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High School Game e Connect4Climate: Una t-shirt per il Papa

Storico evento per Planet Multimedia e HighSchoolGame. Nell'ultima udienza pubblica del sabato del Giubileo della Misericordia (12 novembre 2016), 4 studenti, in rappresentanza della classe vincitrice del Concorso tematico sull'educazione ambientale organizzato da Planet Multimedia in collaborazione con Connect4Climate di Banca Mondiale, hanno avuto il prilegio di essere in prima fila per il baciamano col Pontefice a cui hanno consegnato una t-shirt con i loghi di HighSchoolGame e Connect4Climate.

Sul sagrato davanti alla Basilica di San Pietro, la professoressa Agata Cannata ha accompagnato: Carolina Pirrò, Carmela Curcio, Francesca Nicosia e Stefano Pesce, studenti del quinto anno, coordinati dalla professoressa Luigia Maria Cimino dell'IIS M.Ciliberto-A.Lucifero di Crotone diretto dal preside prof. Girolamo Arcuri. Presenti anche il prof. Giuseppe Mazzei, della direzione generale di Planet Multimedia e il prof. Massimiliano Falcone di Connect4Climate.

Gli studenti indossavano una t-shirt con i loghi di HighSchoolGame e di Connect4Climate e sulla t-shirt che hanno consegnato al Papa hanno scritto questa dedica Laudato Si con le loro firme.

Papa Francesco ha accettato questo dono simbolico con grande gioia, ha ringraziato gli studenti che gli hanno brevemente parlato del Concorso sull'educazione ambientale. Il Pontefice si è congratulato e ha detto loro:"Bravi ragazzi, continuate così, voi siete il futuro".

"E' stata un'esperienza unica, entusiasmante e commovente-hanno commentato gli studenti-Il Papa ci ha riempito il cuore con il suo sorriso, il suo sguardo dolce, le sue parole stimolanti".

Molto emozionata anche la professoressa Cannata:" E' stata un'esperienza molto intensa e profonda. Papa Francesco trasmette il senso della sua umiltà, serenità e dolcezza. Gli occhi dei ragazzi brillavano per la felicità".

A T-shirt for the Pope, from the High School Game and Connect4Climate

It was a day to remember, a historic event for Planet Multimedia and for the High School Game. Representing the winning class of Environmental Education Competition, organized by Planet Multimedia in collaboration with the Connect4Climate program of the World Bank, four students had the privilege of being on the front row to meet the Pope on the last public hearing of the Saturday of the Jubilee of Mercy (12 November 2016). To Pope Francis the students delivered a T-shirt with the logos of High School Game and Connect4Climate.

Professor Agata Cannata accompanied the students Carolina Pirrò, Carmela Curcio, Nicosia Francesca and Stefano Pesce, coordinated by Professor Maria Luigia Cimino of IIS M.Ciliberto-A.Lucifero (Crotone) directed by Dean Girolamo Arcuri. Also in attendance were Giuseppe Mazzei, Planet Multimedia, and Massimiliano Falcone, representing Connect4Climate.

The students proudly wore their T-shirts celebrating the High School Game and Connect4Climate, and the T-shirts handed to Pope France were decorated with the students signatures in dedication: "Praise You W Francis!"

Pope Francis accepted this symbolic gift with great joy, thanked the students who briefly talked about the environmental education competition and their dedication to climate action. In response Pope Francis congratulated them and said: "Well done guys, keep it up, you are the future."

"It was a unique experience, exciting and moving," commented the students, "The Pope has filled our hearts with his smile, his gentle eyes, his stimulating words."

Professor Cannata Agata also excitedly exclaimed: "It was a very intense and profound experience. Papa Francis conveyed his sense of humility, serenity and sweetness. The eyes of the children shone with happiness."

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Global Climate Action

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">OPINION</strong><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"> </span><br />
It has been a really unprecedented year for global climate action</h3>

<p>From the Paris agreement to a new deal on another kind of greenhouse gas, the world is doing a lot to slow climate change. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/it-has-been-really-unprecedented-yea…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INFORMATIVE</strong><br />
13 SDG: Climate Action</h3>

<p>Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/13-sdg-climate-action" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3 style="line-height: 20.0063px;"><strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">CLIMATE TOOL</strong><br />
The Climate Tracker</h3>

<p><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">The "Climate Action Tracker" is an independent science-based assessment, which tracks the emission commitments and actions of countries. </span><a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/climate-action-tracker" style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Global Climate Action trailer</h3>

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Forests

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
The importance of urban forests: why money really does grow on trees</h3>

<p>Mature trees clean air, lower stress, boost happiness, reduce flood risk – and even save municipal money. So why are they cut down when cities develop – and how should the UN’s new urban agenda protect them? <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/importance-urban-forests-why-money-r…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a><br />
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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Forests Provide Vital Resources to 1.3B people</h3>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Forests trailer</h3>

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Water

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
How can we better value water as global shortages start to threaten economies?</h3>

<p>With water shortages exacerbating inequalities and causing damage to economies, making sure the commodity is properly valued by all is essential. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/how-can-we-better-value-water-global…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Drought_%20by%20Sebri%20Wafa-16x9.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 237px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">REPORT</strong><br />
High and Dry: Climate Change, Water, and the Economy</h3>

<p>A new World Bank reports finds that water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could hinder economic growth, spur migration, and spark conflict. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/high-and-dry-climate-change-water-an…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Why Waste Water</h3>

<p>Extreme weather, including droughts and floods, will mean more uncertain water supply. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/infographics/why-waste-water#" target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Water Trailer</h3>

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Agriculture

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">BLOG POST</strong><br />
Foster Climate-Smart Agriculture</h3>

<p>A growing global population and changing diets are driving up the demand for food. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/foster-climate-smart-agriculture" target="_blank">READ MORE</a>.</p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">BLOG POST</strong><br />
Advancing women’s land and resource rights</h3>

<p>Development practitioners know secure land rights for women are important for the well-being of rural families, whether a woman is head of her household or lives in a household headed by a man. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/advancing-women%E2%80%99s-land-and-r…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">REPORT</strong><br />
Agriculture must adopt climate-smart practices to better help poverty reduction</h3>

<p>The rapid transformation of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, such as adopting climate-smart practices, particularly to curb greenhouse gas emissions, is critical for hunger and poverty reduction, the United Nations agriculture agency said today in a new report. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/agriculture-must-adopt-climate-smart…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/elijah_mumo_-_a_farmer_tills_his_land_so_as_to_plant_drought_resistant_crops.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 233px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Livestock diversity helps cope with climate change</h3>

<p>Livestock diversity or animal genetic resources are terms used to describe the pool of 38 species of domesticated birds and mammals with more than 8 800 breeds currently used for food and agriculture. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/infographics/livestock-diversity-helps-cope-…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/F1_agriculture.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 223px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Agriculture trailer</h3>

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Cities & Mobility

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<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/3000.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 217px;" /><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">OPINION</span><br />
Two billion more people will live in cities by 2035. This could be good – or very bad</h3>

<p>Cities are like magnets. Without a better model for growth, people will still come – but they will live in awful conditions. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/two-billion-more-people-will-live-ci…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/89.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 216px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">REPORT</strong><br />
How Can We Finance the Resilient Cities of the Future?</h3>

<p>By 2030, without significant investment to improve the resilience of cities around the world, climate change may push up to 77 million urban residents into poverty. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/how-can-we-finance-resilient-cities-…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/cITIES_158.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 211px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Transit oriented development with land values</h3>

<p><a href="http://connect4climate.org/infographics/transit-oriented-development-la…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/F2_cities_.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 172px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Cities And Mobility trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-cities-and-mobility-…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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Young & Future Generation

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<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/980x.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 285px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">OPINION</strong><br />
Young People Hold the Key to Mobilizing Climate Action</h3>

<p>As I look toward our planet’s future, I reflect on numerous examples from our past, in which young generations not only helped lead, but also provided the main spark that forced older decision-makers to push through change. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/young-people-hold-key-mobilizing-cli…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/DGHSD.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 204px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INITIATIVE</strong><br />
Youth4Climate</h3>

<p>This initiative celebrates the power of youth. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiatives/youth4climate" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/artigo3.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 220px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">OPINION</strong><br />
COP22: Are you listening to our voices?</h3>

<p>Collective efforts for far-reaching changes (climate change) are possible and realistic should politicians choose to listen to the voice of their young people. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/cop22-are-you-listening-our-voi…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/F13_Young_.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 263px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Fim4Climate Young & Future Generation Trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/fim4climate-young-future-generati…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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Energy

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Renewables made up half of net electricity capacity added last year</h3>

<p>Experts hail rapid transformation that will see clean energy outgrow fossil fuels in the next five years - but warn UK is failing to exploit huge potential. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/renewables-made-half-net-electricity…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/LUZ.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 231px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">REPORT</strong><br />
IEA raises its five-year renewable growth forecast as 2015 marks record year</h3>

<p>Renewables have surpassed coal last year to become the largest source of installed power capacity in the world. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/iea-raises-its-five-year-renewable-g…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Energy Outlook for 2040</h3>

<p>As the world tries to become more and more eco-friendly, we ask the question “What will energy production look like in 2040 and what is being done to make the world a greener place?" <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/infographics/energy-outlook-2040" target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/MOR2.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 175px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">MORROCO</strong><br />
Morocco Could See 100 Percent Green Energy Use by 2050</h3>

<p>Morocco could run on 100 percent green energy by the year 2050, according to new research on the matter from Stanford University. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/morocco-could-see-100-percent-green-…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/F5_Energy_.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 187px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Energy trailer</h3>

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Health

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<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/fhg.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 252px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Air pollution more deadly in Africa than malnutrition or dirty water, study warns</h3>

<p>Annual human and economic cost of tainted air runs to 712,000 lost lives and £364bn, finds Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/air-pollution-more-deadly-africa-mal…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/FDS.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 257px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">REPORT</strong><br />
WHO releases country estimates on air pollution exposure and health impact</h3>

<p>A new WHO air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/who-releases-country-estimates-air-p…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Climate Change Threatens Your Health</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/infographics/climate-change-threatens-y…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/F8_Health_.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 185px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Health trailer</h3>

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Oceans

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Humanity driving 'unprecedented' marine extinction</h3>

<p>Report comparing past mass extinction events warns that hunting and killing of ocean’s largest species will disrupt ecosystems for millions of years. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/humanity-driving-unprecedented-marin…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
What is Marine Litter?</h3>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">MOROCCO</strong><br />
Road to COP22: Protectin Morocco's Coastline</h3>

<p>Increasing temperatures, rising sea levels and ocean acidification amplify extremes of climate change. Finding a solution to minimise the impact on coastal areas has become a priority. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/road-cop22-protectin-moroccos-coastl…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Oceans trailer</h3>

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Waste

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
A Sustainable Food System Could Be A Trillion-Dollar Global Windfall</h3>

<p>A new report makes a strong bottom-line case for more earth-friendly farming — and eating — practices. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/sustainable-food-system-could-be-tri…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-29%20at%2012.24.41%20PM.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 209px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">REPORT</strong><br />
Reducing Food Loss and Waste</h3>

<p>About 24 percent of all calories currently produced for human consumption are lost or wasted. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/reducing-food-loss-and-waste" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">SOLUTIONS4CLIMATE</strong><br />
BuffetGO: a solution for food waste, climate change and world hunger</h3>

<p>13% of all the US greenhouse gas emissions result from the food supply chain continues to be widely ignored. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/buffetgo" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Food loss and waste facts</h3>

<p>Every year around the globe 1.3 billion tonnes of food is lost or wasted, that is a 1/3 of all food produced for human consumption. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/infographics/food-loss-and-waste-facts" target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">MOROCCO</strong><br />
Morocco Lets Nothing Go To Waste</h3>

<p>Morocco looks at waste as a resource which can be better managed to fuel the economy and reduce environmental impacts. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/morocco-lets-nothing-go-waste" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Waste trailer</h3>

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Education

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">OPINION</strong><br />
Our kids learn their ABCs in school. But why not climate change?</h3>

<p>The classroom is the right place to start educating our citizens about the greatest challenge they will face. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/our-kids-learn-their-abcs-school-why…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INITIATIVE</strong><br />
#Teach4Climate Back to School 2016 Campaign</h3>

<p>Teaching young people about climate change – its causes, effects, and what we can do about it – is vital. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/teach4climate-campaign" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Two-thirds of US students are taught climate change badly, study finds</h3>

<p>Just 38% of US schoolchildren were taught that climate change is linked to fossil fuels, with many teachers spending less than an hour a year on the subject. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/two-thirds-us-students-are-taught-cl…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
What Can We Do About Climate Change?</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/infographics/what-can-we-do-about-clima…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">OPINION</strong><br />
Films as a Tool in Education for Sustainable Development</h3>

<p>Towards Raising an Environmentally-conscious Generation in India. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/films-tool-education-sustainabl…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Education Trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-education-trailer&qu…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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<span style="font-size: 13.008px;">OPINION</span><br />
5 ways to help the Arctic as the planet warms</h3>

<p>The Arctic—home to diverse wildlife and many cultures—is changing faster than any other part of the planet in the face of climate change. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/5-ways-help-arctic-planet-warms" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">REPORT</strong><br />
WWF's Living Planet Report 2016</h3>

<p>The future of our Planet is in our hands. WWF's Living Planet Report 2016 shows the scale of the challenge - and what we can do about it. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/wwfs-living-planet-report-2016&…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">GALLERY</strong><br />
What We Fight For</h3>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Conservation trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-conservation-trailer…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Economic gender parity nearly two centuries off, WEF finds</h3>

<p>Progress in closing the global workplace gender gap is slowing dramatically, according to a World Economic Forum study, with a notable exception in Rwanda, a country still emerging from the aftermath of genocide that has become the world's leader on equal pay. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/economic-gender-parity-nearly-two-ce…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">REPORT</span></strong><br />
The Global Gender Gap Report 2016</h3>

<p>Through the Global Gender Gap Report, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of gender disparities and tracks their progress over time. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/global-gender-gap-report-2016" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">OPINION</strong><br />
The invisible lives of the girls who get left behind</h3>

<p>The economic empowerment of women is vital to global development. If gender gaps in labour markets were completely closed, as much as $28 trillion could be added to global annual GDP by 2025. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/invisible-lives-girls-who-get-left-b…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">BLOG POST</strong><br />
Women at the forefront of peacebuilding</h3>

<p>Sixteen years since the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1325 in 2000, the women, peace and security agenda remains relevant and critical in the face of rising violence, extremism and deadly conflicts. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/women-forefront-peacebuilding" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Gender equality – Where are we today?</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/infographics/gender-equality-%E2%80%93-…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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#Film4Climate Gender trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-gender-trailer" target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">OPINION</strong><br />
How Virtual Reality Can Help Us Feel the Pain of Climate Change</h3>

<p>It's hard to comprehend the concept of oceans getting more acidic. Unless you become the coral. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/how-virtual-reality-can-help-us-feel…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Poor countries have the edge on climate innovation</h3>

<p>The developing world and emerging markets are among the most exciting places for climate policy and innovation, according to a former White House official. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/poor-countries-have-edge-climate-inn…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
UN awards Moroccan fog-water harvesting project</h3>

<p>The system, developed and installed by Morocco based NGO Dar Si Hmad, is said to be the largest fog-water harvesting system in the world. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/un-awards-moroccan-fog-water-harvest…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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#Film4Climate Innovating for Climate Solutions Trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-innovating-climate-s…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Human Consumption of Earth's Natural Resources Has Tripled in 40 Years</h3>

<p>Humans' appetite for gnawing away at the fabric of the Earth itself is growing prodigiously. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/human-consumption-earths-natural-res…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">REPORT</strong><br />
Global Material Flows and Resource Productivity </h3>

<p>In recent years, interest in resource efficiency and sustainable management of natural resources has increased considerably, standing out as one of the top priorities on the international political agenda. <a href="http://unep.org/documents/irp/16-00169_LW_GlobalMaterialFlowsUNEReport_…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
The True Environmental Cost of Eating Meat</h3>

<p>Do you know the real cost of a steak? We’re not talking about the dollars that people shell out to buy one, but rather the environmental cost of creating it? <a href="http://connect4climate.org/infographics/true-environmental-cost-eating-…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">GALLERY</strong><br />
Industrial scars: The environmental cost of consumption</h3>

<p>Environmental artist J Henry Fair captures the beauty and destruction of industrial sites to illustrate the hidden impacts of the things we buy. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2016/oct/24/industrial-…; target="_blank">SEE IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate: Become a climate-friendly consumer trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-become-climate-frien…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">BLOG POST + INITIATIVE</strong><br />
Global Cooperation through Carbon Markets Could Cut Climate Mitigation Costs Dramatically</h3>

<p>Greater cooperation through carbon trading could reduce the cost of climate change mitigation by 32 percent by 2030, according to a new World Bank report. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/global-cooperation-through-carbon-ma…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INITIATIVE</strong><br />
The solution to climate change: #PutAPriceOnIt</h3>

<p>The goal of the Put A Price On It campaign is to put a price on carbon pollution by mobilizing the support of generations most affected by climate change: young people. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/solution-climate-change-putapri…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Capacity building for CO2 mitigation from international aviation</h3>

<p><a href="http://connect4climate.org/infographics/capacity-building-co2-mitigatio…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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#Film4Climate Put a Price on Carbon trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-put-price-carbon-tra…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

Global Cooperation through Carbon Markets Could Cut Climate Mitigation Costs Dramatically

Greater cooperation through carbon trading could reduce the cost of climate change mitigation by 32 percent by 2030, according to a new World Bank report released today at an international carbon event in Vietnam.

New modelling analysis undertaken for the State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2016 report shows that increased international carbon trading could enable large-scale emissions reductions at much lower cost than at present, based on the carbon mitigation goals spelled out in countries’ national climate plans under the Paris Agreement -- the Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs. By the middle of the century, an international market has the potential to reduce global mitigation costs by more than 50 percent.

The goal of limiting emission reductions to meet a 2°C or lower target will be difficult to achieve cost-efficiently without more carbon trading, according to the report, prepared by the World Bank and launched at the 15th Assembly of the Partnership for Market Readiness.

“The more we cooperate through carbon trading, the larger the savings and the greater the potential to increase ambition by countries in the short term,” said John Roome, Senior Director for Climate Change at the World Bank. “To be effective, carbon pricing policies must be coordinated with other energy and environmental policies –this will require collaboration within and between countries.”

The Paris Agreement, reached at COP21 in late 2015, sets up a framework for global cooperation through carbon markets. Over 100 countries consider carbon pricing initiatives as part of their NDCs, through emissions trading within or across borders, international crediting, carbon taxation and other measures.

Under this new cooperative framework, one country can benefit from mitigation activities resulting in emission reductions in another country to fulfill its NDC. The report indicates that financial flows of 2–5 percent of gross domestic product in countries with lower-cost mitigation activities could be realized for investments that will reduce emissions by 2050.

The report also shows that momentum on carbon pricing has continued to grow. In 2016, 40 national jurisdictions and over 20 cities, states, and regions are putting a price on carbon, including seven out of 10 of the world’s largest economies. The coverage of carbon pricing initiatives on global emissions has increased threefold over the past decade, translating to the equivalent of around 7 gigatons of carbon dioxide (GtCO2e), or about 13 percent of global GHG emissions. In addition, governments raised about US$26 billion in revenues from carbon pricing initiatives in 2015. This represents a 60 percent increase compared to the revenues raised in 2014.

This year saw the launch of two new carbon pricing initiatives: British Columbia put a price on emissions from liquefied natural gas plants alongside its carbon tax, and Australia implemented a safeguard mechanism to the Emissions Reduction Fund, requiring large emitters that exceed their set limit to offset excess emissions.

Looking ahead, next year could see the largest ever increase in the share of global emissions covered by carbon pricing initiatives in a single year. If the Chinese national Emissions Trading System (ETS) is implemented in 2017 as planned, it would become the largest carbon pricing initiative in the world, surpassing the EU ETS. Initial estimates show that emissions covered by carbon pricing initiatives could increase from 13 percent to between 20 and 25 percent of global GHG emissions.

In April, the High Level Panel on Carbon Pricing called upon the international community to double the percentage of global emissions covered by explicit carbon prices to 25% by 2020 and to double it again to 50% within a decade. Heads of State from Canada, Chile, Ethiopia, France, Germany and Mexico are among the leaders calling for this increased commitment.

The report was prepared with the technical support of Ecofys and Vivid Economics.

To download the full report, visit https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/25160

This post was originally posted here.

Climate Action Tracker

The "Climate Action Tracker" is an independent science-based assessment, which tracks the emission commitments and actions of countries. The website provides an up-to-date assessment of individual national pledges, targets and INDCs and currently implemented policy to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

The CAT tracks 32 countries covering around 80% of global emissions. All the biggest emitters and a representative sample of smaller emitters covering about 80% of global emissions and approximately 70% of global population. The national actions we track are:

Effect of current policies on emissions: The policies a government has implemented or enacted and how these are likely to affect national emission over the time period to 2030, and where possible beyond.
Impact of pledges, targets and INDCs (link) on national emissions over the time period to 2030, and where possible beyond.
Fair share and comparability of effort: Whether a government is doing its “fair share” compared with others towards the global effort to limit warming below 2?C.

CAT calculates global warming consequence and emissions gaps. The Climate Action Tracker assesses the total global effort of INDCs, pledges and current policies.

Rating countries

Governments have agreed to hold warming to below 2°C. The focus of emission reduction proposals to be submitted in INDCs during 2015 is for governments to put forward their proposed contributions to a “fair sharing” of effort to move global emissions downward in the period 2020-2025-2030.

The Climate Action Tracker rates INDCs, pledges and current policies against whether they are consistent with a country's fair share effort to holding warming to below 2°C.

The CAT “Effort Sharing” assessment methodology applies state-of-the art scientific literature on how to compare the fairness of government efforts and INDC proposals against the level and timing of emission reductions needed to hold warming to below 2°C. The main focus is on the period 2020, 2025 and 2030.

Check the Individual country assessments on this list.

Climate Week retrospective: Is 2016 the year of the “climate story”?

Every year, thousands of campaigners, businessmen, diplomats and everything inbetween descend upon New York City for Climate Week. In recent years, the week has carried particular significance as it coincided with United Nations General Assembly meetings where climate change was a top agenda item. This year, while the UN focused heavily on a number of other issues including the global migration crisis, the discussions of Climate Week focused on a wide range of issues that lie under the vast climate umbrella.

Shifting investments away from fossil fuels and towards the renewables was one topic. Figuring out the best ways to deploy solar power to the developing world as soon as possible was brought up in other venues. Making sure countries hold true to their commitments of Paris was the focus of many events, while working with Wall Street to figure out how to get fossil fuel companies to disclose their carbon risks was another common topic of the many discussions taking place in New York City during the third week of September. Of course, the topics were all connected by climate change, but there was another connection running through all these event: storytelling.

Everyone has a story to tell when it comes to climate change, and getting those stories out to the masses is clearly a priority for those calling for climate action. There’s a real story for everyone: from the investors on Wall Street to the families putting solar panels on rooftops near Main Street.

Image credit: Years of Living Dangerously

Nowhere was the power of climate storytelling on bigger display during Climate Week than during a screening of season two of National Geographic’s Years of Living Dangerously series at the Museum of Natural History. As far as celebrity power and the environmental movement go this was a pretty solid showing as former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke ahead of the screening to a crowd he brought to laughter a number of times -a crowd that included both prominent environmentalists and superstars like Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen.

Bundchen and Schwarzenegger are among the hosts for each of the episodes in the Years of Living Dangerously Series. During the screening the two stories on display were David Letterman’s journey to India and Saturday Night Lives Cecily Strong's expose on politicians working to hold back the solar industry in Nevada and Florida. Letterman’s journey was funny, as expected, but it was quite revealing of the intertwined infrastructure and development challenges India faces. When it publically airs, this episode will be Letterman’s first television appearance since retiring from the Late Show with David Letterman. He now has a beard, which plays a prominent role in the episode. While Letterman used his typical wit to tell his story, SNL’s Cecily Strong took on a surprisingly serious tone during her episode documenting the tricks individuals are still willing to play despite their climate implications. Both episodes were powerful and both left the audience intrigued for more. They were good stories.

But the storytelling wasn’t just restricted to celebrities. Throughout Climate Week events focused on the narrative. When Bank of America announced it plans to go carbon-neutral; reduce location-based emissions by 50%, energy use by 40% and water use by 45% in its operations across the globe - all by the same 2020 deadline,” Andrew Pleper explained how building on previous commitments has to be part of the business story for taking climate action. “Together we can accelerate the transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon economy,” said Pleper during the opening ceremony of Climate Week. Former United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator and current Apple Vice President of Environmental Policy and Social Issues picked up on Pleper’s line when Apple announced it too would be joining the RE 100 campaign and would be making significant investments in solar energy. “We have to be the ripple on the pond. We can’t just be 100% renewable energy, we have to bring others with us,” said Jackson. Even when real steps are being taken, it seems they are all coming with real narratives.

Over the last several years, progress in climate policy has clearly coincided with concerted efforts to make the issue more relatable. Climate change is a security issue, and over the last several years you have seen countless military personnel tell their climate stories. Climate change is a health issue and the stories of moms fighting for cleaner air or safer neighborhoods are permeating throughout the movement. Pope Francis’ climate messages, starting to gain traction a bit more than a year ago, created a religious narrative for those seeking to get involved, while those living on the front lines of climate impacts are increasingly making headlines. It’s all about the story.

Connect4Climate invited filmmakers between the ages of 14-35 years old from all over the world to share their climate stories on video.

Storytelling is the backbone of our Fim4Climate global video contest. When the Connect4Climate team of the World Bank decided to launch a film competition with numerous partners, rewarding those telling the best climate stories in a number of categories, the idea was to encourage more story telling, gather a diversity of perspectives and provide another venue for spreading these very real experiences.

As September drew to a close so to did the submissions for entries in the Film4Climate contest. With more than 860 entries from more than 150 countries it is becoming clear the demand for climate stories is being met with a steady supply. So while 2016 may not be known as the year the world reached a historic climate agreement like we had in 2015, perhaps it is the year of the climate story. If the last few weeks are any indication there are still plenty more to tell.

Key climate messages from a day at the UN General Assembly

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<p>Following this, influential climate leaders gathered in the <a href="http://sdgmz.org/program/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SDG Media Zone</a> for a discussion on “<a href="http://webtv.un.org/search/from-paris-to-marrakesh-progress-on-climate-…; rel="nofollow" target="_blank">From Paris to Marrakesh: Progress on climate change - #ParisAgreement</a>.” Facilitated by Dan Thomas, Communications Director, and Spokesperson, Office of the President of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the discussion showed bold support for climate action.<br />
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Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, highlighted that the Paris Agreement was “the first time that we can see such a collective response by the international community.” In turn, Hakima El Haite, Delegate Minister in Charge of Environment, Morocco, and COP22 Host, emphasized the intimate link between taking climate action and the Sustainable Development Goals. “Come to Marrakech with answers to people that are already suffering from the impacts of climate change,” El Haite said.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateAction?src=hash">#ClimateAction</a> is sustainable development = <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDGs?src=hash">#SDGs</a> says <a href="https://twitter.com/HakimaElHaite">@HakimaElHaite</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDGLive?src=hash">#SDGLive</a> <a href="https://t.co/v1nVMlLuWu">pic.twitter.com/v1nVMlLuWu</a></p>
— Connect4Climate (@Connect4Climate) <a href="https://twitter.com/Connect4Climate/status/778595021574512640">September 21, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>The President of COP21 and French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, Ségolène Royal, praised the involvement of the private sector and non-state actors in COP21 and emphasized the need for a price on carbon. She noted that “green finance is crucial for the climate solution” and that “it is more expensive to do nothing.”<br />
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John Roome, Senior Director for Climate Change at the World Bank Group, highlighted that the next 15 years would see more investments than in all of history and the crucial question is: “How do you shape those investments so that they are low-carbon and resilient to climate change?” He also emphasized that we cannot afford to leave anybody behind, citing the World Bank’s research that shows that more than <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=100+million+people+could+return+t…; target="_blank">100 million people could return to poverty if we do not take action on climate action.</a></p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">We cannot meet the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDGs?src=hash">#SDGs</a> or end poverty without addressing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climatechange?src=hash">#climatechange</a> - they are absolutely linked. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UNGA?src=hash">#UNGA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDGLive?src=hash">#SDGLive</a> <a href="https://t.co/VQbYoLs9CU">pic.twitter.com/VQbYoLs9CU</a></p>
— John Roome (@JohnARoome) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnARoome/status/778626912990162944">September 21, 2016</a></blockquote>
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From This to Future Generations

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<p>The <a href="http://sdgmz.org/program/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SDG Media Zone</a> was alive with climate discussions. The Connect4Climate program of the World Bank Group teamed up with Alliance for Climate Educators to have youth representation in the SDG Media Zone. Hakim Evans (17) and Zora Hall (16) <a href="https://youtu.be/6VL1YFijV_g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">interviewed</a> influential climate leaders and representatives from the private sector, emphasizing that tackling climate change should be this generation’s greatest concern.</p>

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<p>On stage, Roberto Borrero, UN Representative to the International Indian Treaty Council, spoke to the plight of indigenous communities and how they are already at the front line of climate impacts. Meanwhile, Mark Wilson, CEO of Aviva, called for competition for climate action, saying, “we need to make sustainability a competitive sport.”<br />
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President and CEO of the UN Foundation, Kathy Calvin, expressed her excitement for the private sector involvement in finding climate solutions and noted, “we need to keep ratcheting up ambition on climate action and show personal climate solutions.” I had the pleasure of moderating a discussion on <a href="http://webtv.un.org/search/sustainable-innovation-and-solving-hunger-gl…; rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sustainable Innovation and Solving Hunger</a>, noting the powerful solutions provided by social enterprises, as exemplified by <a href="http://www.luckyironfish.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucky Iron Fish</a>, and how these should be applied to climate and development challenges.<br />
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Max Schorr, Co-Founder of GOOD, and Aaron Sherinian, Chief Marketing Officer at the United Nations Foundation, announced the <a href="http://www.unfoundation.org/features/earth-to-marrakech.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Earth To Marrakech</a> movement, joined by Connect4Climate and other partners, to raise the volume and profile of the discussion around climate action. Schorr expressed that “we cannot get complacent on climate action!”</p>

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Innovating to Meet the Climate Challenge

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<p>Further uptown in New York the World Bank teamed up with Responding to Climate Change to discuss how the world can direct action and investments on an unprecedented scale to deliver on the Paris Agreement.<br />
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Jim Kim, President of the World Bank Group, emphasized this during the opening of the <a href="http://live.worldbank.org/innovating-to-meet-the-climate-challenge?cid=…; rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Innovating to Meet the Climate Challenge</a> event: “Tackling climate change will require innovation at levels we’ve never seen before.” He highlighted that the investment needs to be embedded in the countries’ climate change plans amount to more than <a href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/climatefinance/overview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">$1 trillion a year</a> over the next 15 years. </p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tackling climate change will require innovation at levels we’ve never seen before. -<a href="https://twitter.com/JimYongKim">@JimYongKim</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Innovate4Climate?src=hash">#Innovate4Climat…; <a href="https://t.co/lJAqn7kZUy">pic.twitter.com/lJAqn7kZUy</a></p>
— World Bank (@WorldBank) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldBank/status/778663114350989312">September 21, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>Catherine McKenna, Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change, emphasized the benefits of carbon pricing: </p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CarbonPricing?src=hash">#CarbonPricing</a> can accelerate innovation, and is a part of future proofing business. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Innovate4Climate?src=hash">#Innovate4Climat…; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWNYC?src=hash">#CWNYC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DSM">@DSM</a> <a href="https://t.co/YQ8pZQwSBh">pic.twitter.com/YQ8pZQwSBh</a></p>
— Minister C. McKenna (@ec_minister) <a href="https://twitter.com/ec_minister/status/778729782724833280">September 21, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Years of Living Dangerously

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<p>The day ended with the spectacular global premiere of the star-studded second season of the <a href="http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Years of Living Dangerously</a>. Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke to the issues brought forward in the television series and emphasized that climate change should be seen as a challenge of today and not of tomorrow.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mark your calendars! Season Two of <a href="https://twitter.com/YEARSofLIVING">@YEARSofLIVING</a> will premiere on Sunday, 10/30, on <a href="https://twitter.com/NatGeoChannel">@NatGeoChannel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YEARSproject?src=hash">#YEARSproject</a> <a href="https://t.co/YU5yZuLOTk">pic.twitter.com/YU5yZuLOTk</a></p>
— YEARS (@YEARSofLIVING) <a href="https://twitter.com/YEARSofLIVING/status/760633666879889408">August 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>The Emmy-winning climate change series returns to tell the biggest story of our time. Featuring some of Hollywood’s most influential stars, the series reveals emotional and hard-hitting accounts of the effects of climate change from across the planet.<br />
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Model and Goodwill Ambassador to UNEP, Giselle Bündchen’s tears when confronted by the devastating reality of Amazonian deforestation left me emotional, while David Letterman’s investigation into the light of India’s solar developments left me inspired.<br />
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We are certainly on the cusp of a global transition to a low-carbon resilient future. We need to act now, and act fast, to implement the necessary climate solutions.</p>

Gian Luca Galletti, Italian Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea

Earth Day Message from the UN, on the day of the Signing Ceremony of the Paris Climate Change Agreement.

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Every citizen can call for climate action at Festival of Participation

The World Bank Group's Connect4Climate program organized a climate change discussion during the Festival of Participation promoted by the Italia, Sveglia! (Italy, Wake up!) alliance.

Business and Climate Summit: Role of Creative Industries on Climate Action

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The World Bank’s Connect4Climate Campaign in partnership with the Business Climate Summit and Maitland Green/Havas staged a thematic discussion on “The Role of Creative Industries in Sustainability and Climate Change” with the objective of perpetuating the engagement of media, entertainment and advertising sectors on climate action.