BCG was proud to serve as the Principal Strategy and Action Partner to COP28, the UN Climate Change Conference. We worked alongside public, private, and social sector leaders on priority issues to accelerate climate action and advance adaptation and resilience.
COP28 marked an important milestone for climate action, with the international community coming together to measure progress toward the goals of the Paris Agreement and spur action for the years ahead.
While important strides were made—built on robust action and negotiation agendas—plenty of critical work remains in realizing the ambitions and vision set forth at the conference. Our latest Executive Perspectives issue explores what was accomplished at COP28, the challenges that remain, and the important momentum that must be sustained to achieve a more sustainable future.
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Will AI give humanity the edge it needs to achieve climate goals? The potential is there, but some obstacles remain. Google’s chief sustainability officer, Kate Brandt, joins BCG’s global chair, Rich Lesser, to discuss the biggest opportunities and explore the risks ahead.
How are innovation and technology being leveraged to build climate resilience in developing regions across Africa? Axian CEO, Hassanein Hiridjee and BCG’s Patrick Dupoux explore.
Tech companies are shifting to a purpose-led vision—thinking not about shareholders alone but about all the stakeholders they serve.
Financial institutions have an invaluable role to play in driving climate progress in Africa. Coalitions have the potential to supercharge progress.
Ensuring a just transformation to sustainable energy and food systems is essential. Sir Alok Sharma, Rockefeller Foundation’s Elizabeth Yee, and BCG’s Veronica Chau and Naomi Desai discuss how climate financing can protect the most vulnerable communities across the world.
Financial institutions are key to tackling the climate crisis and staying on course to hit emissions goals. ING’s Mark Pieter de Boer and BCG’s Eriola Beetz discuss the challenges and opportunities for banks in sustainability.
CEO of ACWA Power, Marco Arcelli, and BCG’s Pattabi Seshadri explore the opportunities and challenges that come with renewable project development and discuss the role ACWA Power is playing in the future of the energy sector.
Learn how companies like Sasol can embark on innovative projects that drive change, including renewable energy and new financial strategies, to help the country reach it’s net-zero goals.
Parker Meeks, CEO of Hyzon, explains why hydrogen is essential to decarbonization and what it will take to scale the needed infrastructure.
BCG has collaborated extensively with the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions since 2020, supporting a number of high-priority initiatives and campaigns. We have also served as the exclusive consulting partner for COP26 and COP27.
At COP28, our experts drew on their experience in scaling renewables, accelerating green hydrogen, decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors, supporting regenerative food systems, protecting biodiversity, unlocking climate finance, and beyond. BCG's expertise and partnerships include:
Extensive experience in helping companies, governments, and multilateral organizations transform to achieve adaptation and resilience at a national and global scale.
Expertise in designing and implementing mitigation strategies across sectors to produce industry-wide progress on sustainability goals.
Ability to catalyze climate innovation by mobilizing funding across an ecosystem of investments and ventures.
Our partnership with public- and private-sector leaders as well as environmental advocacy groups, such as the World Economic Forum, WWF, and Science Based Targets initiative.
Nature is at the heart of the COP28 agenda, and businesses are already working to become nature positive.
Our third CO2 AI + BCG Carbon Emissions Survey reveals that collaboration, product-level measurement, and digital technology are the keys to progress in emissions reduction.
In the face of a large and persistent shortfall in investment, companies and their stakeholders must take several key steps to drive the energy transition forward.
Global trade will increasingly shape and be shaped by the push to slash global emissions—with major economic implications, particularly for countries struggling to decarbonize.
New research shows that transitioning to an energy system powered by renewables would be far better for the planet than business as usual.
Hundreds of PE firms have reported data detailing the progress that their portfolio companies are making on social and climate-related issues. The results are encouraging.
Achieving net zero will require driving an energy transition with unprecedented speed. That transition promises to have far-reaching implications.
With nature-related risks compounding, financial institutions must create a comprehensive nature strategy now.
