Fortune
In an interview with Fortune, BCG’s Global Chair Rich Lesser reflects on COP26 as the world prepares for COP27. Last year’s conference spotlighted a significant number of global commitments to decarbonization, reforestation, and renewable energy development, but Lesser argues that those pledges were not enough. As this year’s event will occur on the heels of devastating floods in Pakistan, disastrous hurricanes in the Atlantic, and a sweeping energy crisis in Europe, Lesser believes the need for urgent action is clear. “There’s even more recognition now than there was 10 months ago, and there will be more recognition in a couple years from now on the need to get on with this agenda,” he says.