Caring for Climate Business Forum: Innovation, Ambition, Collaboration (19-20 Nov, Warsaw) 2013 Caring for Climate Business Forum Caring for Climate – the world’s largest voluntary business and climate initiative – will organize the inaugural Caring for Climate Business Forum: Innovation. Ambition. Collaboration. at COP19/CMP9 on 19-20 November 2013 in Warsaw, Poland. Hosted by the UN Global Compact, UN Environment Programme (including its Finance Initiative) and the secretariat of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Forum will provide a multi-stakeholder platform for dialogue and action among business, investors, civil society, the UN and Government officials. While progress by business is visible in many areas, the urgency and scope of climate challenges requires broader and even more concerted efforts by business, investors, civil society and government. Accelerating responsible climate practices and driving higher levels of innovation, ambition and collaboration are critical. A United Nations-led business forum that feeds directly to the Conference of Parties (COP/CMP) can contribute significantly to these efforts. The Caring for Climate Business Forum will be held annually in the context of the UN Climate Change Conference. The Forum seeks to ensure wide participation from representatives around the world, especially from developing and emerging markets. Nearly 400 participants are expected to attend, with the UN Secretary-General, UNFCCC Executive Secretary and Executive Directors of UNEP and the UN Global Compact participating in key aspects of the event. The Forum Building on the work of Caring for Climate and its partners, the Forum will showcase the contributions that business and investors can make towards climate action, while providing a high-level platform for exchange and collaboration with policymakers. More specifically, the Forum aims to bring greater scale to business innovation on climate change; give further encouragement to business and governments to raise ambition on climate policies; and encourage collaboration among business, the UN, Governments and other stakeholders. The Forum will serve as a launching ground for corporate climate action. New activities, resources and commitments will be announced by individual businesses, multiple companies, investors and stock exchanges, and public-private partnerships in support of the global climate change agenda. Sessions and Themes Plenary sessions and thematic action workshops will maximize interaction between participants. Up to 15 sessions organized by Caring for Climate and selected partners will focus on priority themes linked to the UNFCCC agenda covering mitigation, adaptation, technology and finance. A high-level meeting on 20 November will distil the outcomes from the first day – including a compendium of leading climate practices, innovations, collaborations and commitments to action across key climate change themes – and put forward recommendations for Government actions that would help bring greater scale and quality to corporate climate leadership globally. The Global Compact is encouraging all Local Networks to mobilize national delegations for the Caring for Climate Business Forum: Innovation, Ambition, Collaboration, taking place at the UN Climate Change Conference. The inaugural event is held in partnership with UNEP and the UNFCCC secretariat and in cooperation with the Polish COP19/CMP9 Presidency to accelerate climate innovation, ambition and collaboration globally and locally. Participant Criteria Participation in the Caring for Climate Business Forum is by invitation only. If you are a business participant and would like to request an invitation, please send an email to [email protected]. CRITERIA FOR BUSINESS PARTICIPATION All invited business participants are welcome to attend the first day of the Forum on 19 November 2013. Chief executives and senior representatives of Caring for Climate and UNEP-FI signatory companies are also invited to attend the high-level day of the Forum on 20 November 2013. Registration will be confirmed by the Caring for Climate secretariat on a first-come, first-served basis; however adequate representation by participant sector, size and region will be ensured. Representatives from other stakeholder groups, including civil society, United Nations and Governments will be invited by Caring for Climate directly. See below for more information. CRITERIA FOR CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION [1] Select global civil society organizations (CSOs) will be invited to participate in the Caring for Climate Business Forum. These participants include organizations with a long-standing working relationship with Caring for Climate. The chief executive may attend from each invited CSO and bring up to one senior level representative. CRITERIA FOR UN PARTICIPATION Caring for Climate will invite Heads of UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes to participate in the Caring for Climate Business Forum. The Head of the UN organization and up to one senior level representatives may attend from each invited UN Organization. CRITERIA FOR UN GLOBAL COMPACT LOCAL NETWORK PARTICIPATION [2] Caring for Climate will invite all UN Global Compact Local Network Representatives to attend the Forum. The Local Network Representative may bring up to one additional Local Network contact person or participant for an additional fee depending on their organization type. GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION Caring for Climate encourages Governments to actively participate in, promote and support the Forum. Governments are invited to attend the Forum and will have an opportunity to showcase flagship public-private partnership initiatives on climate change. Up to three representatives from each member state are invited to attend the Business Forum on 19 November. Member States will receive an invitation with registration information from the Caring for Climate secretariat. If a Government wishes to nominate a business representative from their delegation, please contact the Caring for Climate secretariat at [email protected].
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