The 3C Initiative as per www.CombatClimateChange.org aims at forming a global opinion group consisting of companies showing leadership by demanding an integration of climate issues into the world of markets and trade facilitated by means of a global framework coming into force in 2013.

A change in the climate could potentially alter the conditions that govern human life and lead to major costs. Therefore, we believe that the global community should aim at reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to acceptable levels as rapidly as possible, as well as providing secure and affordable energy for a stable, global development.

Drawing a roadmap to a low-emitting society: The 3C Initiative is committed to 9 overall principles.

The organizers claim that their goal is to underline the need for urgent action by the global community by demanding a global framework supporting a market based solution to the climate change issue. This can be achieved by getting as many companies as possible aboard and by getting our common platform well known and well understood.

Vattenfall is responsible for coordinating the initiative. Other companies are invited to take part. The initiative stems from Vattenfall’s proposal for a low carbon emitting society “Curbing Climate Change”.  www.vattenfall.com

Many of the companies signing the 3C Initiative also take part in other activities on climate change such as the World Economic Forum’s G8 Climate Change Roundtable, and various Trade Associations’ initiatives.
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shows the 66 major companies that have joined 3C – The Combat Climate Change Business Group that calls for firm CO2 treaty that will make it possible for them to find market solutions to the problem.

Among the companies are: GE, BP, Unilever, Gazprom, Bayer, Dow Chemicals, Reuters, Citicorp……

The only remaining missing detail are the agreements on what to legislate.