Results from Climate Change Conference in Bali

• Tuesday, 18 December 2007 00:00

The Bali Climate Change Conference, attended by senior officials from governments, leading scientists and business and social leaders, has come to an end. The decisions taken in the conference supports climate change policies within a wider sustainable development agenda and to support projects which achieve sustainable benefits alongside those of carbon reduction.

 

Two significant findings were:

1. Decision makers put surprisingly high emphasis on the protection of biodiversity and having sustainable development guide climate actions, while putting relatively low emphasis on cost effectiveness.
2. Decision makers expect fully half of their organization’s reductions of carbon emissions over the next decade to come from energy demand management or efficiency improvements.

BVCO is delighted that these findings are in line with its carbon offsetting projects which achieve significant climate change benefits and at the same time wider sustainable development goals.