Climate Business

Six weeks ahead of the UN Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, the confederation of European industries BusinessEurope organised a major conference to discuss how to reconcile climate protection and economic growth. But the event, which attracted 450 participants, did not turn out as expected...

The documentary "Climate Business" gives insight on the stances of EU stakeholders (industry, Commission, civil society...) and their past and current lobbying efforts ahead of the Copenhagen conference.

Featuring Philippe de Buck van Overstraeten (Director General, BusinessEurope), José Manuel Barroso (President of the EU Commission), Stavros Dimas (EU Commissioner for Environment), Karl Falkenberg (Director General, DG Environment), Claude Turmes (MEP, Greens/EFA), Graeme Sweeney (Shell), Dominique Mockly (Areva), Jason Anderson (WWF), Roland Verstappen (ArcelorMittal), Philippe de Casabianca (CEFIC), Wolfgang Weber (BASF), Eric De Ruest (Climate Alarm!)...