Businesses and industry groups have given their seal of approval for a new global warming accord hailed as signalling the end of the fossil fuel era:

• Jim Kim, President, World Bank Group “…[T]he historic agreement…leaves no one behind…sends the…signal to trigger the massive sums of…investments needed to drive economies toward a carbon neutral world…”…
• Nigel Topping, CEO, We Mean Business “…The Paris Agreement will turn the…investment we’ve seen so far into the trillions the world needs to bring clean energy and prosperity to all...”…
• Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever “…The result is an unequivocal signal to the business and financial communities, one that will drive real change...”
• Ignacio Galan, CEO, Iberdrola…“Efforts now must be focused on the implementation of the agreement…”…
• John Danilovich, Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce “…This agreement will give business and investors the long-term certainty needed to scale up innovation and investment in climate solutions…”