Welcome to GloCha

When:

10 October 2020

15.00 – 16.30h – TEDxGloCha Countdown Presentations Session

17.00 – 19.00 TED Countdown Global Launch watchparty

19.00 – 22h TEDxGloCha Green Drinks Sessions

Where:

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Neuer Platz 10/I (joint office: SKS – AACC – IAAI) &

Streaming platforms: Streamyard (Youtube, facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, ..) & zoom

Registration: https://forms.gle/DCzdmNnxC7syN92v6

About the event:

We are living in turbulent times. On the one hand the COVID19 pandemic has shaken our societies and economies and scientists predict that the potential of climate change to disrupt our societal and economic structures is even bigger. On the other hand new thinking and digital innovation enable new forms of local and global cooperation for the public good in times of uncertain futures.

One such story of new thinking and digital-innovation empowered global multi-stakeholder collaboration, is the initiative GloCha, with GloCha standing for Global Challenges as the common denominator of all human beings and future generations being bound together in a community of destiny that is on its way towards more sustainable, just and future proof societal organization with culture, technology and organization, initiated by the United Nations accredited civil society organization IAAI, based in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in Austria.

TEDxGloCha is using the momentum of the global launch of the TED Countdown initiative for mass mobilization for climate action (https://countdown.ted.com) to present – in line with the TED slogan: “Ideas worth Spreading” – GloCha as the new transformative and inspiring story and collaboration framework, that is going to empower citizens, youth and communities to take meaningful and rewarding climate action, achieving climate neutral lifestyles (= a #GoodLife) and thus giving hope for the future.

Taking place exactly 100 years after the referendum on the future of Carinthia https://carinthija2020.ktn.gv.at/EN TEDxGloCha is going to demonstrate its solutions for the creation of digital local and thematic communities in Kärnten/Koroška/Carinthia and its blockchain technology based resource mobilization mechanism “Cryptostamps” as pathways and tools towards civic engagement and future proof societies based on new ethical standards for civic engagement and climate neutral lifestyles (= #GloCha #GoodLife).

Agenda:

15.00 – 16.30h – TEDxGloCha Countdown Presentations Session

Music performance 

Welcome interview of the moderators with event organizer and partners

Part 1 – The State of the World (3 keynote presentations)

Part 2 – Action Potentials for the Climate Emergency in Kärnten/Koroška/Carinthia and Alps Adriatic Neighbourhood

Part 3 – GloCha: Pathways and digital tools towards a #GoodLife and future proof communities

17.00 – 19.00 TED Countdown Global Launch watchparty

(on zoom platform)

GloCha Green Drinks Sessions

(on zoom platform)

For a warm-up each speaker will be asked to say 3 words that come to their mind when thinking of the future, we will ask people what kind of music they would like to hear and try to find and play it during the informal session, while networking and developing action plans

7 PM Slovenian

exploring option to create digital thematic community of Carinthian Slovenes on GloCha platform for the promotion of future competencies of members of the ethnic community and resource mobilization

8 PM German

Exploring options for setting up a digital local community Kärnten/Koroška/Carinthia for the advancement of sustainable, multi-linguistic and open minded society through technology enhanced civic engagement and digital finance

9 PM English

Youth climate action empowerment digital thematic community

Registration: https://forms.gle/DCzdmNnxC7syN92v6

Organizers:

GloCha Global Challenges Foundation New York – www.glocha.org

Climate Chain Coalition – www.climatechaincoalition.io

Evercity – https://evercity.io/

INATBA – International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications https://inatba.org/

IAAI Klagenfurt – www.glocha.info

Event Theme and Aims:

The global climate emergency requires new thinking, new tools and new arrangements for multi-stakeholder cooperation on the international as well as on the local level that will empower all of society to become engaged in climate action in a meaningful and rewarding manner. Blockchain technology and digital finance are key enablers of climate action tracking, accounting, coordination and incentivization and are therefore the theme of this virtual event in the context of the Climate Week NYC 2020, which aims to

1. present the Climate Chain Coalition www.climatechaincoalition.io, the Climate ActionWorking Group of the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA, https://inatba.org/) and the Digital Innovation Community in the context of the UNFCCC process (https://unfccc-cop25.streamworld.de/webcast/iaai-briefing-digital-innovation-community) as some of the leading multi-stakeholder networks in this field
2. provide insights on trends and recent developments in the field of blockchain technology and digital finance for climate action
3. present concrete digital finance tools and citizens’/youth climate action empowerment solutions, developed by the event organizers and their partners, like digital green bonds/digital SDG bonds & the digital SDG finance bulletin (Evercity.io, CCC digital finance team) and individual climate action dashboard platform and app, including digital badges/cryptostamps and a global citizen’s climate action registry (GloCha, CCC EU and D2I2 team leader)
4. provide a showcase for other global leaders in digital finance and blockchain for climate action empowerment to present their work and solutions
5. provide an open space for networking of solution providers, technology users, researchers and civil society

Agenda

Moderator: Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr, Cointelegraph

I – Welcome

II – Thematic Introduction blockchain technology and digital finance for climate action

Marianne Haahr, Sustainable Digital Finance Alliance (video message)

Simon Zadek, Head, Secretariat, Secretary General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the SDGs, Executive Office of the Administrator United Nations Development Programme

Monique Bachner – Co-Chair, Governance Working Group INATBA Blockchain and digital finance for climate: governance issues & the role of INATBA

III – Blockchain and digital finance tools for climate neutral cities and citizens

(presentation of solutions, developed by the event organizers and their partners)

Alexey Shadrin, (Evercity.io, CCC digital finance team leader), digital green bonds/digital SDG bonds

Miroslav Polzer, (GloCha, IAAI, CCC EU & D2I2 team leader, INATBA CA WG D2I2 subgroup leader), individual climate action dashboard, digital badges/cryptostamps & global citizens’ climate action registry for citizens’/youth climate action empowerment (presentation)

Jo Bronckers, FIBREE, INATBA Real Estate WG – Unique Object Identification (video),

Yunus Arikan – pilot project implementation partner ICLEI https://iclei.org/ and announcement of the CCC – GloCha – ICLEI side event to the Daring Cities conference on 22 October

IV – Other climate finance and digital innovation for climate action empowerment leaders

Martin Wainstein, Yale Open Innovation Lab – Open Climate Collabathon & Hyperledger Climate Action & Accounting (CA2) Special Interest Group (SIG)

Andrew Eil – Focal Point – Climate Investment Platform &Climate Finance Specialist Sub-Team: Energy, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Xiaochen Zhang, Fintech4Good

Raymond van Ermen, European Partners for the Environment

Pierre Telep, African Development Bank

Elliot Chun, Emergents @Weild & Co.

Joseph Pallant, founder, Blockchain for Climate Foundation

Vienna Looi, winner of the UN Reboot the Earth Hackathon, COALA.global, Stanford Zero Degree Project, Economic Space Agency, GloCha Digital Innovation Advisor

Registration: https://forms.gle/MuBC4G8cfwQ1Yh648

The theme of the United Nations‘ International Youth Day (IYD) 2020 is “Youth Engagement for Global Action” (link to more info: https://www.un.org/development/desa/youth/iyd2020.html).  As youth empowerment for climate action and sustainable development goals implementation is the main mission of GloCha  (www.glocha.org, a global & local multi-stakeholder partnership, initiated by the Austria based UN accredited civil society organization IAAI www.glocha.info), we are delighted to invite You to celebrate with us the IYD2020 with a special GloCha IYD2020 dialogue.

With the GloCha IYD2020 Dialogue we are convening global youth leaders, experts and GloCha partners:

1. To collaboratively assess recent developments towards the formation of the GloCha led citizens and youth climate action empowerment consortium and the #PeoplesCOP movement in support of the #RaceToZero campaign and the #ActionForClimateEmpowerment programme,
2. To present the GloCha crypto stamps (blockchain) based resource mobilization mechanism for global and local youth climate action empowerment (vision for the future: “crypto stamps based resource mobilization for youth/citizens climate action empowerment” as a service provided by GloCha to youth networks, cities, public authorities, campaigns, music initiatives, etc.)
3. To Launch a call for applications for our GloCha “digital innovation for youth climate action” team, which is going to work on: (a) an individual climate action dashboard platform and app (facilitating formulation of smart goals (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely) for youth climate action,  digital measurement, reporting, and verification), (b) (blockchain based) crypto stamps management (enabling participatory and transparent investments in local and global climate action and climate action empowerment), (c) digital community building and digital climate pact platform/ecosystem (city/local community level) (for social verification, crowd- evaluation and GloCha certification of citizens’ climate action and its outcomes) and (d) GloCha global registry for the global registration of certified elements of the individual climate action dashboard (e) organization of a workshop (to be held in Klagenfurt (Austria) and online) in November 2020 for presentation, improvement and integration of above mentioned digital solutions
4. To pre-announce a „GloCha Good Life“ conference and Youth Climate Action Leadership Awards initiative for the development of ethical standards for „good“ lifestyles and civic engagement in times of climate emergency with UNESCO MOST (tbc.) (expected to be held on 10th of October 2020 in the context of the TED Countdown conference https://countdown.ted.com/) 
5. To present ongoing and planned GloCha music initiatives: Music4SDGs, Music4Peace, Global Challenges Youth Music Contest in support of Action for Climate Empowerment 2021, etc.

The GloCha IYD 2020 dialogue will be moderated by Ali Mustafa, founder of Generation Next – Voice of Youth and the GloCha sponsored International Youth Conference initiative. In the welcome session, Ali Mustafa will be joined by the Co-Founder of International Youth Conference Quratulain Tejani, who will explain about the outcomes of the International Youth Conference 2020.

The introductory presentation will be given by IAAI GloCha founder and CEO Miroslav Polzer, who will be joined by youth climate action leader Marie-Claire Graf, representatives of ECOS Community, GloCha team members and partners and members of the Climate Chain Coalition (the leading global network of experts in the field of digital innovation/blockchain for climate action).

Links to information about recent GloCha events and further information:

• UN HLPF 2020 official side event „Pacts, Bonds and Digital Innovation for Youth Engagement in Climate Action and Agenda2030 Implementation„, 14 July 2020 https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=20000&nr=7095&menu=2993
• IAAI GloCha #AllOfSociety #DigitalCooperation for #GlobalGoals webinar on #UN75 Charter Day 26 June 2020: http://webtv.un.org/search/un75-webinar-all-of-society-digital-cooperation-for-global-goals-climate-action/6168132430001/?term=&lan=english&page=9
• International Youth Conference 2020: https://gnvoy.org/iyc-2020/
• GloCha presentation to the Climate Education, Communication and Outreach Stakeholder Community ECOS, 22 July 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD2gNKerYbA&feature=emb_title
• Presentation of the GloCha individual climate action dashboard and digital climate pact plans at the webinar „Envisioning a People’s COP“ with Yale Open Innovation Lab: https://youtu.be/w0c7dWQy9aI?t=1508 – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mauUjZ6RNo1I_KJHk1bCuWgVDgwWkx4L/view?usp=sharing
• Klagenfurt Leadership Declaration on Global Challenges, Youth and Information and Communication Technologies, June 2014 https://youtu.be/KDjxUOE5NtE, GloCha Conference 2014 “Sustainable Development, Innovation and Youth – Building the Knowledge Base and Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure for Youth Led Civic Engagement in Local and Global Sustainable Development Action”

https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/pre-sale-of-glocha-crypto-stamps-2020-investing-in-youth-climate-action-empowerment

„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.

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=20000&nr=7095&menu=2993

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 26^th of June 2020 in celebration of the 75^th 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 

Registration: https://yale.zoom.us/j/95625704388

With live and on-demand webcast on UN WebTV

http://webtv.un.org/search/un75-webinar-all-of-society-digital-cooperation-for-global-goals-climate-action/6168132430001/?term=&lan=english&page=3

On 26^th of June 1945 – exactly 75 years ago – representatives of national governments signed the UN Charter. The world has changed significantly since then. The nature of global challenges has changed and people all over the world more than ever before feel united in a community of destiny challenged i.a. by the climate change crisis and the health crisis caused by COVID19.

The organizers of the “#AllOfSociety #DigitalCooperation for #GlobalGoals” webinar want to use the momentum of the #UN75 celebration and the recent presentation of the “Roadmap for Digital Cooperation” and the “UN Data Strategy for Action by Everyone, Everywhere” by the UN Secretary General to envision new – digitally empowered futures for the United Nations system in which all of society and especially youth and local communities will be engaged in a meaningful and rewarding manner.

For this future oriented discussion, we have organized this webinar to create a virtual forum to collaboratively reflect on the current operating system of global community and to explore new avenues for the enhanced mobilization of action and resources of non-state actors for better delivery of public good on local and global level, guided by the Sustainable Development Goals/Agenda2030.

• Welcome
  • Miroslav Polzer, Founder and CEO of IAAI GloCha; Focal Point Digital Innovation Community – Climate Chain Coalition
  • Martin Wainstein, Yale Open Innovation Lab – Open Climate Collabathon
  • Ali Mustafa, International Youth Conference – Generation Next Voice of Youth, IAAI UN DGC youth delegate
  • Douglas Ragan, UN Habitat, Programme Management Officer – Children and Youth, Human Rights & Social Inclusion Unit
  • Hawa Diallo, UN Department for Global Communication (DGC), Outreach Department, Civil Society Unit
  • Margo Lazaro, President & Chair of the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY, Co-Founder/CSO of the SDG Impact Awards, UN2020 Coordinating Partner
  • Eric Apelgren, Head, International Governance and Relations – EThekwini Municipality – City of Durban, South Africa
• Jovan Kurbalija, Diplo Foundation Geneva – Keynote 1 (10 minutes): Multistakeholder Governance Innovation – Lessons Learned from the Internet Governance Forum
• Vienna Looi, UN RebootTheEarth winner, eco, COALA.global, Stanford CodeX/Zero Degree Project, Economic Space Agency – Keynote 2 – Envisioning a digitally empowered economic system for a sustainable world
• John Crowley – UNESCO MOST – Keynote 3: Global Public Sector Innovation empowered by Digital Innovation
• Yu Ping Chan, Senior Programme Officer, Office of the Under-Secretary General and Special Advisor on Preparations for the 75th UN Anniversary & the High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation

Cultural element – Music intervention by Yinka Lamboginny Lawanson

• Miroslav Polzer, IAAI GloCha & Martin Wainstein, Yale Open Innovation Lab: Presentation of the Outcomes of the “Envisioning a People’s COP webinar” https://youtu.be/w0c7dWQy9aI Digital Climate Pact & Open Climate Collabathon
• Alexandre Caldas, Chief, Country Outreach, Technology, Innovation and Big Data Branch, UN Environment 
• Yunus Arikan, ICLEI/LGMA local authorities constituency – Digital Cooperation towards globally connected and empowered local communities – the key to a sustainable world
• Timothy Damon, Global Youth Development Institute & Education, Communication and Outreach Community ECOS
• Wiseman Mkhize, City of Durban, Clermont Choir and IAAI South Africa representative – Music & Cities & Africa
• Discussion of questions and comments from the chat
  
• Yu Yang (Neo) Lin, ECO2 Ledger
• Marie-Laure Burgener, GreenGoWeb

Background:

Youth/Fridays for Future, people on the street demand effective global climate action. We see a paradigm shift  in global climate action collaboration with national governments now welcoming non-state actors’ climate action in the UNFCCC process/Paris Agreement. Disruptive COVID19 circumstances and postponed government focused COP26 gives us a chance to reimagine the way we organize global climate talks and explore new avenues for coordination and incentivization of multistakeholder climate action. New technologies (e.g. blockchain) enable the global community to deploy new solutions for meaningful and rewarding engagement of all societal stakeholders. 

We need ambitious climate action now! Let’s be creative – let’s collaborate! #RaceToZero #ActionNow

Schedule:

6:00 – 6:05   Welcome message by the organizers

6:05 – 6:10   –  Angel Hsu — Data Driven Labs (Yale-NUS) – Context I: Status quo of global non-state actors’ climate action

6:10 – 6.15   –   European Commission – Context II: European Climate Pact – EU’s non-state actors’ Engagement Innovation

6:15 – 7.00   Flash presentation of initiatives, ideas and plans by panelists: members of the Digital Innovation Community (DICO), Education, Communication & Outreach Stakeholders Community (ECOS), youth (YOUNGO) and local governments & municipal authorities (LGMA) constituencies in the context of the UNFCCC process

–     Miroslav Polzer, IAAIGloCha, Dig. Innov. Comm. (COP26 Digital Pavilion, Digital Pact, Music, Gamification)

–     Martin Wainstein, Yale Open Lab (Climate CollabathonClimate Action Tracking and Accounting)

–     Tom Baumann, Climate Chain Coalition – D2I2 Data & Digital Innovation Infrastructure

–     Anita Mujumdar, Evercity – CCC Finance team – Digital Finance

–     Mark McCaffrey, Education, Communication & Outreach Stakeholders Community #Learn4Climate

–     Marie Claire Graf, Swiss youth delegate to the UNFCCC process, YOUNGO focal point

–     Yunus Arikan, ICLEI – Local government and municipal authorities (LGMA) focal point

–     UN Climate Change or/and COP26 presidency reflections

7:00 -7:15    Facilitated discussion and interactive ideation with Q&A via text from audience

7:15 – 7:50   Open Climate Dialogue in break out rooms (speakers gather ideas and comments from the general audience)

7:50 – 8.00   Final announcements, summaries and next steps.

Link to the presentation of Miroslav Polzer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qgtj6W61GFqFxqhoyMiNg1b_lqegPDbB/view?usp=sharing

IAAI GloCha has been partner of the International Youth Conference 2020 gnvoy.org/iyc/, organized by Generation Next – Voice of Youth initiative https://www.facebook.com/gnvoy/

The virtual conference has been an exceptional success with more than 1500 registered participants from more than 70 countries.

During the conference there has been launched the global Generation Next youth network which will facilitate the setting up of action oriented youth hubs around the world. IAAI GloCha pledged to support the network and especially the network’s youth climate action programs with knowledge, digital innovation solutions, our streamyard platform and resource mobilization (#GiveYouthAChance). UN system partners of the network are especially the UN Department for Global Communication’s Civil Society Unit and the UN Habitat Youth and Urban Economy Unit.

For IAAI it has been also a great experience to activley participate in the #IYC2020 Youth Climate Action Innovation session in which very knowledgeable and committed youth climate action leaders shared their dieas on how to inc rease the level of ambition and the effectiveness of local and global climate action (link to video on demand: https://youtu.be/Au69r1izY7k)