At the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in December 2019 in Madrid, IAAI strengthened its ties with ECOS with a joint ECOS & DICO reception on innovative non-state actors‘ engagement in climate action, generously sponsored by IAAI COP25 delegation member Henk Rogers (Blue PLanet Foundation).
Furthermore IAAI hosted the COP25 press conference of ECOS, which can be watched here: https://unfccc-cop25.streamworld.de/webcast/iaai-ecos-building-the-knowledge-base-for-global-c
IAAI GloCha in cooperation with the Climate Chain Coalition led the formation of the Climate Action Digital Innovation Community (DICO)at the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in December 2019 in Madrid to facilitate the networking, capacity building and cooperation within the UN climate action governance processes and programs (UNFCCC, Agenda2030, et al.). Digital innovation here is understood in its broadest terms, including general infromation and communication technology like mobile communication technology and earth observation, but especially also so called 4th industrial revolution/ emerging technologies like blockchain/DLT, Artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT). DICO evolved from the Climate Chain Coalition (CCC) www.climatechaincoalition.io with CCC members being starting points and important building blocks of DICO. DICO’s initial flagship initiative are (1) D2I2 – Innovation Infrastructure for People and Planet powered by Data and Digital Technology and (2) COP26 Digital Innovation pavilion. Focal points: Tom Baumann (CCC) & MIroslav Polzer (IAAI GloCha)
Coordination and networking among DICO members has been organized in daily morning meetings. On 10th of December one of these IAAI CCC DICO morning meetings has been devoted to the formation of a joint Climate Action Working Group by CCC and INATBA (International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications) (see photo above)
Join us! – Blockchain for Climate Action Accounting and Entrepreneurship public networking event in the context of the #NYCClimateWeek and #UNClimateSummit 2019
Climate Chain Coalition, IAAI GloCha and Yale Open Labs are hosting a public networking event to present the vision for a Global Climate Action Data Center and an Open Climate Data platform to facilitate entrepreneurship and broad collaboration among all relevant stakeholders and in order to mobilize resources, including climate philanthropists for the creation of the technological infrastructure for multi-stakeholder engagement in climate action.
Young people are important change agents and need to be engaged in climate action as a special group of so called non-state actors. To be able to help the world to implement the Paris Agreement and to achieve the Sustainable development goals of Agenda2030, young people need concrete engagement opportunities, they need intellectual and financial resources/incentives and they need access to information and communication technology tools which connect local action with global goals and incentives.
The multistakeholder partnership GloCha is spearheading global large scale resource mobilization for the creation of the institutional and technological infrastructure for youth empowerment for climate action with its initiative #GiveYouthAChance Call for Resource for Youth Climate Action (campaign flyer: http://bit.ly/GYACflyer) which has been launched at the United Nations Climate Change conference COP22 in Marrakech in November 2016 (more info: http://www.glocha.info/index.php/giveyouthachance) and elaborated further at the .climate conference COP23 in Bonn in November 2017 (more info: https://unfccc-cop25.streamworld.de/videos/call-resources-youth-climate-action)
photo: #GiveYouthAChance Call for Resources for Youth Climate Action launch at COP22; https://youtu.be/CwjaUkmBOOM
As the climate action leaders of the world are gathering at the California Global Climate Action Summit #GCAS2018 in San Francisco 12-14 September 2018 GloCha is providing a unique opportunity for wealth holders from around the world to meet, to demonstrate leadership in philanthropy and social imapct investment, and to make a bold announcement which will be heard by the whole world regarding Building the Resource Base for Multistakeholder Climate Action.
On 14th September 2018 9.00-11.00 AM PST GloCha Foundation New York and partners (e.g. Earth Day Network, UNESCO Management of Social Transformation Programme, Unify.Earth, .. ) are organizing an exclusive meeting at the Bay Aquarium at which resource holders will have a chance to explore with leading climate action leaders and youth representatives which philanthropy or social impact investment interventions would deliver the highest impact and coordinate actions in a synergetic manner:
youth empowerment for climate action programs (participation in climate governance, education and climate entrepreneurship resources) , in cooperation with leading youth climate action organizations (see COP23 press conference video)
(blockchain technology based) information and communication technology infrastructure for multistakeholder climate action (a list of priority projects will be elaborated at the GCAS affiliate event on 11th September (https://www.glocha.org/2018/08/07/gcas2018-blockchain-for-climate-action-event-in-san-francisco/)
a climate museum (concept to be presented by the SF Bay institute)
gamification: City Climate Olympics
crowdfunding for a (GloCha) Global Climate Action Center in NYC
If You would like to receive an invitation to the event, please send an email with an explanation on how you would like to contribute to the success of the event to polzer@glocha.info
We – the global challenges action network GloCha– believe in the power of music and we believe in the great potentials of young people to help the world master the global climate change crisis.
Therefore we are organizing in the context of the California Global Climate Action summit 2018the „Youth Creating Global Change“ celebration at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on 13th September 2018 8.00-9.00 PM PST .
free admission – donations welcome!
Live Performances by
The Human Experience Live set by David Block with special guests https://www.humanexperiencecreations.com/
SF Sound Meditation, Featuring Guy Douglas and Simona Asinovski http://www.soundmeditationsf.com/
Tua Pitman – Master Navigator, Polynesian Voyaging Society http://www.hokulea.com/
Amanda Ravenhill, Buckminster Fuller Institute, https://www.bfi.org/
Carin Winters – Mission Be
Featuring GloCha GCAS Youth Climate Music Call Winners
Arielle Martinez Cohen
Lisa Russel
See you at Grace Cathedral! Doors open at 7, show starts at 8pm.
You don’t want to miss stories of activism, education, and inspiration through music and art.
The event is being presented by IAAI – the International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges, a UN accredited not-for-profit civil society organization which is based in Austria in collaboration with the Ghiberti Center for Culture at Grace Cathedral and Unify.Earth. The producer of the event is the GloCha Global Challenges Foundation New York Inc, a 501c3 public charity organization which serves as the secretariat and joint program implementation body of the GloCha partnership www.glocha.org
The event aims:
To showcase music (videos as well as live performances) which inspires, supports and energizes efforts for the global common good (and espcially climate action, like the California Global Climate Action Summit)
To give a stage and audience for stories of youth led civic engagement and action for people and planet
To promote a culture of low-carbon lifestyles
To present technological and institutional solutions for youth empowerment for climate action
A key element of the event will be the presentation and discussion of music as a means to inspire and mobilize society for enhanced climate action.
Contact: Miroslav Polzer, executive secretary IAAI and member of the board of directors of GloCha Fdt NY, polzer@glocha.info, Tel.: 646 627 6408 and Ari Eisenstat, Ari.eisenstat@gmail.com
www.open-austria.com in the context of the Austrian EU Council Presidencyhttps://eu2018.at/
in cooperation with
www.glocha.org
About the event:
Digital innovation and especially Distributed ledger technology (blockchain) can be very important enablers of enhanced climate action.
DLT and blockchain could:
strengthen monitoring, reporting and verification of the impacts of climate action
improve transparency, traceability and cost-effectiveness of climate action
build trust among climate actors
make incentive mechanisms for climate action accessible to the poorest
support mobilization of green finance.
To encourage exploration and eventual use of this technology in support of climate action, the UN Climate Change secretariat initiated and facilitated the creation of the Climate Chain Coalition. (see https://unfccc.int/news/un-supports-blockchain-technology-for-climate-action for more details) In light of the importance of the California Global Climate Action Summit for the implementation of the Paris Agreement and in order to tap into the unique innovation and technology development potentials of California, the Climate Chain Coalition is organizing workshops and a public networking event in the context of GCAS2018 to facilitate broad collaboration among all relevant stakeholders and in order to galvanize financial as well as intellectual resource mobilization for the creation of the technological infrastructure for multi-stakeholder engagement in climate action
Draft Agenda
Venue: Galvanize, 44 Tehama St, San Francisco, CA (floor plan)
Part I – CCC Working Meetings:
Time: 1 PM – 5 PM Meeting Room: Speakeasy
Tentative Workshop Agenda:
Opening messages (5 minutes)
Roundtable introductions (20 minutes)
CCC organization update and Q&A (15 minutes)
CCC member presentations (see below time allotted)
Presentation of the GloCha (Youth) Climate Entrepreneurship / Agenda2030 Marketplace initiative (certifying and trading climate action impact with blockchain technology and SDGs metrics) with a video message from UNIDO HQ in Vienna (15 minutes)
Presentation of the City Climate Olympics initiative (gamification of climate action & blockchain/IoT) (10 minutes) – Video conference connection with Complexity Science Hub/ETH Zürich workshop participants in Vienna (10 minutes)
CCC team meetings (30 minute breakout groups + 30 minutes report back with Q&A Discussion)
additional proposals from CCC members
Part II – Public Event/Outreach/Networking/Reception
Time: 6 PM – 9 PM Meeting Room: Townhall
Opening Session (20 minutes)
Welcome by CCC co-chairs Tom Baumann and Massamba Thioye
Welcome by the hosts and sponsors of the event: Open Austria SF /Austrian EU presidency 2018 (additional sponsors to be confirmed)
Welcome by COP24 high level climate champion Tomasz Chruszczow (to be confirmed)
Welcome by Canada’s Climate Change Ambassador Patricia Fuller (to be confirmed)
Thematic I – UN Global Climate Action Agenda (20 minutes)
Massamba Thioye, UNFCCC – How Blockchain can support climate action by non-Party Stakeholders
Thematic II – Climate Chain Coalition (15 minutes)
Tom Baumann, CCC – Presentation of the Climate Chain Coalition
Thematic III – Climate and Digital Innovations Good Practice Cases (45 minutes)
Good Practice Cases (from CCC members and event partners)
(speakers to be confirmed)
Thematic IV – Resource Mobilization for Blockchain for Enhanced Climate Action
Presentation and discussion on resource mobilization for blockchain for enhanced climate action (20 minutes) – Miroslav Polzer, IAAI Klagenfurt, Ari Eisenstat, GloCha Foundation New York Inc., John R Seydel, Turner Foundation Inc., et al.
