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From: Hala Kilani via CAN-Comms <can-...@climateaction.network>
Date: 2018-01-19 10:44 GMT-05:00
Subject: [CAN Comms] WEF Call notes + updated top lines + social media + Save the date for the first Croissant face to face meeting of the year
Dear All,
Many thanks to those who participated in the call on the World Economic Forum last Wednesday.
Sharing here the call’s notes, which contain guidance on US/Trump messaging from Bridgette, updated top lines based on comments (I also attach wider guidance on messaging) and corresponding social media messages + a save-the-date for a Croissant face to face meeting that will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on March 2nd. Early next week we will offer more guidance on how to engage with the panel planned for next Thursday 25 at 10 GMT with NDTV https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2018/sessions/stepping-up-climate-action.
Notes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fubepCHHqyXJliwTQyg90mQfYm1Vs97v_n_7bGU9bus/edit
Top Lines for WEF:
· The 2018 Global Risk Report tells us that we are on the brink of catastrophic consequences for humanity and the economy if we don’t act urgently and fast, changing our current ways and moving to a decarbonized economy, completely powered by renewable energy
· Extreme weather events will from here onwards be most likely and impactful. Temperatures are continuing on an uphill curve and wildfires are raging furiously killing 100 people in Portugal alone last year. Hurricanes are getting fiercer and costlier with 2017 marking the most expensive season ever, raising the bill to 300 billion USD. Storms are what is forcing people from their homes most and responsible for 76% of total displacement
· Climate change is exacerbating other risks. Rising temperatures and weather events like storms, hurricanes and droughts are aggravating water crises, food shortages and migration, which in turn are worsening poverty, security and geopolitical problems and weakening social cohesion. All these are major concerns for gathering in Davos.
The World Bank estimates that water scarcity can put 6% of GDP at risk by 2050. Warming beyond 1.5C will cause sea level rise that can wipe out whole communities and displace others and threaten our agricultural systems and food security.
· The time to act is now. We must rapidly step up and transform our ways by deeply decarbonizing the economy, shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy, reforming industry and agriculture and protecting our forests, our best and most reliable carbon sinks
· The current economic upswing gives leaders and businesses an opportunity to invest in sustainable infrastructure and renewables. These investments improve health and life quality and make business sense at the same time. In just a couple of years, renewable energy will be cheaper than fossil fuels. Renewable energy currently employs more than 9.8 million people and this number is expected to double in the next 10 years. Transformation and decarbonization if implemented justly will secure economic growth, enhance equality, provide energy and eradicate poverty leaving no one behind
· Tackling risks and climate change requires collective effort. Nothing tells a better story of multilateralism than the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. They are rare universal agendas that succeeded in garnering the backing of all countries. But to properly implement the Paris Agreement and keep warming below 1.5C, governments, businesses, states, cities, universities and other actors must all step up and enhance their climate plans and commitments and transition faster to zero carbon economies
· We are now on a trajectory of 3C warming or more. This can have devastating impacts on an already fractured world suffering from migration, torn societies, poverty, pollution and major security and geopolitical challenges. But we can do more if countries step up, lead and commit to enhancing their climate commitments by 2020 under the UN process
· It is true that the Global Risk Report paints a gloomy picture for this year but there are many opportunities for countries, businesses and other non-state actors to step up and change that situation. Under the UN process, countries can make the Talanoa dialogue, where they discuss efforts to strengthen their climate commitments, a success and commit in COP24 to more ambitious action by 2020.
The meetings of the G20 in Argentina and G7 in Canada are also important opportunities for countries to prove they are serious about protecting humanity from the risks we are contemplating and posed by climate change. The agenda of these meetings is set in Davos. The Global Climate Action Summit organized in California in September is another occasion for all actors to demonstrate ambitious climate action. The release of the 1.5C report by the International Panel on Climate Change in October will also present a unique and important opportunity for countries to seize and act upon wisely and quickly to protect people and livelihoods from the devastating impacts of global warming.
· Many present in Davos are stepping up, from progressive governments like the Climate Vulnerable Forum countries and Sweden to leaders championing international cooperation like French President Macron and United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May, business executives like AXA’s Thomas Buberl, and young activists like Risalat Khan and Karuna Rana. At the One Planet Summit in Paris, we saw major companies and international development banks like the World Bank step up and divest from fossil fuels to help cut emissions and build a healthier, better future for all. If they can step up for shared benefits and a shared future, then everyone else can.
More messaging:
· Businesses are stepping up to the climate change challenge and capitalizing on trillion-dollar opportunities in clean energy, sustainable infrastructure and land use, and low carbon transport
· Corporate leadership enables countries to set more ambitious climate targets. Similarly, national climate plans can enable businesses to go further, faster
· Next year will be punctuated by important political moments such as the G20, Global Climate Action Summit in California and next year’s United Nations Climate Talks (COP24), when countries have an opportunity to STEP UP their climate ambition in the spirit of the Paris Agreement
· Countries will also be meeting to take stock of their national climate plans in 2018, in a year-long process that should culminate with a clear set of signals from governments – together with businesses, cities and states – that they will strengthen their national commitments by 2020 and drive the large-scale change that we need
· It is critical that business voices send a clear message to their national leaders and climate negotiators to STEP UP to the challenge of strengthening climate action plans and targets by 2020 – as called for by the Paris Agreement.
Social Media:
- We have been warned, the Global Risk Report bit.ly/2EOF8EM says we are on the brink of catastrophe if we don’t #StepUp urgently to decarbonize our economy & transition to 100% #RenewableEnergy #Go100RE #1o5C
- We are likely to feel climate change further & more painfully this year bit.ly/2EOF8EM with more hurricanes, storms, droughts destructive heat and wildfires. But it is also the year for countries to act, #StepUp & commit to enhance #ClimateAction
- The time to act is now to mitigate #climate risks bit.ly/2EOF8EM. We must rapidly #StepUp & transform our ways, deeply decarbonize the economy, shift from #FossilFuels to #RenewableEnergy, reform the industry & agriculture & protect forests #StepUp2018
- Many champions to follow are present in @Davos, @TheCVF countries, French President @EmmanuelMacron, the Insurance Company @AXA, activist @risalat_k. if they can #StepUp for shared benefits in a shared future, then everyone can #StepUp2018
- #climatechange exacerbates migration, threatens security, strains the economy, worsens water crises & poverty & affects food supply bit.ly/2EOF8EM. #ClimateAction benefits everyone. Countries must #StepUp now & enhance climate commitments for a better future for all
- In a couple of years, #RenewableEnergy will be cheaper than #FossilFuels bit.ly/2EOF8EM. Stepping up #ClimateAction serves the greater good on all levels, makes economic sense & averts destructive impacts #StepUp2018
- Stepping up #ClimateAction secures a healthier future, more jobs, economic prosperity, sustainable transport, wider access to energy bit.ly/2EOF8EM. No reason to delay action #StepUp2018
Save-the-date:
The first face to face Croissant meeting of the year to strategize our communications for the year will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on March 2nd. Hope to see many of you there! I am including here below a spreadsheet with names of Croissanters who attended previous meetings. Please indicate whether you will be able to attend or no marking yes or no under the attending in person column. If you are interested in attending and your name is not there, please add it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qssv1U_WI5DZRaT-6vkP_A2HS5lQHTdkYToqYKyMKmA/edit#gid=0
Many thanks everyone and wishing you all a lovely week-end.
Best wishes,
Hala
Hala Kilani
Senior Communications Officer
Climate Action Network-International (CAN)
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