Comment: Companies stand ready to help policymakers phase out fossil fuels

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : Boldness and courage in voice and action are urgently needed.
65% : We need a clearer signal from both government and business leaders that they are ready to turn climate ambition into action.
58% : These detail what each actor - oil and gas producers, corporate energy consumers, government and finance - must do to ensure a well-managed and just transition from fossil fuels to clean energy by the 2040s at the very latest.
55% : A recent poll conducted by the We Mean Business Coaltion found that 82% of businesses surveyed see government regulation as the most important, or second most important, accelerator for the energy transition.
48% : Companies including Volvo Cars, Mahindra Group, BT, Vodafone, IKEA, eBay, Nestle, Iberdrola, JLL and Unilever called on leaders to set clear targets and timelines for phasing down and out unabated fossil fuels, and to back that up with policies enabling the rapid scaling of clean energy.

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