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November 13: 15:00-18:00 GMT - Climate Crisis Film Festival We Don’t Have Time and the Climate Crisis Film Festival have partnered to offer you a unique opportunity to discover eye opening films from a diverse set of creators illustrating the impact of climate change. This broadcast will feature a selection of films from the Climate Crisis Film Festival programme, bringing you insightful stories from the frontlines of the climate crisis. Programme: 15:05 GMT — After the ice Glaciers reflect our past and reveal our future. Historical aerial photographs of Iceland’s glaciers can now be reconstructed in three dimensions and overlaid with current day images to shed light on the impacts of recent anthropogenic climate change. Four years in the making, the short film ‘After Ice’ brings imagery from the archives of the National Land Survey of Iceland together with intimate footage of six outlet glaciers in Southeast Iceland to tell the breathtaking story of a rapidly disappearing frozen world. Director: Kieran Baxter (2021), UK (set in Iceland) 15:20 GMT — Under the Surface The next film, ‘Under the Surface’, focuses on a group of environmentalists and storytellers who set sail off the south west coast of Cornwall to discover the challenges facing our marine environment. Through their experiences, we investigate the dangers of micro plastics in our oceans and reflect on what course of action we should take to change our shared future. Director: Tom Sweetland (2021), UK 15:25 GMT — Dive Tierra Bomba Dive Continuing with the theme of oceans, ‘Dive Tierra Bomba Dive,’ follows a 19-year-old girl in Colombia as she emerges as a leader in her community to save the reef that’s vital to the survival of the island she lives in. She learns to dive, studies Marine Biology, rallies the fishermen and young people to bring awareness to protecting their marine ecosystem. She inspires those around her with a vision of a more secure future for their island home. Directors: Joya Berrow + Lucy Jane (2020), UK (set in Colombia) 15:40 GMT — Matagi Mālohi: Strong Winds Tuvalu, the fourth-smallest country in the world by area, is a delicate ribbon of land in the Pacific Ocean whose inhabitants’ lives have long been intertwined with the sea. However, climate models predict the island’s current children may be the last native Tuvaluans. Sea level rise will mean that this low-lying nation is among the first facing an imminent existential threat, risking to be swallowed by the sea. ‘Matagi Malohi’ is a short but striking film capturing the passion and commitment of Pacific activists working to change that fate. Their rally cry? “We are not drowning, we are fighting.” Director: Forest Woodward, Canyon Woodward & Aidan Haley (2021), USA 15:45 GMT — Believing in a New World Meet Neidinha and Txai Suruí, mother and daughter activists from the Paiter Suruí people of Rondonia, in the Amazon forest. Txai is the founder of the Indigenous Youth movement in the state and was one of the young women who signed the popular action that sues the government for climate inaction. Director: Mboakara Uru-eu-wau-wau (2021), Brazil 15:50 GMT — Detroit Hives Detroit Hives follows Tim Paule and Nicole Lindsey, a young couple from East Detroit, who are working hard to support dwindling bee populations through beekeeping and create opportunities for young Detroit natives to overcome adversity. It is estimated that Detroit has well over 90,000 empty housing lots to date. In an effort to address this issue, Tim and Nicole have been purchasing vacant lots and converting them into bee farms. Detroit Hives explores the importance of beekeeping in communities and rebuilding inner-city communities one hive at a time. Directorz: Palmer Morse & Rachel Weinberg (2019), USA 16:15 GMT — We the Power Imagine upending the traditional energy system and giving the power of clean electricity production back to your neighbors. We the Power follows friends, families and visionaries, as they break down legislative barriers, take power back from big energy companies, put it in the hands of locals, and share the benefits to strengthen their towns. The film chronicles four local cooperatives from deep in the Black Forest, to the streets of ancient Girona, to the urban rooftops of London, as they pave the way for a clean energy revolution and build healthier, financially-strong communities. A film by Patagonia (2021), USA 16:50 GMT — Purple Mountains In a search for a united path forward on climate policy through a shared love of the outdoors, iconic snowboarder and environmentalist Jeremy Jones takes us on a journey to engage climate deniers, consider the future of clean air, clean water and a healthy planet, and search for common ground in the mountains — one voter at a time. Director: Josh Murphy (2020), USA https://youtu.be/BxuPDYpn7M4
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Long before COP26 kicked off on October 31, debates across the political spectrum questioned or affirmed the sanctity and efficacy of the summit. With "its success being judged", as a Reuters article two weeks ago put it, on "whether all those can together keep the 1.5C goal alive," and scientists saying that "capping warming at 1.5C would require global emissions to plummet 45% by 2030 from 2010 levels, and reach net zero by 2050." Activists like Greta Thunberg outright condemned the event, both before and during it as a continuation of the "status quo" and a parade of "blah blah blah" and empty promises from politicians. Yet despite the cynicism and speculation, COP26 opened with several powerful and promising deals - as early as the first day, with more than 100 world leaders pledging to end deforestation by the year 2030, which included signatures that included Canada, Brazil, Russia, China, Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the US and the UK - as well as Brazil, the home nation of the Amazon Rainforest. Action wasn't just taken by nations either, as more than 20 countries and financial institutions vowed on day 3 to halt all financing for fossil fuel development abroad and reinvest the estimated $8bn a year in greener solutions, while at home in the UK - Rishi Sunak announced a new initiative that will hold financial institutions accountable for their emissions both at home and abroad. Additionally, pledges were signed by over 40 countries to phase out coal, which included signatures from countries heavily reliant on the fossil fuel as an energy source, such as Chile, Vietnam and Poland. While South Africa, and other developing countries received international funding to help them make the transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy. https://www.theafricareport.com/143773/cop26-south-africa-to-receive-8-5bn-to-stop-using-coal/ COP26 vs The People Yet, while talks seemed to be proceeding at a rapid pace inside the COP, outside, protestors and activists took to the streets of Glasgow in numbers as high as 100,000 to protest the event and its lack of accountability, to follow through, and in particular - its obvious lack of representation of minority groups, such as indigenous peoples, youth, and women, whose livelihoods are under far more immediate threat from the effects of climate change today. Eventually, these messages made their way into the COP, and we hosted our own livestream on the current effects of Climate Change on vulnerable states, particularly those of the Pacific Islanders; places such as Tuvalu and Fiji, where global warming is already an immediate threat to their coasts, livelihoods and local food sources. The Prime Minister of Fiji, in his address at COP26, remarked that Fiji and other island nations wouldn't be the "canary in the coal mines" of the climate disaster, a sentiment later echoed by former President of the United States, Barack Obama, who urged world leaders at the summit to think about the climate crisis not as an issue that would affect them in the future, but as a collective crisis that affects all of us - now. Yet despite the harsh warnings and fair criticisms, the coming days proved that there was indeed still lots of benefits to the summit, with day five resulting in 45 countries signing a pledge to make farming more sustainable, and the United Kingdom spearheading an initiative on Ocean Action Day to create a deal that will protect 50% of it and its protected territories' oceans, with an added 30by30 initiative which aims to have 30% of the total ocean declared a protection zone. Unheeded warnings... Unfortunately, though, the following week seemed to have an air of foreboding about it, as a Guardian article headlined a scientific assessment that even with the action already taken at COP26, the planet would still be on track to reach a 2.4 degree temperature rise by the end of the century, which would mean a billion people would be affected by extreme heat stress. With Canada’s chief scientific adviser, Mona Nemer, being quoted as saying there would need to be a “profound behavioural and cultural change in terms of our relation to the Earth”. To add insult to injury, a surprising number of concessions were made following this announcement, with Australia ranking so low on their sustainability initiatives that their former COP delegate famously quoted that the only thing they brought to the summit was "good coffee". A Transport Day that lacked movement And even in the Private Sector, transport day was marred by the overt lack of signatures from several large Car Companies on the deal to not produce a new emission from a vehicle by 2040 - with big names like Volkswagen and Toyota citing various reasons as to why they wouldn't sign the EV deal, designed to drastically lower emissions from road vehicles. Almost immediately after, a leak was discovered that found over 500 delegates from fossil fuel companies had been secretly lobbying both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to "soften" their language on the necessary changes that would need to take place in both the energy sector and through conservation efforts. The leaked documents consist of more than 32,000 submissions made by governments, companies and other interested parties to the team of scientists, with adviser to the Saudi oil ministry demanding that "phrases like 'the need for urgent and accelerated mitigation actions at all scales…' should be eliminated from the report". This backdoor style of negotiation and lobbying not only cast a critical light on the actual representation of groups at the COP, with the overwhelming number of delegates from fossil fuel industries, but also the fact that nations with the highest emissions, like Saudi Arabia and China, were secretly lobbying to keep the status quo alive. At no point during the COP was Greta's "blah blah blah" criticism of political rhetoric more relevant. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58982445 The blow of this discovery was softened a little bit by the encouraging announcement of the United States and China had formed a unique partnership in an effort, as the two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases globally, to "recall their firm commitment to work together" to achieve the 1.5C temperature goal set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59238869 Ending on a low... But the sour taste left by these backroom pledges and softening of deals still lingered throughout the day and into – and beyond – the final day of COP26, moving Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations to state: “We need pledges to be implemented. We need commitments to turn concrete. We need actions to be verified. We need to bridge the deep and real credibility gap," while also citing that any climate deal "rings hollow" when fossil fuel subsidies still amount to trillions of dollars every year - something that Alden Meyer, senior associate at E3G cited as "digging the hole deeper by paying people to pollute and to produce and use more carbon." And as if to be a final nail in the coffin, the draft deal that is to sign off the negotiations at COP26 seemed to explicitly have a softer tone on the de-escalation of fossil fuel usage globally, rather than "urging" nations and businesses to have tougher fossil fuel policies, it now simply "requests" that they do - and explicitly notes “with deep regret” that developed countries have failed to meet promises first made in 2009 to provide $100 billion per year to aid poorer nations in reducing their emissions and adapting to climate change. It seemed that at the last possible moment, COP26 threw itself under the bus, effectively backtracking on deals and rhetoric that had been expressed, and confirming all the suspicions from protestors that the summit was nothing more than a demonstrative act. But is there hope? Despite these massive pitfalls, is there hope for COP26 to be considered a success? The answer - perhaps, especially with public outcry and activist urgency rounding off the final speeches and talks of the last day. Vanessa Nakate, a Ugandan Youth activist in particular, left the summit with a foreboding message of the imminent effects climate change would have on the world, if action, which seems to be in severe question, now more than ever, wasn't taken. https://www.channel4.com/news/cop26-we-are-seeing-commitments-but-not-real-action-says-climate-activist-vanessa-nakate Nakate said that the world was "drowning in promises" but that the empty jargon of politicians is leading to a world where, in particular in the global south, temperature changes will be so drastic, that humans wouldn't even be able to rest safely in the shade. "Commitments will not reduce CO2, promises will not stop the suffering of the people, pledges will not stop the planet from warming", she said. "Only immediate and drastic action will pull us back from the abyss. I am here right now to ask business and finance leaders: Show us your fatihfulness. Show us your trustworthiness. Show us your honesty. I am here to say: Prove us wrong.” So now it is up to our world leaders, companies, and the civil society to do just that. To step up for real. To be honest in our intentions. And to prove them wrong.
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Live 13:30-14:15 Youth advancing lighter and better living Nordic COP26 Hub in Helsinki: Youth advancing lighter and better living Citizens as consumers have a profound effect on how we shape society. The daily choices we make and how we design our lives are directly linked to how we use resources and impact ecosystems across the globe. Consumption is the main driver of economic growth while increasing consumption is also the main cause of global challenges we face today. To reduce consumption's negative climate and environmental impact, we must change how and what we consume. But how do we get there? How can consumption be made more sustainable? What can be done to make it easier for consumers to make climate-smart choices? What is the role of young people as agents of change? Moderator Ella Turta, Secretary General at ReGeneration 2030 Speakers Kirsi Salonen, Executive Director at Pro Ethical Trade Finland Lasse Leipola, Climate policy specialist at Finnwatch Violetta Massala, Chairperson at ReGeneration 2030 Mikael Heiskanen, Communications Specialist at The Nordic Swan Ecolabel Isaac Parkes, ReGeneration 2030 Organizer: ReGeneration 2030 https://player.vimeo.com/video/637776342?h=a54ab568b9
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So great to see young people leading the way towards a more sustainable planet!
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Live now! 12:45-13:15 Nordic Pavilion: Join us for an interesting discussion around the key outcomes from COP26 In a joint event with two panels with Young Key Listeners both in Glasgow and Helsinki, we will be discussing the outcomes of COP26 and what lies ahead. From Helsinki: Speakers: Joel Ahlgren, Programchef Hållbara Städer, Tankesmedjan Global Utmaning (SE) Aðalbjörg Egilsdóttir, medlem i Unge miljöaktivister (Ungir umhverfissinnar) (IS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIRKyqh-TFE
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Ugandan and Youth Activist Vanessa Nakate called out world leaders on the final day of COP26 today, and is holding delegates “feet to the fire”, as Secretary General Antonio Guterres stated in his address. "There have been 25 Cops before this one. And every year, leaders come to these climate negotiations with an array of new pledges, commitments and promises. And as each Cop comes and goes, emissions continue to rise." These were the words that Nakate led with when addressing world leaders, while she condemned COP26 as being a series of promises with no follow up action, while emissions and global temperatures continue to rise. The activist also brought the problem home for her own home country of Uganda, stating that "a 2C world means that a billion people will be affected by extreme heat stress." and that "only immediate and drastic action will pull us back from the abyss." This grave speech could not come at a better time, especially as the final agreements of the COP are receiving such staunch criticism for their softer u-turn on a lot of the policies on fossil fuel subsidies and the usage of coal. COP26 may be over soon, but we hope these grim words will instil an extra level of concern in world leaders, and that they will take action not just for themselves, but for the world at large. You can catch many of the same points in the interview Nakate had here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuXyBoNR2H8
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Dear COP26 Backdoor Thank you for getting your Climate Love to level 2! We have reached out to Vanessa Nakate and asked for a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Sarah We Don't Have Time
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Live now! 12:00-12:10 The Glasgow COPpuccinos at The Resilience Hub - Episode 9 Tahseen opens up the tricky question of how finance that is provided to developing communities for building resilience actually matches genuine needs of the people, especially women. How does their voice find its way up the chain to the sources of finance? She shares the example of a village provided with solarpanels and lights to substitute kerosene lamps that most villagers turned ou tnot to use. And how do power dynamics determine who in the village gets the solar equipment? Speakers: Prof Tahseen Jafry, Director of the Centre for Climate Justice, Glasgow Caledonian University Organizer: The Resilience Shift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjDljlpkzBs
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Live now! 11:00-12:30 Tackling climate challenges together - Solutions and tools from Helsinki-Uusimaa Region In Helsinki-Uusimaa we have ambitious climate goals and many solutions, tools and cooperation models to offer. What do the young think about solutions and courses of action? Every speaker will be challenged by two young climate activists: Zahra Karimy and Anton Keskinen. We wish to include young people in the climate discussions and hear their opinions. We will share our experiences of how collaboration can meet climate challenges. The Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council will present its model of cooperation, where the public and private sector, as well as R&D&I actors along with the inhabitants contribute to the climate change mitigation by acknowledging the limits of the environment. The cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Porvoo will present their most impressive cooperative climate actions. The Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority HSY, Kausal Ltd and the Climate Leadership Coalition (CLC) will bring you new tools for climate work. Tackling global and local challenges together New ways of collaboration, quintuple helix -model and accelerated learning process in regional climate work, Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council Helsinki Energy Challenge - creating the future of urban heating, City of Helsinki Low carbon district -tool, Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority (HSY) New model of development commitment in Kera District, City of Espoo AVIA Network´s Green Deal Manifesto, towards climate neutral airport area 2030, City of Vantaa The accelerator of sustainable living - the city as an enabler of sustainable everyday life, City of Porvoo Tools for collaboration and accelerated pathway Kausal Watch and Kausal Paths, monitoring tool for climate actions and scenario tool for assessing and visualizing climate scenarios, Kausal Ltd Carbon handprint method for solution developers, Climate Leadership Coalition (CLC) Organizer: Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional council https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s22Kf_NwBk0
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Live now! 10:30-12:00 Nordic Pavilion: COP26 - A milestone for Combating Climate Change? Swedish and German Perspectives — Live reporting with expert discussions on priorities and roles A panel with negotiators and youth representatives will report live from the ongoing negotiations at COP26 in Glasgow and together with experts take the pulse of the negotiations and discuss the priorities and roles of Sweden, Germany and the other negotiating parties on the road towards implementing the Paris Agreement. Moderator: Oliver Hasenkamp, Officer for Public Affairs, United Nations Association of Germany Speakers: Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Mattias Frumerie, Swedish Climate Ambassador and Chief Negotiator Jule Zentek, young freelance journalist for Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Instagram channel "klima.neutral" Fredrika Andersson, Swedish Youth Representative to COP26 Per Thöresson, Sweden’s Ambassador to Germany Karsten Sach, Director General at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety Organizer: Swedish Embassy in Berlin https://youtu.be/ZrZ-EBMJAb4
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An unprecedented commitment to phase out coal and fossil fuel subsidies is now planned to be deleted from the final draft of the COP26 deal after pressure from Saudi Arabia, Russia and India. This is all despite the fact that current national plans – known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs) – would, at best, lead to 2.4C of heating, according to an analysis of the aftereffects of the deal this week by Climate Action Tracker. And as a result of the converse and backpedalling of many delegates, particularly in the last few days, many are concerned now that stricter measures have to be put in place simply to keep countries and organisations accountable. Mary Robinson, chair of the Elders Group of senior statespeople, and previously UN commissioner for human rights and president of Ireland, said: “They have to come back next year, that is needed to fulfil the terms of the Paris agreement." She also added: "We need much more urgency, we need pressure. How can we say we are aligned with 1.5C if we don’t agree to come back?” But it's incredibly difficult to empower all the good efforts made at COP26 when, in the final deal, some of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases on the planet have successfully lobbied to maintain the subsidising the fossil fuel industry to the tune of $11m every minute - which is over $1.3bn per day. It's difficult to say now exactly how this will change as the COP enters its final day, but hopefully the renewed partnerships with the United States and China, as well as the growing support for further meetings in the future will not only keep countries and businesses honest, but will also ensure that we can pivot even further in the future should the current deals and pledges signed prove insufficient to deal with the current climate crisis. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cop26-pledge-to-phase-out-coal-may-unravel-deal-jr6kp5xsj
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Phasing out petroleum engines can be promoted by skilled and able Delears recycling cars to the hydrogen engine.
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At a summit thoroughly infiltrated with lobbyists from the fossil fuel industries, there is just too much pressure on the biggest fossil fuel consumers to back-pedal. The political pressure exerted “at home” plays out as “jobs & economic growth vs action on the climate”. People involved in climate/ earth-sustaining study and action must insist on changing that false narrative. Climate Justice will uproot the inequality and destruction that the fossil fuel-based (supremacist fascist) culture inflicts on all of us. We need to create widely available media to counter the propaganda produced by those parties who are invested in PREVENTING CHANGE. We who have grown used to high energy/ high consumption lifestyles need to Re-imagine quality of life NOT based on those things. We need to learn from traditional societies that still are connected with their land and their source of life. The consumer lifestyle is all about power, speed and disconnects us from each other and from the source of life. The plague of loneliness results. So people consume more hoping to fill the void. We must “advertise” the value of connection, slowing down, having “things” that are beautiful, well-made and we can pass onto our children rather than thrown away almost immediately. We don’t need to have storage units packed with all the stuff we can’t fit in our homes. That is a complete re-writing of the story of meaningful existences!
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Live now! 09:15-10:15 Nordic COP26 Hub in Helsinki: Towards sustainable living in the Nordic Region. How can we engage the Nordic citizens in living sustainably? Towards sustainable living in the Nordic Region A big part of the green transformation takes place in the private homes. New data shows that the Nordic Region still has a way to go, when it comes to sustainable private consumption. This event will take a deep dive into the possibilities and challenges of a green transition of the Nordic lifestyle. We will discuss how we can help Nordic citizens make smart, green choices. Joining the event are steering group members of the cross-Nordic program “Sustainable Lifestyles in the Nordic Region” who will share their ambitions and insights. Moderator: Anders Fink, Head of Section l Office for EU & International Affairs, Ministry of Environment Speakers: Sebastian Hielm, Director of Food Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland Solveig Korum, Senior advisor R&D, Kulturtanken, Norway Anna Mikander, Senior Ministerial Adviser at Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland Karen Dahl Jensen, Manager, Product Development at Nordic Ecolabelling Julian Lo Curlo, Nordic Expert Group for Sustainable Development member Kristin Mattsson, Specialist in gender equality, Government Offices, Åland Organizer: Sustainable Lifestyles in the Nordic Region Others involved: The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands for the Nordic Council of Ministers https://player.vimeo.com/video/637775442?h=bba9630da6
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Live now! 09:00-10:30 Nordic Pavilion: Fair Climate Transformation Governance — Interlinking carbon budgets, fair governance and COP26 How can societies transform in order to fit within carbon budgets? This seminar describes Paris Agreement-based carbon budgets as a foundation for discussing the merits and shortcomings of various governance strategies, including potential COP26 outcomes, with a focus on social fairness and effectiveness in meeting climate targets. Facilitator: Phil Lic Jens Ergon Isabel Baudish Speakers: Professor Doreen Stabinsky Associate Professor Mikael Karlsson Mikael Leyi Clair Stockwell Harriet Mackaill Jytte Guteland Karin Lexén Organizer: Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s22Kf_NwBk0
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Live now! 08:00-10:00 Nordic COP26 Hub in Helsinki: The economy - tool or goal? What changes in the economy are needed to realize the Paris Agreement? With the Paris Agreement, the countries of the world have committed themselves to limit global warming to stay well below 2 degrees, preferably at 1.5 degrees. To achieve this, the use of fossil fuels needs to almost cease. What does this mean for the economy? Does the economy need to be a tool instead of the goal? What are we going to measure? In the conversation, the guests discuss the path to a fossil free economy that not only minimizes the damage of its activity but instead contributes to a sustainable world. Moderator Peter Buchert, Journalist Speakers Alfons Röblom, Minister of development Government of Åland Ella Turta, The Secretary General at ReGeneration Tuuli Hietaniemi, Expert in sustainable solutions at Sitra Anna Häger, Ambassador for European Climate Pact and Citizen Engagement Manager at Flexens Oy Ab Organizer: Ålands landskapsregering-Government of Åland https://player.vimeo.com/video/637774771?h=8d2661e4ee
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Live! 07:00–08:00 — Carbon Emissions Peak and Carbon Neutrality? Chinese Business Action Carbon Emissions Peak and Carbon Neutrality? Chinese Business Action ICC Make Climate Action Everyone’s Business Forum You need to sign up on this website to access broadcast: https://hopin.com/events/icc-make-climate-action-everyone-s-business-conference/registration
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Live! 19:15-22:00 We Don't Have Time: Awarding Climate Action. COP26 Backdoor Welcome to our final broadcast from the negotiations floor at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. We bring COP26 to you – live from Glasgow and our hubs in Nairobi, Washington DC and Stockholm. On this special evening we will call out the winners of Startup4Climate, a Swedish challenge aimed at startups and young companies with ideas that can speed up the energy transition. We will also announce – and interview – the winners of We Don’t Have Time’s Climate Review Awards. Read more here: https://www.wedonthavetime.org/events/award https://youtu.be/OTQhOFzvon0
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Live now! 18:00-19:00 Nordic Pavilion: Green and Liveable Cities in Africa - How can innovative urban development unlock sustainable economic recovery? Urbanization is a big challenge in Africa, but a people-centred and climate-proof approach can turn this to an opportunity. Experiences from Nordic cities and businesses show that such a model can bring economic growth, jobs for youth, services and liveable neighbourhoods. Moderator: Henrik Franklin, Director, Nordic Development Fund Speakers: Dagur Bergþóruson Eggertsson, Mayor of Reykjavik Astrid Haas, Urban Adviser, African Development Bank Tatiana Gallego, Urban Chief, Inter American Development Bank HE Prof Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, Governor of Kisumu county, Kisumu, Kenya (in person) Rapporteur: Aage Jorgensen, Nordic Development Fund Organizer: Nordic Development Bank CO-organizer: African Development Bank (AfDB) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fF1JGWN0_A&ab_channel=WeDon%27tHaveTime
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Another against the grain action by one of the big players at COP26 as the European Commission has been discovered backing 30 fossil gas mega-projects worth €13 billion, which environmentalists have slammed as "dirty and dangerous". The latest edition to the “projects of common interest” (PCI) list offers EU sanctioned support to environmentally unfriendly projects such as the EastMed pipeline, the Baltic Pipe, Gdansk LNG, and the Cyprus2EU LNG terminal. In essence, any projects on the list gain fast-track permitting privileges and the opportunity to receive EU funding through the Connecting Europe Facility, which will essentially expedite the completing of these projects within the continent. Colin Roche, climate justice coordinator for Friends of the Earth Europe said in response to this news: “This list is a dangerous and dirty disgrace. Continuing to back fossil gas is completely out of step with the reality of the climate emergency already devastating lives around the world." And in response, Friends of the Earth Europe and Food & Water Action Europe are calling on the European Parliament to do away with this list of gas projects, on parliaments and council to deliver revised Trans-European Energy Networks that are free of fossil fuels, and to introduce a firewall that prevents fossil fuel lobbyists from making decisions on climate change legislation. This is an incredibly frustrating turn of events, and indeed it couldn't come at a worse time as the COP itself is nearly over and by virtue of the fact that these unhelpful agendas seem to be happening behind closed doors, as with the recently leaked BBC report. You can read more on the story here: https://friendsoftheearth.eu/press-release/eu-commission-slammed-for-backing-gas-projects-during-cop26/
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It also aptoved the nearly €1 billion to @engie for building 2 gasplants. As Belgium is still on track to destroy 75% of iets low carbon electricity. By halting there nuclear fleet, which engie also stakeholder in. Decided on 2003 and still not considering climate change. Have a look in my review history.
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Live now! 16:45-17:30 Nordic COP26 Hub in Helsinki: More space for women’s leadership - Lessons from Nordic Efforts to Integrate Gender Equality in Climate Finance A new report about lessons from Nordic efforts to integrate gender equality in climate finance points at both best practices, and possibilities for improvement. Learn about the results from the research and listen to the reaction from the governments. Moderator: Secretary General DanChurchAid and moderator of the ACT Alliance, Birgitte Qvist-Sørensen, (Glasgow) Speakers: Minister for the Environment of Sweden, Per Bolund (Glasgow) Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources in Malawi, Nancy Tembo (Glasgow) Member of the Finish Parliament, Inka Hopsu (Helsinki) INKA consult, Christopher Roy, (Glasgow) Organizer: DanChurchAid Others involved: ACT church of Sweden, FinChurchAid, FELM and Norwegian Church Aid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTQhOFzvon0
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Cop26: Australia brought nothing but ‘good coffee’ to summit, says former negotiator – day 11 live
All the latest news from the UN climate change conference in Glasgow
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2021/nov/11/cop26-climate-crisis-conference-glasgow-global-heating-day-11-live
The best way to describe the events of COP26 today is as a mixed bag, as breakthrough deals between large nations set a precedent for climate action on a larger scale, while the dragged heels and lobbying of others throws many questions in the air about the actual sincerity of some nations in their actions against climate change. Australia is in hot water with the global community due to their unwillingness to take significant climate action at COP26 and at home. In the last year, they've opened as many as 79 new coal mines nationally, and have been under fire at the COP for bringing nothing to the table except "good coffee". https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2021/nov/11/cop26-climate-crisis-conference-glasgow-global-heating-day-11-live Conversely and encouragingly though, the United States and China announced a new "partnership" last night in a collective effort to reaffirm and exceed the climate change goals of COP26 and the Paris summit as the two largest emitters on the planet. This new partnership opens up many possibilities and holds the two biggest superpowers accountable on a global scale to massively driving their emissions down. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/11/us-china-deal-on-emissions-welcomed-by-global-figures-and-climate-experts At the same time though, a recent report leaked on the BBC's news page has shown several nations and organisations effectively lobbying the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for softer tones and assessments of the climate crisis in a bid to downplay their own commitment to climate positive actions such as reducing coal usage, investing in sustainable energy alternatives and limiting emissions on a national scale. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58982445 These leaks, known as the Pandora Papers, cast a negative, backdoor light on many nations who are representing themselves as onboard with the climate issues, while secretively trying to find loopholes for them to continue their environmentally unfriendly practices. This comes alongside a warning from COP President Alok Sharma, who has explicitly stated that "time is running out", and adding that he has been told by groups and by individual parties, "they want to see ambition in the outcome of COP26". Indeed Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the UN called out these adverse practices, stating to delegates today that "promises ring hollow when the fossil fuels industry still receives trillions in subsidies, as measured by the IMF. Or when countries are still building coal plants or when carbon is still without a price." https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1105562 And as such, the Secretary General stated that: “We need pledges to be implemented. We need commitments to turn concrete. We need actions to be verified. We need to bridge the deep and real credibility gap," and as such has created a High-Level Expert Group that will propose clear standards and measurement systems to net zero efforts from non-state actors. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-59231896 So, it certainly seems like the Summit it coming to a point where it will either be seen as a fantastic success, or a partial failure, and we hope that the accountability that these leaks shed light on and that the United States and China are demonstrating will ultimately lead to more positive resolutions from all leaders, and the backtracking of many states who are lobbying to get themselves "out" of the climate issue.
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Live now! 15:30-16:15 Nordic Pavilion: Finance Ministries engaging on climate change — How Nordic Finance Ministries are developing new green macroeconomic models How are Finance Ministries integrating climate into policy planning? The Danish Ministry of Finance and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra will share experiences with developing green economic models and driving collaboration in the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action on how to anchor climate change issues in Finance Ministries. Speakers: From Glasgow Mads Libergren, Senior Advisor, Danish Ministry of Finance Jesper Svejgaard Jensen, Head of Section, Danish Ministry of Finance Dr. Saara Tamminen, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra [video stream via Helsinki] Organizer: Ministry of Finance, Denmark Co. organizer: The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_JwGklP-X4
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A leak of documents on a BBC report are showing how some countries are trying to change a crucial scientific report on tackling climate issues. The leak cites Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia as some of the countries that are lobbying the UN to downplay the dire need to more away from fossil fuels. While also showing that some richer nations are lobbying to simply pay more to poorer countries to move to greener energy, while they remain exempt. In relation to the report, which is produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an adviser to the Saudi oil ministry has made demands that "phrases like 'the need for urgent and accelerated mitigation actions at all scales…' should be eliminated from the report". While one senior Australian official declared that the advise to move away from coal as a source of power should be rejected, despite one of the explicit aims of the COP being to phase out the use of coal globally. Professor Corinne le Quéré of the University of East Anglia, a leading climate scientist has stated though that there "is absolutely no pressure on scientists to accept the comments. If the comments are lobbying, if they're not justified by the science, they will not be integrated in the IPCC reports." The report also has seen lobbying against the reduction in the production of meat and also on the amount given to smaller nations in reducing their carbon footprint with renewable investments, as well as queries into the status of going nuclear as a means of reducing emissions. Ultimately, though, it's frustrating to see so many nation states trying to downplay the threat of climate change and even worse trying to lobby that into official reports. It's a disconcerting level of self-interest, and hopefully with this exposure, many of the lobbying that has been made will be retracted, and effectively combatted by the inarguable science cited in the report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnd44fD8W8Y
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No wonder why these COP conferences just seem to be like photo op conferences that don't do anything for climate Action. Thanks for sharing this.
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It’s strange that huge producers of fossil fuels like Saudi and Australia can halt the ambitions of the other 190 + countries… it’s a no brainer to see why they want us to continue in business as usual
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Live! 14:00-15:00 Making Business Sense of Scope 3 Emissions In this session, Carbon Trust experts will help make business sense of value chain emissions, featuring the latest expert thinking on how Scope 3 emissions are defined, measured and the benefits engaging your value chain on decarbonization can deliver. We will be joined by Simon Boas Hoffmeyer, Senior Director of Sustainability & Communications of the Carlsberg Group, who will discuss the challenges and opportunities Carlsberg have experienced when addressing their Scope 3 emissions. Our session will allow attendees to grasp the full context of the business case for managing Scope 3 emissions, including the environmental and economic imperatives for alignment, as well as to learn first-hand from a corporate case study on the steps that a business has taken to implement solutions and recommendations for socializing with stakeholders. Speaker: Simon Boas Hoffmeyer, Senior Director of Sustainability & Communications, Carlsberg Group Organizer: Carbon Trust ICC Make Climate Action Everyone’s Business Forum. You need to sign up on this website to access broadcast: https://hopin.com/events/icc-make-climate-action-everyone-s-business-conference/registration
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Live now! 14:00-15:00 Nordic Pavilion: The subsidy swap — Reform and reallocate subsidies from fossil fuels to deliver a fair energy transition Nordic countries have been trailblazers in implementing environmental fiscal policies including reforming fossil fuel subsidies, pricing carbon and supporting renewable energy. This event will explore how the Nordic experience can inform fiscal policy in the global south and make the case for subsidy reform and reallocation to clean energy. Opening Remarks Mary Gestrin, Head of Communications Nordic Council of Ministers Transforming energy, transforming the fiscal system: Clean energy and environmental fiscal reform in Denmark Mads Dalum Libergren Chief Consultant in the Ministry of Finance Presentation 2: Reform and reallocate: Swapping subsidies for a fair energy transition Chido Muzondo, IISD Response: A youth perspective on subsidies and tax Nadia Gullestrup Christensen, Danish Climate Youth Ambassador Organizer: International Institute for Sustainable Development https://youtu.be/tebAc9wA4Tk
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Live now! 14:00-15:00 Nordic COP26 Hub in Helsinki: The future of finance - sustainable impact — The financial sector as a force to reach societies goals The future of finance - sustainable impact Nordea wants to actively engage with its customers and key stakeholders. This event will discuss forward looking solutions and the financial sector's important role to drive towards society's goals through collaboration with customers and partners. Introduction speech Anders Langworth, Head of Sustainability, Nordea Moderator Hanna Silvola, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Hanken School of Economics Panel Nina Arkilahti, Head of Business Banking and Group Leadership Team, Nordea Hanna Kaskela, Director of Responsible Investments, Varma Arjen Berends, CFO, Wärtsilä Petri Vuorio, Director EU/SME/Climate Issues, Confederation of Finnish Industries Organizer: Nordea https://player.vimeo.com/video/637773233?h=15c4945428
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Live now! 13:15-13:45 Nordic Pavilion: Daily briefing from COP26: We open the backdoor to the UN Climate Change Negotiations and give you the latest updates straight from the Nordic Pavilion in Glasgow. Tune in! Live from the Nordic Pavilion in Glasgow we give you access to the ongoing negotiations at COP26. In a joint event with the Nordic COP26 Hub in Helsinki we give you a unique opportunity to ask your questions straight to the people in charge. Speakers: Tinna Hallgrímsdóttir, chairperson of the Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Association and UN Youth Delegate for Sustainable Development Finnur Ricart Andrason, climate representative of the Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Association and UN Youth Delegate for Climate Change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytSPG4fP9JI
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Live now! 13:15-14:45 Swedish Pavilion: Transforming our built environment: from net-zero commitments to action How to secure a sustainable city that will support our citizen demands, our climate challenges and our future needs of healthy environments for living. Circular material flows will be the key enabler to support the transformation. Speakers: Pär Larshans, Head of Sustainability at Ragn-Sells Gregory Craig, CEO of Skanska UK John Kornerup Bang, Senior VP Sustainability transformation, Stora Enso Magnus Tengberg, Business area Manager, RealEstate Vasakronan Joachim Rosenberg, Head of Volvo Energy Moderator: Catarina Rolfsdotter Jansson, We Don’t Have Time Organizer: Business Sweden https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ma7ztB7au-o?autoplay=1
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