Publication
CI/BEUC position on Emissions Trading
18 Feb 2010
There is now global recognition that unsustainable patterns of
production and consumption are having grave social and
environmental impacts worldwide. The international consensus is
resoundingly clear: climate change is real, it is caused
predominantly by human activities, and it will have far-reaching
consequences for ecosystems and human lives unless we act swiftly
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions). Consumers are
concerned about climate change and about its effects. Many want to
act in ways consistent with the necessary reduction of GHG
emissions.