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UN Climate Change partners with Roland Berger
Munich/Bonn, March 2024: UN Climate Change and Roland Berger, a leading global strategy consultancy, signed an 18-month partnership under which Roland Berger will support the UNFCCC secretariat pro-bono in strategic planning and organizational initiatives.
The UNFCCC secretariat, as the convener of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and custodian of the Paris Agreement, is committed to facilitating the realization of ambitious pledges and commitments by governments worldwide to combat climate change. In pursuit of this goal, Roland Berger will collaborate with the UNFCCC secretariat to enhance its support for Parties, in a more strategic and efficient manner, aiming to facilitate the achievement of objectives outlined in both the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement.
Simon Stiell, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, said: “We are pleased that Roland Berger, with their robust sustainability practice, will be partnering with the UNFCCC secretariat in various strategic planning initiatives aimed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the secretariat’s delivery and to catalyze transformative climate action.”
Stefan Schaible, Global Managing Partner at Roland Berger: “We are excited about this partnership and contributing to a more sustainable world by supporting the UNFCCC to achieve its mandates. Roland Berger will leverage its international expertise in strategic consulting to operationalize the UN's ambitious climate initiatives, translating high-level objectives into measurable actions.”
Roland Berger has a strong track record in sustainability consulting and has supported clients in becoming more sustainable through a wide range of projects – from reducing their carbon footprint, to enhancing climate resilience, to optimizing their use of resources. Through joint projects and research, Roland Berger works with a broad set of stakeholders from governments, academia, and civil society to develop innovative approaches for current environmental challenges. In addition to helping its clients become more sustainable, Roland Berger is itself committed to Net Zero and embedding sustainability in all of its projects across practice areas.
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About UNFCCC
With 198 Parties, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has near universal membership and is the parent treaty of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. The main aim of the Paris Agreement is to keep the global average temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius and to drive efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The UNFCCC is also the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The ultimate objective of all agreements under the UNFCCC is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system, in a time frame which allows ecosystems to adapt naturally and enables sustainable development. The UNFCCC secretariat, also known as UN Climate Change, is custodian of the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement, and convenes the COPs and related mandated meetings to spearhead global climate action.
About Roland Berger
Roland Berger is one of the world's leading strategy consultancies with a wide-ranging service portfolio for all relevant industries and business functions. Founded in 1967, Roland Berger is headquartered in Munich. Renowned for its expertise in transformation, innovation across all industries and performance improvement, the consultancy has set itself the goal of embedding sustainability in all its projects. Roland Berger revenues stood at more than 1 billion euros in 2023.
