This matters for the environment, since tackling climate change and other environmental threats requires businesses to innovate. Competition can therefore help to make products genuinely green..
What is climate competition?
In the Climate Competition, employees compete against colleagues and other companies to reduce CO2e as much as possible..
In the Climate Competition, employees compete against colleagues and other companies to reduce CO2e as much as possible.
"Competition Law, Climate Change & Environmental Sustainability” addresses very topical questions which demand urgent answers. The issues at stake affect us
Businesses can, need and want to work together to help fight climate change. However, current competition policies are chilling this, arguing that any collaboration between competing businesses must be carefully considered to avoid breaching competition law and encouraging greenwashing.
Competition law and climate change
International climate change conference in 2009
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 and 18 December. The conference included the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 5th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. According to the Bali Road Map, a framework for climate change mitigation beyond 2012 was to be agreed there.
Climate change in Massachusetts affects both urban and rural environments
Climate change in the US state of Massachusetts
Climate change in Massachusetts affects both urban and rural environments, including forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and coastal development. The Northeast is projected to warm faster than global average temperatures; by 2035, the Northeast is projected to be more than 3.6°F (2°C) warmer on average than during the preindustrial era.
Climate change has had a number of impacts on the
Climate change in the US state of Montana
Climate change has had a number of impacts on the US state of Montana. Heat waves are becoming more common, snow is melting earlier in the spring, and trees are dying as a result of drought, forest fire, and increased prevalence of forest insects. In the next few decades in Montana, climate change is most likely to impact water availability, agricultural yields, and wildfire risk. State and local governments have taken legislative steps, such as establishing a renewable energy portfolio and creating climate action plans, to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Climate change in the US state of Washington is a subject of
Climate change in the US state of Washington
Climate change in the US state of Washington is a subject of study and projection today. The major impacts of climate change in Washington State include increase in carbon dioxide levels, increase in temperatures, earlier annual snow melt, sea level rise, and others.
