"For months we’ve all been hearing and reading that environmental and climate issues need to be on the back burner until we get the economy back on track. We’ve seen even the most ardent business leaders backpedal on their carbon emission reduction commitments in the past year. Unfortunately though, while the financial crisis was consuming all our attention and eating away at our collective wallets, the climate crisis didn’t go away. In fact, it worsened and the time has come to bring climate issues back front and center."