Copenhagen Climate Change Summit

Copenhagen Briefing

The UN climate conference in Copenhagen presents a crucial opportunity for global leaders to lay the framework for a low carbon economy. PricewaterhouseCoopers' Sustainability and Climate Change Services team will be providing regular updates from the conference.

Half-time Score and Analysis

13 December 2009

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Copenhagen has already secured a place in the record books for numbers of delegates, journalists and observers. Next week another record will fall, when over 130 heads of state and government join the COP. While they will no doubt deliver worthy statements about saving the planet in the high level segment on Wednesday, will they deliver a record deal next Saturday morning? At the halfway mark in the climate negotiations, we assess whether the emissions targets pledged so far are ambitious enough to put the world on a low carbon pathway, and we set out what we see as the essential components of a successful global deal.

• PwC Pledge-ometer: "must try harder"

• Implications for a global deal

• Not so secret negotiating texts

• Follow the money

• Business expectations of COP15

• Prospects for the second half

• PwC presence at the COP

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• 07 December 2009: Analysis of Key Issues(90kb)

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		Low Carbon Economy Index To help assess the velocity of this transition to a low carbon economy, PricewaterhouseCoopers has developed two new indices for the G20 economies. The indexes looks at the period from 2000 to 2050, and an intermediate timeframe to 2020. Four economies, the US, China, India and the EU, are key to tackling change, as they make up 63% of the global carbon budget.
		Risk, Responsibility & Opportunity: The CEO guide to climate action Risk, responsibility & opportunity: The CEO's guide to climate action gathers insights from ten top executives and highlights how innovative companies across all sectors are facing up to climate change.