30 ways in 30 days
What do solar loans, sustainable tourism, tea plantations, forests in Panama and African financiers have in common?
The answer is quite simple: all are part of the global solution to climate change, and part of the United Nation's Environment Programme's "30 ways in 30 Days" initiative, launched this week.
A month out from the start of the UN Climate Conventions meeting in Cancun, Mexico, UNEP will release online one case study a day to show that solutions to climate change are available and can be copied and scaled up around the world. The examples are just the tip of the iceberg and highlights in terms of existing successful climate initiatives and programmes.
UNEP's aim is to show that across the world, in myriad ways, from community-based programmes to entrepreneurial endeavours, solutions are available to help confront the challenges of climate change and to help countries, communities and businesses move towards low-emission climate-resilient growth.
We need your support to help spread the word that solutions to combat climate change are available and accessible.
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Coming up at Cancun
A special Cancun edition of Our Planet, UNEP's flagship magazine, focusing on clean technology, features opinion and analysis from political leaders such as David Cameron, UK Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodreguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain, and Patricia Espinosa, Minister Foreign Affairs, Mexico; and experts including Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, and Jigar Shah, CEO of the Carbon War Room.
Climate Action, produced in partnership with UNEP, aims to encourage businesses and large organizations to reduce their carbon footprint, and puts forward the business case for climate change. Authors include United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Executive Director of UNEP Achim Steiner, Izabella Teixeira, Minister of Environment for Brazil and Björn Stigson, President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
EcoFriendz, a PC game, is an educational tool for children and teenagers to learn about climate change and to build action plans. The game will be launched in Mexico on the 9th of December, and is set to be distributed worldwide for free!
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Want to know more?
You can keep up to date on all these activities and more by going to http://www.unep.org and following the official UNEP Facebook and Twitter accounts.
