Climate Change ‘Addressing the Challenge’ 2008
Acclimatise are pleased to be a key adviser and contributor to this year’s landmark global G8 climate change ‘Addressing the Challenge’ publication released in March 2008. The publication features 54 contributors from governments, businesses and NGOs including:
- Acclimatise CEO and CTO, John Firth & Dr Richenda Connell
- G8 members: Rt Hon Gordon Brown, George W Bush, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, Yasuo Fukuda and Rt Hon Stephen Harper
- HRH the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles
- EU Président, José Manuel Durao Barroso
- United Nations Exec Sec, Yvo de Boer
- IPCC Chairman, Rajendra Pachauri
- World Bank Group President, Robert Zoellick
- United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, and
- business leaders from BP, Shell, Exxon Mobil, Fortis Bank, Ford Motor Company, Novo Nordisk, Cadbury Schweppes, Deutsche Bank, Virgin Group, HP and Intel.
Acclimatise advised the publishers as well as contributing two articles on the need for action by business to respond to the risks and opportunities arising from inevitable climate change.
Download the publication from our resources section.

Creating engagement between key global stakeholders for economic prosperity and delivering the relevant framework for succeed.
Climate Change ‘Addressing the Challenge’ 2008 is the first of an annual set of publications to be produced each spring. This ambitious industry led publishing initiative is positioned to be the definitive information and reference source on climate change that will bring further clarity and purpose to the road map for governments, NGOs corporate business leaders and their advisors to work together to reach a global commitment. The aim of the publication is to deliver the best analysis available today in countering the devastating effects of global warming and the measures all parties need to take to mitigate its damaging effects. Some of the greatest thought leaders in the world have been assembled to advise, debate and formulate best practice in the publication.
”...it is of my opinion that only when all parties sit down and develop the clear framework that engages all stakeholders, then sustainability can be achieved” said Gary Nichols-Roth, Commercial Director, Sovereign Publications.
Climate Change ‘Addressing the Challenge’ has made great strides to achieving this goal and it will continually monitor events globally and continue to support industry as the voice of reason.
For further details on the publication please contact:
David Beer
Senior Partner
Acclimatise
T: 0207 193 2674
E: d.beer@acclimatise.uk.com
or
Gary Nichols-Roth
Commercial Director – Government Projects
Sovereign Publications Ltd
T: 0208 735 0139
W: www.tenalps.com
Gary Nichols-Roth is the Commercial Director of Government projects at Sovereign Publications a recently acquired publishing house by Ten Alps PLC, he was born in January 1964 and is a Psychology graduate from Leicester University. He joined Sovereign in July 2007 from a specialist media agency, specifically to work on Government based titles starting with Climate Change ‘Addressing the Challenge’, an industry lead annual publication which was heralded a great success working with the G8 leaders, distributed in April 2008. He has had over 15 years experience of combined publishing, conferencing and the media industries. Gary has worked on, produced and created several government publications including Britain in Europe 1 and 2 in 1997, and the Celebrated Ireland 2000. He began his career as a white collar senior civil servant working in County Hall, London for the former ILEA (Inner London Education Authority).

