What’s needed is not just an event for the heads of state, but an event for the heads of Big Business.
If these big businesses set ambitious carbon targets, they could lead the way to meeting the Paris targets to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.
Over the last few years, carbon commitments have been a big topic in corporate boardrooms and executive suites.
The fact that 62% of the 50 largest S&P companies have stepped up to net zero targets in just a few years is remarkable.
I have been researching and teaching business sustainability for 30 years as a professor at the Ivey Business School .