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RESPONSIBLE BUILDING A ZERO-CARBON, BUSINESS FORUM CLIMATE-RESILIENT FUTURE ON CLIMATE INNOVATION HAIKOU, CHINA 23 & 24 MAY 2019 Outcome Report Outcome Report 2 Responsible Business Forum Haikou, China on Climate Innovation 23 & 24 May 2019 3 Outcome Report Event Summary The adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement China has been the world leader in reducing emissions, calls for a collaborative effort to reduce man- with a year on year reduction of more than 5%, driven by made greenhouse gas emissions based on a 71% increase in solar power and a 20% increase in wind nationally determined targets and provides energy. In the last decade, China has reduced its carbon a roadmap for global transformation towards intensity by 41%, and planted 7 million hectares of trees. a zero-carbon, climate-resilient future. To The Responsible Business Forum (RBF) on Climate deliver this, all stakeholders must come Innovation was held in Haikou, China, on May 23rd and 24th, 2019, to discuss and agree on collaborative together to accelerate and scale innovation approaches to scaling zero-carbon solutions. The forum and climate action. was co-organised by Global Initiatives and HIMICE, and was supported by the Department of Ecology and Environment, the Department of Commerce and the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Hainan Provincial Government of China. Private sector stakeholders who participated in the two-day forum included: SIG, Interface, CLP, BASF, Mars, Alibaba, Apple, Lenovo, AB InBev, SAP, IBM, Johnson Controls, Sateri, H&M and Shenzhen Energy Group, as well as global-drivers of sustainability: Rocky Mountain Institute, Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs, Stockholm Environment Institute, Birdlife International, WWF, Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology, China Green Carbon Foundation, The Nature Conservancy and The Climate Group.
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