__NOTOC__ On 30 November 2007, the business leaders of 150 global companies published a communiqué to world leaders calling for a comprehensive, legally binding

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framework to tackle

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. The initiative represents an unprecedented coming together of the international business community and includes some of the biggest companies and brands from around the world, including the

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and

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. It has been led by The

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’s UK and EU Corporate Leaders Groups on Climate Chang

which are developed and run by the

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. It was hoped that the Bali Communiqué would have a significant impact on the UN climate negotiations starting on 3 December 2007 in

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, Indonesia (see

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). The Bali Communiqué calls for: *a comprehensive, legally binding United Nations framework to tackle climate change *emission reduction targets to be guided primarily by science *those countries that have already industrialised to make the greatest effort *world leaders to seize the window of opportunity and agree on a work plan of negotiations to ensure an agreement can come into force after 2012 (when the existing

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The Bali Communiqué reads as follows:

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