Speech by Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete at the High-Level Conference on Sustainable Finance: Future perspectives: sustainable finance as part of wider climate agenda
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, On 12 December 2015 in Paris, after days of long negotiations, something very remarkable happened: the world's leaders demonstrated that it is possible to unite around a challenge that affects the whole planet.The Paris Agreement is an unprecedented global commitment and sets a clear direction for the low carbon economic transformation.