Addressing Climate Change

Addressing climate change and its impacts demands a robust, coordinated effort with a sound policy portfolio. Business Roundtable CEOs are calling for a well-designed market-based mechanism and other supporting policies to provide certainty and unleash innovation to lift America toward a cleaner, brighter future.

Unchecked, climate poses significant environmental, economic, public health and security threats to countries around the world, including the United States. While the United States has made significant progress toward reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a result of private sector innovation and supportive state and federal policies, the existing patchwork of federal and state regulations, tax incentives, subsidies and other policies is inefficient and has negatively impacted the long-term investment strategies of many U.S. companies by creating regulatory uncertainty. It is time for a new approach.

Business Roundtable believes corporations should lead by example, support sound public policies and drive the innovation needed to address climate change. To this end, the United States should adopt a more comprehensive, coordinated and market-based approach to reduce emissions. This approach must be pursued in a manner that ensures environmental effectiveness while fostering innovation, maintaining U.S. competitiveness, maximizing compliance flexibility and minimizing costs to business and society. International cooperation and diplomacy backed by a broadly supported U.S. policy will be the key to achieving the collective global action required to meet the scope of the challenge and position the U.S. economy for long-term success.

Climate Call to Action

As COP26 begins, organizations representing the CEOs and Chairs of leading global companies have come together to express the business community’s strong support for climate action that tackles the threat of climate change while enabling growth, fostering competitiveness and supporting communities. Read the global call to action.

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