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We Don't Have Time joins Una Terra “Radical Collaboration” ecosystem and forges a Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Climate and Biodiversity Solutions. PRESS RELEASE [19 December 2023, Zurich, Switzerland] – Una Terra Venture Capital Fund (Una Terra), a €200 million impact fund dedicated to scaling solutions for tackling climate change and biodiversity loss, and We Don't Have Time, a global media platform focused on climate and environmental solutions, are thrilled to announce a groundbreaking strategic partnership. In this Radical Collaboration, Una Terra is poised to offer invaluable strategic growth advice to We Don’t Have Time, drawing on its proven methodologies to scale the growth of We Don’t Have Time’s platform. This collaborative effort underscores the commitment of both organizations to fortify We Don’t Have Time's position as a global media leader in climate and environmental news and activity. The Parties will work together to create a growth and profitability plan for We Don’t Have Time, in order to accelerate and scale the company. Based on the successful initial results of the strategy plan and the business development plan jointly formulated, Una Terra will provide an initial investment in Q1 2024. Additionally, Una Terra, with its expansive network, will play a pivotal role in introducing We Don’t Have Time to potential partners across diverse sectors, fostering meaningful partnerships with corporates, broadcasters, producers, data distribution platforms, and sustainability players. This collaborative approach is set to open new horizons for We Don’t Have Time, amplifying its impact and reach. As We Don’t Have Time sets its sights on new markets, particularly in Asia and South America, Una Terra pledges direct support to ensure a smooth and successful expansion through its CMO and Venture Partner The Shed 28, based in Singapore. This collaborative effort leverages Una Terras's expertise and resources to guide We Don’t Have Time through the intricacies of market entry, facilitating a seamless transition into these regions. Both Una Terra and We Don’t Have Time are dedicated to implementing a cross-amplification strategy, leveraging their established networks and media presence to strengthen each other's communications and marketing activities. This synergistic approach is designed to expand the reach and impact of We Don’t Have Time and Una Terra. It includes collaboration at exclusive events during high-profile gatherings such as New York Climate Week, UN COP28, WEF Davos, and more. These collaborative efforts seek to foster a more profound influence on environmental awareness and action, as well as supporting the growth agenda of scale-ups that can truly transform industries in a sustainable way. In turn, We Don’t Have Time will become an integral part of Una Terra's Education vertical, contributing to the creation of online education modules and accelerating climate innovation. This collaborative effort involves engagement with scientists and activists from both organizations' existing networks, enriching the educational content provided by Una Terra's Education vertical. Finally, We Don’t Have Time will provide significant visibility to the innovative solution identified by UT and by its partners such at EIT Climate-KIC, Foundation of the Prince of Monaco, UpLink (WEF) and Mass Challenge. "We are thrilled about our partnership with We Don't Have Time - it marks a pivotal moment for Una Terra. Currently, our focus is on assisting them in strategic growth and market expansion, fostering collaboration on our communication reach, providing further growth acceleration capabilities to our Portfolio companies. Simultaneously, we will explore investment avenues to amplify our impact and inspire global action against climate change and biodiversity loss," stated Luca Zerbini, CEO, and Managing Director of Una Terra. Ingmar Rentzhog, CEO, and Founder of We Don't Have Time, added, “Our partnership with Una Terra marks a significant step forward in our mission to drive global change through socialising positive impactful climate solutions. We're excited to collaborate with Una Terra and leverage our collective strengths to amplify and accelerate positive environmental action worldwide." This strategic partnership signifies a new era of radical collaboration, emphasizing the fusion of diverse expertise and resources between Una Terra and We Don't Have Time as they catalyse global action and inspire transformative change with climate solutions, creating a global movement for the long-term wellbeing of people and planet. About Una Terra Una Terra was born out of a shared aspiration: to make the world a more sustainable place. Una Terra's ambition is not only to invest capital but also to provide direct support, expertise, education, and leadership to companies aiming to transform entire industries through commercial technology and innovation. They utilize asset-light models that can be scaled through marketing, commercial introductions, partnerships, new market entry, and accelerated go-to-market strategies. Una Terra has received the “Innovative Fund for our Future Award” from the World Economic Forum (Uplink) and is recognized as an "Impact Assets IA50 Emerging Impact Manager." Una Terra is actively engaged with organizations such as UN Global Compact, UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Capitals Coalition, King Charles III Sustainable Market Initiative (SMI), and Terra Carta, World Economic Forum (WEF), and Klosters Forum (KF). Una Terra is a Certified SFDR Art. 9 Fund in accordance with the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Science-Based Targets, and is pending B-Corp certification. They are committed to dedicating over 1% of their investments to philanthropic causes for the planet. Lastly, Una Terra is a member of the Swiss Venture Capital Association (SECA). About We Don't Have Time We Don't Have Time is the world's largest social media for climate solutions. Through its community of 100,000 climate experts in 160 countries, and 350 companies and NGOs as partners, We Don’t Have Time reaches almost 200 million people each month on social media, among those many people in power. We Don’t Have Time is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and has offices in Washington, D.C. and Nairobi, Kenya. For Media Inquiries, Please Contact: Ingmar Rentzhog, founder@wedonthavetime.org, +46 73 633 29 10 Ranjit@unaterra.vc [Ranjit Jathanna] Visit us Una Terra Wedonthavetime
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Hi! Hack for future, is this competation, is still active? May Want to participate?
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This is brilliant idea we need to put more pledge and support for this competition
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*Borrowing from the future: Engaging teen-climate ambassador to highlight local impacts and solutions to climate change in Kenya.* *_Introduction_* Climate change and its impact on people's lives and resources pose serious challenges both on the global and local scales. In Kenya the effects of climate change are experienced in almost every corner of the country but more so in rural which are primarily dependent on agriculture for livelihoods. In recent years, we have seen an increase in erratic weather patterns such as long dry spells and drought, heavy rains associated with heavy flooding, land and mudslides. These lead to massive destruction of resources, properties and decimating livelihoods in both urban and rural areas and disrupting personal, and social lives of many Kenyans. The net effects of these include famine, precarious livelihoods for small scale farmers and other agri-based businesses. In these situations, children's lives are disproportionately affected through disruption of families, loss of parent's livelihoods and education. The actions we take today can greatly influence the future climate and ease the negative impacts of climate change. We may also be able to ease our abilities to adapt and respond to the impacts of and reduce vulnerabilities of our communities to climate change. Importantly, our collective voice can amplify the effort to call our governments to take political and economic actions to reduce greenhouse emissions and thus reduce the magnitude of climate change. An important point to ensuring a sustainable movement for climate change ambassador is to build a critical mass of youngsters that can continually mobilise and educate the public on the importance of implementing climate smart solutions. Our proposal is to engage high schoolers (ages 13 – 17 years) in Kenya to participate in a climate change online training. This training will be a web-based interactive training on various concepts of climate change, its impact at global and local levels and possible solutions to curb climate change. The students will then be given an assessment through the same platforms and those who pass will be given a certificate of participation, and maybe qualified as young climate ambassadors in their respective schools and communities. The initial target will be to have at least 100 students participate in the online training and certification. At the end of the training, the participants will also be given a chance to crowdsource information (Essays, short-messages, images, short-videos) on the impact of climate change in their locality through an online platform (#Wedon'thavetime, #twitter, website?). Furthermore, for the best 10 participants, we will visit their locality and issue them with a camera through which they can continue to participate in crowdsourcing impacts and solutions to climate change at the grassroot levels using a citizen journalism approach. *_What to do?_* To be able to achieve this we will need: Design an easy to navigate and access website with information on climate change in both English and Kiswahili - This would benefit from a collaboration with a good web/graphic/mobile app designer who would assist. Adopt a child-friendly online curriculum on climate change. Build awareness on the training through social media and targeted schools in two pilot counties: (Nairobi - Urban, and Kilifi - Rural/coastal) and enrol at least 50 students from each of the schools. Offer the online training through video-interactive platform (zoom/skype) as well as self-taught options. *_Potential collaborations_* 1. Web//mobile app programmers and graphic designers 2. Fundraising 3. Organisation that can co-host/amplify the crowdsourced stories on local impacts and solutions to climate change 4. Organisations/individuals who may wish to be patrons of the initiatives and co-issue the certificates for ambassadors. 5. Curriculum review for standardization 6. Open to suggestion on how to collaborate on other areas. Idea well thought and Compiled by-:) Patrick Kiarie Nyokabi pakinyok@gmail.com And Robert Ndungu
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Great piece! Worth idea
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Thankyou dear Friends and all supporters for your " I agree" on this idea.... Am humbled to announce that this idea won the foundation prize, I really thank "WE DONT HAVE TIME" for giving me this chance and platform to share my idea...I feel humbled,I thank God for all, it's not only my win,it's our win, and together we are the solutions to the climate change,etc, it all starts with us! Thankyou once more. God bless us all and may we keep up with caring for our planet as we all need each other! Cheers!
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Congratulations for the good work with campaigning and publicity Patrick Kiash! And a big thank you to everyone who upvoted this idea. I am really excited to work on it, and we hope we can connect with more open minded people to collaborate and strengthen the idea. Thank you very much, and congratulations once again Patrick!!!!
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Excited to see Una Terra on board, working together to mitigate the impacts and amplify sustainable solutions.
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What a beautiful partnership to close the year in absolute style.A very proud moment for WDHT and UT as both seek to showcase their prowess in this amazing partnership.We cannot wait to tap in to the immense experience UT brings to the table as we seek more palpable climate solutions globally. Bravo bravo
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Amazing! Looking forward to this partnership.