Can Corporations Fill the Agenda 2030 Void Left by Governments?

Abstract

Highlights

• The achievement of the SDGs requires the participation of the private sector
• Climate change is mainly a byproduct of a failure by governments to adequately address climate change by not weaning themselves off of fossil fuel resources
• Governments recognize that renewables must replace fossil fuels eventually but there really is no clear sign that this will be done with a sense of urgency
• Private sector firms are filling the institutional void left by governments with respect to combating climate change and working toward the SDGs