Organisation
The Davos Climate Alliance is a joint Initiative of the World Economic Forum and a set of leading companies, which act as partners of the initiative and demonstrate leadership in the issue of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in business activity.
A Steering Committee including Claude Martin, former Director General, WWF International, and Alexander J.B. Zehnder, former President of the Board of the Federal Institute of Technology, together with representatives from the partner companies of the Alliance, will oversee the implementation of the Initiative according to its objectives.
The Davos Climate Alliance is jointly managed by the World Economic Forum and myclimate – the Climate Protection Partnership Foundation in Zürich (www.myclimate.org).
Testimonial
Klaus Töpfer
Former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
We need to sound the alarm bell to both private business and ordinary people so that they do their utmost to create a market of the future that is less energy and carbon intensive. This is not an ideological position, it is simply an economic one. Because the longer we delay, the more costly the price tag of inaction for people across the globe will be. For example, the cost to the global economy due to climate change-driven natural disasters is estimated at US$150 billion per year within the next decade. Cooperation between the private sector, governments and NGOs is needed to avoid the massive threats posed by climate change. The Davos Climate Alliance is a welcome initiative to foster such cooperation. Projects sponsored by the initiative will help disseminate new technologies and approaches in developing countries and thereby contribute to sustainable development.
