We’re riding a wave of momentum from weeks of climate change action.
New World Bank leadership promised to place climate front and center. U.S. President Joe Biden convened the world’s largest economies to raise ambition and issued a long-awaited executive order on greenhouse gas reductions. Earth Day energized citizens. These meaningful milestones all responded to what the world’s climate scientists declared as their "final warning,” and echoed what United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres labeled "a clarion call to massively fast-track climate efforts” — "everything, everywhere, all at once.”
But for private-sector mobilization, April came in like a lion and went out like a lamb. This is a tragedy, because businesses and nonprofit groups each have unique strengths that, when combined, can help bring the planet back from the brink, particularly if we build successful voluntary carbon markets to galvanize investment.