Press reaction to CBI Green Business Dinner
Coverage repeats concerns over government's mixed messages
A Senior UN figure and the
director-general of the CBI adressed guests at the organisation's
International Green Business Dinner on Monday. Press coverage
stressed the need for unambiguous messages on climate change
from the governmnt to business.
The Daily Telegraph raised concerns that the self -proclaimed "greenest government ever" was failing on climate change. The coverage focused on UN climate chief Christiana Figueres's speech, and the potential of Britain and other developed countries to "lead the way" on climate change.
The Guardian, meanwhile, repeated Ms Figueres's concerns that current valuation methods failed to adequately factor in the cost of exposure to climate change. Dr Neil Bentley, CBI deputy director-general, was also reported as calling for emissions reduction policies that would spur investment.
The Metro echoed calls for the government to send a clear message to business, and quoted Dr Bentley's concerns that without certainty for investors, British businesses would not be "ahead of the pack but out on a limb".
GreenWise, also focused on these concerns, repeating Dr Bentley's calls for an economy that is "low carbon and competitive". Like other news sources, GreenWise reported Dr Bentley's criticisms of the carbon floor price, which he said "investors could not make sense of".
Business Green, while quoting Dr Bentley's criticisms of government policy, also made repeated Ms Figueres's request that the business community act to break the deadlock in UN climate change negotiations, and her calls for business to take an active role in accelerating low carbon investment.
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Video: Christiana Figueres on climate change
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Read Ms Figueres's speech
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Video: Neil Bentley on climate change
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Read Dr Bentley's speech
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