Ritter: Public private collaboration ‘essential’ to tackle climate change
Climate-KIC CEO Mary Ritter has said it is vital that businesses and local and national governments understand the real risks and opportunities presented by climate change.
Writing for Responding to Climate Change, Ritter said: “As the chairman of the study warned, no-one on the planet will be untouched by the damaging effects of global warming in coming decades. But we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that an impressive number of scientific, social and entrepreneurial efforts to avert these dangers are already well under way.”
She went on to highlight that numerous Climate-KIC projects are already creating new opportunities for businesses as well as improving the lives of individuals and communities.
She said that a collaborative approach to the sharing of knowledge will be a key factor in the ability to respond to the risks and opportunities of irreversible climate change.
She added: “For this reason, Climate-KIC is working closely with the public, private and education sectors to foster innovative partnerships and projects that will help to reduce the human, ecological, and financial cost of climate change.”
