We Mean Business, a coalition of organizations working with thousands of companies and investors, has set out its key “business asks” to the climate change negotiations under the UNFCCC. The full statement can be seen here.

Characterizing bold climate action as a historic economic opportunity, the group said that business expects the negotiations to help them capture that benefit by:

• Investing political capital in increasing climate ambition during this decade
• Finalizing the elements of a new climate agreement that will be agreed in Paris
• Pushing for national contributions to climate action to be at the highest end of the ambition spectrum, under the initiative for countries to submit their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions.
• Committing to net-zero-emissions well before the end of this century: the only way to provide the consistent and predictable policy environment business needs to unleash a wave of innovation.