Vow to contribute business solutions to climate change
Monday, 8 June 2009
FE Report
The 6th World Chamber Congress (WCC) ended in Kuala Lumpur Friday with a call by the business leaders pledging to contribute business solutions to climate change, according to a press release issued by the World Chambers Federation.
Leaders of the global chambers of commerce in the statement issued after the World Chambers Congress identified the current global economic crisis and the impacts of climate change as two major challenges that transcend national borders and require concerted international cooperation.
Noting that the 6th WCC took place in the midst of the worst global recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the statement urged governments to avoid the temptation of protectionist measures to restrict imports and foreign investments.
The current year is particularly significant, delegates agreed, as negotiations on a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) intensify with a view towards reaching a consensus in Copenhagen this December on a post-2012 framework to regulate green house gas emissions.
Organized by the International Chamber of Commerce's World Chambers Federation (WCF), the Congress brought together some 1,000 chamber of commerce executives and other business people in Kuala Lumpur from over 100 countries.
ICC-Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman led a six-member delegation which included ICC Bangladesh Vice Presidents Latifur Rahman and Samson H Chowdhury, Immediate Past President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Hossain Khaled, Chairman and Managing Director, Armada Ltd. Maj. General (Retd) Ruhul Alam Chowdhury and Green Delta Insurance Co. Ltd. Adviser A.S.A. Muiz.
Delegates this year came from all continents and represented a full range of developed and developing economies including: Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Finland, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The three-day event concluded with a Gala Dinner which Guest of Honour were Raja of Perlis and Raja Perempuan Perlis.
The next World Chambers Congress will be held in Mexico City in 2011.
The 6th World Chamber Congress (WCC) ended in Kuala Lumpur Friday with a call by the business leaders pledging to contribute business solutions to climate change, according to a press release issued by the World Chambers Federation.
Leaders of the global chambers of commerce in the statement issued after the World Chambers Congress identified the current global economic crisis and the impacts of climate change as two major challenges that transcend national borders and require concerted international cooperation.
Noting that the 6th WCC took place in the midst of the worst global recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the statement urged governments to avoid the temptation of protectionist measures to restrict imports and foreign investments.
The current year is particularly significant, delegates agreed, as negotiations on a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) intensify with a view towards reaching a consensus in Copenhagen this December on a post-2012 framework to regulate green house gas emissions.
Organized by the International Chamber of Commerce's World Chambers Federation (WCF), the Congress brought together some 1,000 chamber of commerce executives and other business people in Kuala Lumpur from over 100 countries.
ICC-Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman led a six-member delegation which included ICC Bangladesh Vice Presidents Latifur Rahman and Samson H Chowdhury, Immediate Past President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Hossain Khaled, Chairman and Managing Director, Armada Ltd. Maj. General (Retd) Ruhul Alam Chowdhury and Green Delta Insurance Co. Ltd. Adviser A.S.A. Muiz.
Delegates this year came from all continents and represented a full range of developed and developing economies including: Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Finland, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The three-day event concluded with a Gala Dinner which Guest of Honour were Raja of Perlis and Raja Perempuan Perlis.
The next World Chambers Congress will be held in Mexico City in 2011.