„Pacts, Bonds and Digital Innovation for Youth Engagement in Climate Action and Agenda2030 Implementation“ webinar on Tuesday 14th of July 1.00 – 2.30 PM EDT (7.00 – 8.30 PM CEST) organized by the International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges IAAI (ECOSOC accredited CSO, member of NGO MG and MGCY) in partnership with UNESCO MOST (Management of Social Transformations Programme), UN Habitat – Youth and Urban Economy Unit and the Climate Chain Coalition as official side event to the UN High Level Political Forum 2020.
The virtual side event is a follow-up to the #UN75 All Of Society Digital Cooperation for Global Goals and Climate Action webinar which has been held by IAAI GloCha and partners on 26th of June 2020 in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter (video on demand: http://webtv.un.org/search/un75-webinar-all-of-society-digital-cooperation-for-global-goals-climate-action/6168132430001/?term=&lan=english&page=9).
This follow-up side event will show how the organizers and partners are envisaging the development of concrete digital tools and platforms for the mobilization of action and resources of individual citizens and their local communities for SDGs implementation on local and global level through (1) pacts (social contracts/social innovation), (2) bonds (resource mobilization innovation), (3) data and digital innovation infrastructure for climate action tracking, reporting and certification and (3) new organizational approaches to technology enabled youth engagement in climate action (Citizens/Youth Climate Action Empowerment Consortium, #PeoplesCOP/COP26 Digital Pavilion, et al. ..).
Registration: https://yale.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvcu2srDwvGd0u8-tcbRGJHCn1TYd2t3FR
Video on demand: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1PLsWUof5P8-EqjBZBiyIg
| Speakers and Topics |
| Introductory Session – Welcome and UK COP26 Preparations Context |
| Miroslav Polzer, IAAI GloCha & digital innovation community in the context of the UNFCCC process – Welcome on behalf of the organizers |
| UK COP26 presidency (to be confirmed) – Preparations for the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow/UK in November 2021 and the role of youth engagement and digital innovation |
| Thematic Block 1 – Pacts – Reimagining social contracts (local, intergenerational and international) and collaborative action for the common good with digital innovation |
| John Crowley, UNESCO MOST – The need for social innovation and new forms of social contracts (local, intergenerational and international) for local and global Climate Action mobilization and the enabling role of digital innovation |
| Miroslav Polzer – IAAI GloCha – Context setting – example: European Climate Pact – The European Union Non-State Actors Engagement in Climate Action/European Green Deal implementation framework (background info: recording from previous webinar Laura Maanavilja, European Commission – DG CLIMA https://youtu.be/w0c7dWQy9aI?t=1172) |
| Miroslav Polzer, IAAI GloCha – #DigitalClimatePact: Enabling individual climate neutrality with digital innovation & Intro to digital finance thematic block: neighborhood climate action resource mobilization with blockchain tech |
| Thematic Block 2 – Bonds – digital innovation for innovative resource mobilization for local climate action |
| Alexey Shadrin, evercity.io, Climate Chain Coalition Finance Team lead – Digital innovation expertise of the Climate Chain Coalition and planned pilots: Digital municipal bonds & SDG accelerator ecosystem |
| Bobby Kia, People’s Prize and Sovereign Wealth – Family Office Alliance Climate Finance Innovation |
| Thematic Block 3 – data and digital innovation infrastructure for climate action tracking, reporting and certification |
| Tom Baumann, Climate Chain Coalition – D2I2 – data and digital innovation infrastructure for multistakeholder climate action coordination and incentivization https://www.climatechaincoalition.io/d2i2 |
| Martin Wainstein, Yale Open Innovation Lab – Digital Innovation and Radical Cooperation for Multistakeholder Climate Action Tracking and Accounting – The Open Climate Collabathon in November 2020 https://www.collabathon.openclimate.earth/ |
| Matthew Phillips, UNFCCC Race to Zero campaign and NACZA climate action data portal – UN Climate Chain secretariat perspectives on digital innovation for non-party stakeholders climate action engagement |
| Thematic Block 4 – Youth Engagement Innovation |
| Douglas Ragan, UN Habitat, Programme Management Officer – Children and Youth, Human Rights & Social Inclusion Unit |
| Alexandre Caldas, Chief, Country Outreach, Technology, Innovation and Big Data Branch, UN Environment – World Environment Situation Room https://wesr.unep.org/ |
| Marie-Laure Burgener, GreenGoWeb – Digital innovation enabled gamification for citizens‘ engagement in climate action and SDGs implementation |
| Miroslav Polzer, IAAI GloCha – The way forward: Digital Climate Pact platform & app, Citizens/Youth Climate Action Empowerment Consortium, digital city climate action bond pilots, November 2020 events coordination (Open Climate Collabathon, COP26 Digital pavilion, World Environment Situation Room, #PeoplesCOP) |
| Discussion |
Recommended related resources:
- „#UN75 All of Society Digital Cooperation for Global Goals and Climate Action“ Webinar 26th of June 2020 http://webtv.un.org/watch/un75-webinar-all-of-society-digital-cooperation-for-global-goals-climate-action/6168132430001
- „Envisioning a People’s COP“ Webinar, 8th June 2020 https://youtu.be/w0c7dWQy9aI
- UN Climate Chain Conference 2019 – COP25 Press conference: Launch of the Digital Innovation Community in the context of the UNFCCC process https://unfccc-cop25.streamworld.de/webcast/iaai-briefing-digital-innovation-community
- COP25 Press Conference „Youth Climate Action Innovation“ https://unfccc-cop25.streamworld.de/webcast/youth-climate-action-innovation