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After a day and a half of debate, discussion and exchange of ideas, the 2013 Business for the Environment (B4E) Climate Summit has drawn to a close.

 

Business leaders, CEOs, politicians and entrepreneurs joined forces at the London-based conference to move the climate debate from ‘sustainability’ to a new ‘Net Zero, Climate Positive’ business model.

 

The conference, which was backed by the Renault-Nissan Alliance, included debate on the major topics affecting the global climate including the cities of the future, renewable energy, personal mobility and the greening of information technology.

 

Wrapping up, David Nussbaum, CEO of WWF UK, said: “This conference has reminded us of the scale of the challenges we face. But there is clearly a commercial incentive for businesses to work – whether alone or together – to achieve climate security.”

 

Calling for more business to government advocacy, Nussbaum said: “Good, effective, regulation will help us allocate resources efficiently and effectively.”

 

He added: “We need to get better at engaging with governments; we need businesses to take action themselves; and we need to work on this together.

 

“The call from this conference is for more companies to come forward with net positive plans.”

 

As well as backing the event, the Alliance presented its plans for carbon positive mobility. Jerry Hardcastle, Nissan’s Chief Marketability Engineer and Technical Director for Global Motorsport, not only confirmed the Alliance’s commitment to pure electric vehicles but also revealed that next generation EVs would literally be fast-tracked as the company would be racing its electric vehicles.

 

“We want to improve the performance of the motors and batteries and we are turning to motor sport, and the heat of competition, to do this.”