The World Business Summit on Climate Change will focus on exploring how the next global treaty can be shaped to encourage business action on climate change.

The World Bank will participate in this public debate and contribute their expertise in this field : The World Bank and Climate Change.

Issues on the agenda include, how to:

• Promote investment in R&D and rapid deployment of clean technologies
• Leverage private capital in financing clean energy
• Promote investment in energy efficiency
• Protect the world's carbon sinks
• Make global carbon markets work
• Resolve IPR issues in technology collaboration
• Secure the ability to adapt to the effects of climate change in the most affected regions

The World Business Summit on Climate Change will focus on developing a shared vision for a low-carbon future, and exploring how the next global treaty can be shaped to encourage business action on climate change. The goal is to put forward recommendations for effective policy instruments, business strategies, and models for public-private partnerships.

Over three days, the Summit will convene discussions around those issues that are stumbling blocks on the road to Copenhagen. These discussions should always include innovative business cases and partnerships, presented by world-leading companies and translate lessons learned into designs for effective policy instruments and promising business opportunities – to move the conversation from what to how.