USCIB Director for Environment & Sustainable Development Agnes Vinblad represented the global Business and Industry constituency in a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Dialogue with the Chairs of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SB) at the UN Climate COP in Azerbaijan on November 14.
During this exchange, the SB Chairs provided updates on the negotiations thus far and welcomed input from the nine constituency groups, including business. Vinblad emphasized business support for a robust decision on the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance (NCQG), outlining the need for a strong and central public finance commitment at the core of the new climate finance decision. However – as almost half of climate finance today is provided by private sector – global business also calls for a constructive “outer layer” of the NCQG, to send the right investment signals to the private sector, and to align the global financial system with the Paris Agreement.
New York, N.Y., March 04, 2024—The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) welcomes outcomes from the WTO 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi on two key objectives for U.S. industry: a two-year extension of the moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions and a rejection of efforts to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics.
New York, N.Y., November 29, 2023—As the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) prepares to open the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai tomorrow, the United States Council for International Business (USCIB), which will represent the U.S. business community at the Climate COP, 
USCIB’s Moving the Needle (MTN) initiative launched the reports at a USCIB High-Level Business Roundtable. The Roundtable focused on sustainability, solidarity and shared prosperity and featured high-level speakers from AT&T, Bayer, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, the U.S. Department of State, the UN, the International Organization of Employers (IOE) and many others. Discussion topics included innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the benefit of people and planet and public private partnerships for innovation and infrastructure. Business leaders from USCIB member companies presented practical business recommendations highlighted in the reports, to ramp up implementation of the SDGs and strengthen the UN’s effectiveness and impact.