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Q: What is The CEO Climate Dialogue?
The CEO Climate Dialogue (the CEO Dialogue) was a group of leading companies and NGOs working together to advance climate action in the U.S. Congress. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and broader scientific community continue to provide overwhelming evidence why policymakers must accelerate action to reduce carbon emissions that meet or exceed the goals of the Paris Agreement in order to mitigate climate change-related costs and risks. These include costs and risks associated with extreme weather, drought, floods, and failing crops, which disrupt supply chains and markets and exacerbate competition for scarce resources.
We believe legislation is necessary to drive down greenhouse gas emissions, thus reducing climate-related costs and risks and creating the certainty that business leaders need to make the investments that will accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. We have agreed on a set of Guiding Principles for federal climate action and share the goal of passing federal legislation consistent with those principles as soon as possible.
Q: How is The CEO Dialogue different from other collaborations between businesses and environmental groups that aim to advance federal climate policy?
The fact that there are several business coalitions working to advance federal climate legislation demonstrates that demand for U.S. climate action is growing, and that a wide range of companies are keen to drive progress in Congress.
There were a number of characteristics that distinguished The CEO Dialogue:
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We offered a set of Guiding Principles as a starting point for a larger dialogue with policymakers and other stakeholders to lead to legislative action
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We were not prescriptive on how a federal carbon pricing policy should be structured. We were open to a variety of solutions and committed to working directly with lawmakers to develop and advance climate policies consistent with our Guiding Principles
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We were a bipartisan effort, and we offered an entry point for companies and other stakeholders to explore all viable solutions for enacting carbon pricing legislation
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As our name implied, the CEOs of the organizations involved in The CEO Climate Dialogue were personally involved and committed to our goal and Guiding Principles
Other business coalitions played an important leadership role in raising awareness of climate policy on Capitol Hill and getting to where we are today. Several members of The CEO Dialogue were also involved in those other groups.
Q: Was The CEO Climate Dialogue an organization?
No. Each member of The CEO Dialogue maintained its independent positions and activities related to climate policy. However, we agreed to work together to build support for the Guiding Principles and urge Congress, individually and collectively, to enact an economy-wide price on carbon. Our participation in this effort is an expression of our belief that we as a country can work together to meet the challenge of climate change, and we intend to lead by example.