Global business leaders, representing many global companies, have issued the communiqué which calls for ambitious, robust and equitable global agreements on climate change responding creditably to the scale and urgency of the crisis that is facing the world today. 

It supports the establishment of emission and long-term reduction pathways for all green house gas emissions for the period 2013 – 2050.  The key supporting elements of the communiqué supported by Woodco calls for creditable measurement and reporting of emissions while establishing a robust global emissions market.  It also calls for a framework for developing countries to accelerate development of clean technologies as well as a mechanism to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries. 

Wood Council chair, Doug Ducker, said, “while New Zealand’s emissions are small we need to be seen to be assisting the planet as a whole and the Woodco Council on behalf of member organisations supports this communiqué.”

For more information about the Copenhagen Communiqué on Climate Change click here or visit www.copenhagencommunique.com