Action speaks louder than words…

In the famous words of Mark Twain, action speaks louder than words, and that is the challenge laid down for the great and the good descending on Davos for the annual cash-chat-fest where money talks (go on… go back in time with the fabulous Dirty Cash by Stevie V…!).

A debate on looming risks and rising global temperatures was live-streamed by the World Economic Forum today (21 Jan 2016) with input from Norway’s Prime Minister, Erna Solberg and Paul Polman, Unilever’s CEO.

The forum states that it aims to “turn the historic Paris climate agreement into a specific agenda for public-private action” with examples including scaling clean energy, sustainable land use, sustainable water use and sustainable ocean management. A plan will be in place by 2020. So is this more words, or a genuine call to action…? Find out more here.