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Low-carbon Technology Partnerships initiative (LCTPi)

In December 2015 a new global climate agreement will be brokered at the Paris Climate Change Conference. This will mark a key moment to shape the post-2020 climate regime.

WBCSD is bringing our Action 2020 Business Solutions to the Lima-Paris Action Agenda through the IEA/SDSN/WBCSD Low-carbon Technology Partnerships initiative (LCTPi) and the organization of a series of business government climate dialogues with our global network partners in France, Brazil, India, South Africa and China.

The LCTPi is a joint public and private initiative to accelerate low-carbon technology development, scale up their deployment, and enable the implementation of business solutions.

The iniciative was launched in Lima by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). It is one of the flagship initiatives of the Lima – Paris Action Agenda for COP21.

The objective of the initiative is to catalyse actions to accelerate low-carbon technology development, and scale up the deployment of business solutions, to a level and speed that are consistent with the objective of limiting global warming to below 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels.

WBCSD is bringing our Action 2020 Business Solutions to the Lima-Paris Action Agenda through the IEA/SDSN/WBCSD Low-carbon Technology Partnerships initiative (LCTPi) and the organization of a series of business government climate dialogues with our global network partners in France, Brazil, India, South Africa and China.

Brazilian round

On October 7th, 2015, more than 130 representatives of companies associated with the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Brazilian government and partners met in São Paulo for the Brazilian round of the Low-Carbon Technologies Partnerships initiative (LCTPi), as part of Action 2020 Dialogues on Climate Change.

The meeting goals were:

– To give the initiative a global perspective and align the various regional dialogues (China, India, South Africa, Japan, USA and Brazil);

– To contribute to the LCTPi Action Plan, that will be presented at COP 21, including the specific features of the Brazilian context;

– To identify the main opportunities, barriers and solutions for the development of low-carbon technologies in Brazil in the fields of Agriculture, Renewable Biofuels, Cement, Renewable Energy and Forestry;

– To provide a new focus and renovate the collaborative actions between government and business in Brazil to help increase impact and scale.

“The LCTPi provides a comprehensive forum for businesses and government to be able to make progress on various matters, seeking to meet the challenges of a low-carbon economy by building up business solutions.” Marina Grossi, President of the CEBDS

The event was organized by the CEBDS and the WBCSD, in partnership with the Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN), and with the support of We Mean Business.

The CEBDS is thankful to Schneider Electric for their support on the day of the event.

Download the sumarry report here.

LCTPi could deliver 65% of all the carbon emission reductions needed

In November 2015, the President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Peter Bakker launched an analysis by PwC showing that the ambitions of WBCSD’s Low Carbon Technology Partnerships initiative (LCTPi) could deliver 65% of the carbon emission reductions needed to keep the rise in global temperatures to under 2°C.

Led by WBCSD and CEBDS (in Brazil), LCTPi is a unique initiative whose size and scale is unmatched across the world. More than 140 companies and 50 partners have joined the initiative to lead action plans for the development and deployment of low-carbon technology, designed to reach ambitious targets on emissions reduction. The investment needed to meet the LCTPi ambitions, as well as the jobs this investment could create, would have a global impact. With half of investment expected in non-OECD countries, LCTPi would be of particular benefit to developing markets.

Download analysis by PwC here.