Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change

The Gleneagles dialgoue was a forum made up of representatives of 20 world governments (including the G8 countries and Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa) and around 30 large companies, represented by 50 'forum members' (incorporating members of the G8 Climate Change Roundtable. It was formed in 2005 as part of the UK's G8 presidency, convened by the World Economic Forum, in partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). It's findings were reported to it's fourth and final ministerial meeting in Chiba, Japan in March 2008.

Activities

The World Economic Forum websit claims that 'the Gleneagles Dialogue shapes policy recommendations and ensures that business-specific concerns are reflected in future policy-making by feeding into the Global Dialogue process.'

The 'advantages of membership section' of the Climate Change Initiative's outline document reveals its role in giving big industry considerable lobbying power in Climate negotiations. It describes advantages to business as:

• 'Ability to help influence and shape policy thinking on the future international framework on energy and climate change, which will govern all private sector participants in the long-term
• Opportunity for private, off-the-record ministerial and senior official contact, potentially with energy and environment ministers from 20 of the world's most influential countries, in or around the annual ministerial meetings and at World Economic Forum events
• Sharing of ideas with an exclusive and select group of leading companies, which are leaders in their field, regarding proactive thinking on climate change and future energy policy
• Finally, participation as a unique opportunity for industry leaders to proactively lead the business response to the pressing issue of climate change.'

Members

Members are mostly from the 'Automotive, Aviation, Chemicals, Energy, Engineering & Construction, Financial Services, Logistics & Transport, and Mining & Metals industries'. Emphasising companies 'with significant presence in Africa, China, India and Latin America'.

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