during a high temperature heat wave, at Chilla Village Near Mayur Vihar, on June 13, 2024 in New Delhi, India. Temperatures in Delhi, India recently hit more than 50C, leaving thousands hospitalised and a rising death toll. Scientists have warned rising temperatures, exacerbated by climate change, are becoming aClimate change is here, changing where and how we live and restricting the ability of communities, governments and businesses to operate.
Environmentalism has been around for a long time. Rachel Carson’s seminal ‘Silent Spring’ made waves back in the 1960s and since then the movement has grown and moved from the fringes to the centre of public and political attention. At its core the climate and environmental movement continues to embrace many of the traits and belief systems it engendered and nurtured more than half a century ago – passion, courage, determination, speaking truth to power.
Many people are cautious about the intentions of companies that have committed to decarbonization and with some reason. There have been bad faith actors from the corporate world, greenwashing their activities, depleting the world’s resources, damaging the environment and wasting the planet’s and the climate movement’s time and energies.
At We Mean Business Coalition, we work with committed business leaders whose dedication to climate action cannot be overestimated. We have seen companies invest in the development of innovative solutions, trying to find low carbon alternatives, new technologies, business models, more dynamic and groundbreaking collaborations.