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ICC calls on G8 to avoid economic nationalism
Rome, 12 June 2009
The G8 summit should resist pressures to resort to economic nationalism and should further strengthen international cooperation to meet the challenges posed by the global recession, climate change and product counterfeiting, ICC urged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today.

Chambers of commerce pledge to contribute business solutions to climate change
Kuala Lumpur, 5 June 2009  Leaders of the global chambers of commerce community issued a statement today at the World Chambers Congress here, identifying the current global economic crisis and the impacts of climate change as two major challenges that transcend national borders and require concerted international cooperation.

World Chambers Congress addresses food, water and energy crises
Kuala Lumpur, 4 June 2009  The challenges surrounding the sustainability and delivery of the world’s food, energy and water resources were the focus of debate among business leaders today at the 6th World Chambers Congress, which has brought some 1,000 delegates to Kuala Lumpur from over 100 countries.

ICC World Chambers Federation opens its 6th Congress
Kuala Lumpur, 3 June 2009  The ICC World Chambers Federation opened its 6th biennial World Chambers Congress today under the theme “Leading sustainable growth and change”, with a call to business leaders to address major challenges such as climate change.

ICC asks G8 to support UN climate change framework
Paris, 22 April 2009  A global agreement on climate change under the auspices of the United Nations is the best way of ensuring international cooperation to resolve this vital issue, ICC said in statement to environment ministers from the world’s most highly industrialized countries.

Experts urge facilitating access to genetic resources
Paris, 9 April 2009  Any international regime governing access and benefit sharing for genetic resources should facilitate cross-border exchange of resources and encourage both private and public investment in bio-trade, experts from the breeding and bio-trade sectors told a conference this week.

Effective technology development and deployment is key to meeting climate change
Bonn, 8 April 2009  The development and global deployment of advanced low emissions technologies to address climate change will require appropriate institutional frameworks, intellectual property rights protection, and innovative funding mechanisms, ICC told the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Business calls on Istanbul Forum to raise political profile of water
Paris, 13 March 2009  The 5th World Water Forum, to be held in Istanbul, is an opportunity to raise significantly the political profile of water and highlight its interconnection with other global challenges including climate change, food, energy and the current financial crisis.


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