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min-height: 0em;'> <nav id='section-nav'> <button id='section-nav-trigger'>In this section</button> <article id='section-nav-container'> <div> <h1><a href="/take-action/events/climate-action-summit-2019">Climate Action Summit 2019</a></h1> <ul class='section-nav-siblings'> <li> <a class="current" href="/take-action/events/climate-action-summit-2019/business-ambition">Business Ambition for 1.5°C</a> </li> <li> <a class="" href="/take-action/events/climate-action-summit-2019/nature-based-solutions">Nature-Based Solutions</a> </li> <li> <a class="" href="/take-action/events/climate-action-summit-2019/taking-ambition-to-the-next-level">Taking Ambition to the Next Level</a> </li> <li> <a class="" href="/take-action/events/climate-action-summit-2019/webinars">Webinars on Climate Action</a> </li> <li> <a class="" href="/take-action/events/climate-action-summit-2019/overview">Overview</a> </li> </ul> </div> </article> </nav> </div> </header> <section class='main-content-section'> <div class='wrapper'> <header class="main-content-header"><h1>Raising the bar on corporate climate action</h1></header> <section class='main-content-body'> <p><img src="http://www.unglobalcompact.org/pics/un_images/1.5C_Campaign_Logo_-_no_our_only_future_RGB-01.png" alt="logo" width="500" height="100%"></p> <div><span>The Business Ambition for 1.5 Campaign was <a href="https://unglobalcompact.org/news/4450-06-13-2019"><span>launched</span></a><span> in the lead-up to the 2019 Climate Action Summit in an effort to raise the ambition on climate action and push companies to set science-based targets aligned with 1.5°C as opposed to 2°C or well-below 2°C. The campaign successfully helped bring on many signatories to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and was effectively merged into the UN Global Compact's <a href="https://forwardfaster.unglobalcompact.org/">Forward Faster initiative</a> under <a href="https://forwardfaster.unglobalcompact.org/climate-action">Climate Action Target 1</a>. <br></span></span></div><div><span><span><br></span></span></div><div><span><span>Companies that had signed onto the Business Ambition for 1.5 Campaign will continue to have their commitment as part of the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and the UN Global Compact continues to call on companies to set ambitious emissions reductions targets through the SBTi in line with their </span><a href="https://sciencebasedtargets.org/net-zero"><span>Corporate Net-Zero Standard</span></a><span>.</span></span> </div> </section> <aside class='article-sidebar'> <a class="widget widget-call-to-action" target="" href="https://ungc-communications-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/publications/Business%20Ambition%20for%201.5%20Letter%20to%20Business%20Leaders.docx.pdf">Read the letter to business leaders</a> <a class="widget widget-call-to-action" target="" href="https://sciencebasedtargets.org/companies-taking-action">COMPANIES TAKING ACTION</a> <article class='widget widget-links-list'> <h1>Latest Updates</h1> <ul> <li><a target="" class="links-list-link-item" href="https://sciencebasedtargets.org/resources/files/status-report-Business-Ambition-for-1-5C-campaign.pdf">Status Report: Business Ambition for 1.5°C</a></li> <li><a target="" class="links-list-link-item" href="https://sciencebasedtargets.org/news/sbti-raises-the-bar-to-1-5-c">SBTi raises the bar to 1.5°C</a></li> </ul> </article> <article class='widget widget-links-list'> <h1>Related Links</h1> <ul> <li><a target="" class="links-list-link-item" href="https://unglobalcompact.org/news/4645-12-09-2020">Press Release: 9 December 2020</a></li> <li><a target="" class="links-list-link-item" href="https://sciencebasedtargets.org/blog/five-years-of-progress-a-decade-of-action-ahead">SBTi Blog: 7 December 2020</a></li> <li><a target="" class="links-list-link-item" href="https://sciencebasedtargets.org/blog/leading-businesses-raise-the-bar-for-1-5-c-climate-ambition">SBTi Blog: 21 September 2020</a></li> <li><a target="" class="links-list-link-item" href="https://sciencebasedtargets.org/blog/corporate-commitments-to-1-5-c-and-net-zero-ramp-up-on-world-environment-day">SBTi Blog: 4 June 2020</a></li> </ul> </article> </aside> </div> </section> <section class='events-news-component'> <div class='tabbed-component wrapper'> <menu class='tabs'> <li class='tab'> <button type='button' class='active' data-tab-content='news'>News</button> </li> <li class='tab'> <button type='button' data-tab-content='events'>Events</button> </li> <li class='tab'> <button type='button' data-tab-content='academy-events'>Academy</button> </li> </menu> 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