The COP30 climate-change summit starts in Brazil on 10 November.
It marks a decade since the Paris Agreement was adopted by 195 parties in 2015. The Agreement is a global commitment to limit global warming to 1.5°c above pre-industrial levels, but the goal is becoming increasingly out of reach: according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), 2024 was the warmest year on record and a UN update estimates that “there is a 70% chance that the 5-year average itself will exceed the 1.5 degree threshold.”
In a new article posted on the Cambridge Judge Business School website, Business School faculty with expertise in many fields related to sustainability take stock on what needs to be done by business and policymakers as the Paris Agreement enters its second decade.
Topics explored include:
Why leadership must move from promises to action
Embedding sustainability into business structures
The challenges for startups in balancing growth and sustainability
The path forward for responsible entrepreneurship
Designing cheaper and smarter systems for sustainability
Financing the climate recovery
The article on the Paris Agreement 10 years on is part of a broader series of articles on the Cambridge Judge Business School website, entitled: Shaping a sustainable future: education, insight and impact.
These articles explore such topics as how firms can prioritise risks in the transition to a low-carbon economy, how tariff strategy can influence the take-up of small electric vehicles, and the compelling economic case for investing in climate-change mitigation and adaptation.
Please get in touch with us if you would like to speak to any of our faculty experts relating to these sustainability issues, or if you seek any further information.
Read a longer article on our website about the Paris Agreement 10 years on.
Read our broader series of articles on Shaping a sustainable future.
