Alcoa Chairman Joins Global Executives Calling for G8 to Lead on Climate Change

Alcoa Chairman Alain Belda joined 99 global business leaders last week in calling for the Group of 8 (G8) leaders to take the lead on climate change and to commit to halving emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. The set of policy recommendations were given to Japan Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, in advance of the G8 summit scheduled for July 7-9 in Hokkaido, Japan. The executives also requested that a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol involve all major economies including the U.S., China and India to make it effective.

Mr. Belda is a member of the Steering Board of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development which guided development of the CEO statement for the G-8.

“We know we must address climate change. We may not have sorted out every detail, but we are willing to take a leadership position and embrace open dialogue…that will get us all to our common goals of protecting our world for future generations,” Mr. Belda said.