with, in his own words, a box of Kleenex), the site of the upcoming  U.N. Climate Change negotiations being held from Dec. 7-18.

We'll be there covering COP15 from the business perspective -- the ways in which companies are preparing for and responding to the event, and how its outcome will impact their short- and long-term climate strategies.

You'll find at ClimateBiz.com a steady diet of blogs and in-depth analyses of COP15 from a growing stable of business and NGO voices who will report the developments firsthand. We'd also love to hear from you if you're willing to share your observations and insights from the event, or even from afar. Interested? Send us a note.

In the meantime, don't miss our featured story from BSR climate experts Ryan Schuchard and Laura Ediger on the opportunities available for companies to move from the sidelines to becoming active participants in advancing effective climate policy. According to the authors, there's more to climate policy engagement than simply staking out a position: It must also include deliberate actions that inform and advance specific outcomes. The pair offer a sneak peak at five recommendations for climate policy engagement, the result of new BSR research to be published next year.

We've moved up this issue of ClimateBiz News due to the holiday next week in the U.S. Until next time, all of us here at ClimateBiz.com and Greener World Media would like to wish a very happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Tilde Herrera is associate editor at ClimateBiz.com.

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