Bali-kommunikéet

Bali-kommunikéet er et kommuniké som ble publisert 30. november 2007 av næringslivsledere fra over 150 multinasjonale selskaper. Kommunikéet er rettet mot verdens ledere og inneholder en rekke oppfordringer om å sette i verk tiltak for å begrense menneskeskapte klimaendringer. 

Initiativet representerer en uformell sammenkomst for det internasjonale næringsliv og omfatter enkelte av de største selskapene og merkevarer globalt. Deltakerne kom fra blant annet USA, Europa, Australia og Kina, og ble ledet av Prince of Wales og EU-grupper om klimaendring fra næringslivet, som er utviklet og administreres av University of Cambridge-programmet for industri. 

Bali-kommunikéet inviterer FNs klimakonferanse 2007 til konkret handling den 3. desember 2007 på Bali i Indonesia, og ber om:

 et omfattende, juridisk bindende FN-rammeverk for å takle klimaendring
 utslippsreduksjonsmål som primært blir styrt av forskning
 størst krav til de industrialiserte landene
 verdensledere til å benytte muligheten og bli enige om en arbeidsplan for forhandlinger for å sikre enighet om en avtale som kan ta effekt etter 2012 (når Kyoto-protokollen utløper)

The Bali Communiqué 

«This communiqué comes from the business leaders of over 150 global companies. It is being issued in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2007, taking place from December 3 to 14 in Bali, Indonesia. 

The scientific evidence is now overwhelming. Climate change presents very serious global social, environmental and economic risks and it demands an urgent global response. 

As business leaders, it is our belief that the benefits of strong, early action on climate change outweigh the costs of not acting:

The economic and geopolitical costs of unabated climate change could be very severe and globally disruptive. All countries and economies will be affected, but it will be the poorest countries that will suffer earliest and the most 
The costs of action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change are manageable, especially if guided by a common international vision 
Each year we delay action to control global emissions increases the risk of unavoidable consequences that will likely necessitate even steeper reductions in the future, causing potentially greater economic, environmental and social disruption 
The shift to a low-carbon economy will create significant business opportunities. New markets for low carbon technologies and products, worth billions of dollars, will be created if the world acts on the scale required 
In summary, we believe that tackling climate change is the pro-growth strategy. Ignoring it will ultimately undermine economic growth.

It is our view that a sufficiently ambitious, international and comprehensive legally-binding United Nations agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will provide business with the certainty it needs to scale up global investment in low-carbon technologies. We believe that an enhanced and extended carbon market needs to be part of this framework as it offers the necessary flexibility, allows for a cost-effective transition and provides financial support to developing countries.

In order to avoid dangerous climate change, the overall targets for emissions reduction must be guided primarily by science. Even an immediate peaking in global emissions would require a subsequent reduction of at least 50% by 2050, according to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, and the later the peak in emissions, the greater the required reduction. All countries will need to play their part but we recognise that the greatest effort must be made by those countries that have already industrialised. 

At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December in Bali, Indonesia, countries will have an opportunity to agree a work-plan of comprehensive negotiations to ensure such an agreement can be signed in Copenhagen in 2009, to come into force post 2012. 

We urge world leaders to seize this window of opportunity.

In return, we pledge to engage positively with governments to help develop the policies and measures that are needed internationally and nationally for the business sector to contribute effectively to building a low carbon economy.»

Se også
Klimakonferanse
FNs klimakonferanse 2007

Referanser

Bali
Klimapolitikk