The corporate race to cut carbon : article : Nature Reports Climate Change

The corporate race to cut carbon : article : Nature Reports Climate Change

Nature reports on moves by business leader to address climate change, in some cases in advance of government regulation. Lots of people have raised concerns about whether businesses can contribute positively to tackling climate change, since industry is seen as the cause of many of the problems. I think that the only way we will see real progress towards addressing the challenge of climate change is through the engagement of the most innovative firms in the world. The article describes efforts by BP to tackle their own emissions through internal markets and market research suggests that the clean tech market could be worth $55 billion in 2006 in the US.