Mainstreaming green economies: pitching to people and power
The annual meeting of the Green Economy Coalition, of which IIED is a member, saw leaders from civil society, media, policy and business assess and discuss the status of the transition to green economies. See how the event unfolded below
- Interested in the green economy? Civil society, media, policy & business leaders will discuss mainstreaming today --> http://www.iied.org/mainstreaming-green-economies-pitching-people-power …
- #GEdialogue looking forward to hearing from the speakers @IIED @GECoalition today. Creating pitches to people & power should be interesting
- RT @GECoalition: @GECoalition's Oliver Greenfield: "Green economic reform needs collaboration" #GECdialogue
- Our Head of CR, @PeterC_tweet, is at "Mainstreaming green economies" ( http://ow.ly/AVNf6 ) today. Follow the discussions on #GECdialogue
- Greenfield: We need to take the conversation on green economies into the boardrooms, into homes, and into the pub #GECdialogue
- Sheng: 68 countries are now actively pursuing green economy policies. "This is not a fad, it's a milestone" @UNEP #GECdialogue
- Fulai Sheng: "Green economies are going to be here for some time. @UNEP is trying to provide practical guidance/blueprints" #GECdialogue
- @UNEP 's @shengfulai: @GECoalition "a phenomenal network of institutions aiming to bring people into green economy discourse" #GECdialogue
- .@Sir_David_King, UK's special representative for #climatechange, discussing the politics & its relevance to economic reform #GECdialogue
- China emissions have decreased 5 % over past year - Sir David King @GECoalition
- In February, @GECoalition brought together civil society, research & policy reps to discuss green economy challenges: http://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/updates/real-green-economies-report-now-out …
- #climatechange leadership is starting to happen, says @Sir_David_King, with China & US meeting for agreement. But lots unclear #GECdialogue
- @GECoalition @IIED @SirDavidKing Green economy (GE) must talk on the Green governance, ignoring it, GE itself could not do stated work.
- King: "I'm an optimist, I'm in this job because I'm an optimist but [success is] going to need significant political leadership #GECdialogue
- "This pattern of unplanned urban sprawl is not good for the economy or the climate" says @skc32 #GECdialogue
- "All around the world there are political changes making [transition to green economies] much more likely" says @skc32 #GECdialogue
- GEC forum: Fascinating predictions from @Sir_David_King on strong possibility of US-China led climate agreement
- FEEDBACK: What are your views on the topics being discussed at today's @GECoalition event? Let us know and have your say! #GECdialogue
- .@mleach_ids: "It’s tempting to say there are little, local solutions, but that’s where it stops..." (1/2) #GECdialogue
- MT @GECoalition: @mleach_ids "Citizen mobilisation and networking vital to the green economy transition we need." #GECdialogue (2/2)
- Some pertinent questions are now being asked regarding the positive storytelling of the transition to green economies... #GECdialogue
- David Woolacombe of @PeaceChild: "What we’re missing in the Hans Christian Andersen [approach]. New innovative ways of storytelling needed"
- .@_charlesperry: "79 countries have now reached grid parity of solar, and the UK isn't one of them. Leadership starts at home" #GECdialogue
- .@abbiepalache "We need to build the story of the shift to a #greeneconomy around the things we love" (1/2) #GECdialogue
- Fulai Sheng, UNEP, admits international institutions are poor at storytelling on the green economy #GECdialogue
- .@abbiepalache ..."So we view #forests as something we love, not just a financial resource" (2/2) #GECdialogue
- On the point expressed by @abbiepalache, here's a relevant blog on #forests & 'love-infused sustainable development': http://www.iied.org/sustainable-development-requires-infusion-love …
- .@shengfulai: "We need help from media (many are here) to tell us how to tell the [positive green economy] stories effectively" #GECdialogue
- There is a slight break at the @GECoalition #GECdialogue event as participants create #greeneconomy story pitches
- Participants are now pitching #greeneconomy stories to targeted audiences for the approval of a 'Dragons' Den' #GECdialogue
- Unusual conference, this. Tables invited to pitch answers to the big question. My table got as far as redefining the q #gecdialogue
- RT @Waterwise: @rtcc_megan the main barrier to green economy is the lack of real green finance #GECdialogue
- Great #greeneconomy pitch by @_charlesperry: "We need a power shift in favour of the facilitators over the obstructors" #GECdialogue
- Pitch from Margreet van Doodewaaard @hivos at #GECdialogue: "It’s the green & fair economy, stupid. It’s a given, it’s not going to go away"
- .@hlovins not impressed by the GE pitches. "Y’all suck! I heard one story! What is the story for 100% of the whole world?" #GECdialogue
- .@hlovins talking to the @GECoalition "We don't have time on green economy, and it's the one thing we need" #GECdialogue
- @GECoalition Genius of Hunter Lovins - create the compelling alternative narrative to Chicago School
- Strong stuff from @hlovins, highlighting Russell Brand's 'revolution' @BBCNewsnight interview with Jeremy Paxman... (1/2) #GECdialogue
- .@hlovins You really want revolution. Sarah Palin shoots better than you! In revolution we lose so what's our story to compete? #GECdialogue
- .@James_BG: "You sell a story with a headline. We’ve heard at #GECdialogue a precise picture of the current situation..." (1/2)
- .@James_BG: "...but still no headline, so still no story" (2/2) #GECdialogue
- RT @GECoalition: @James_BG: "Media coverage of green issues much better now than 5 years ago with more positive stories" #GECDialogue
- The basic story elements from @hlovins: We care about people so a story has to have protagonist - a hero or heroine. And a plot #GECdialogue
- MT @lizcarlile @hlovins pushes us much harder on what narrative we really have to compete with that around individual liberty? #GECdialogue
- RT @lizcarlile: @James_BG says Clean Tech sector needs to own the good news story like the IT sector did twenty years ago #GECdialogue
- It’s crunch time @ #GECdialogue! Equity is clear winner in audience vote on how to sell story of #greeneconomy. Environment the clear loser
- .@GECoalition asks where to focus efforts to take #greeneconomy story mainstream? Audience votes Dialogue over Advocacy & Evidence Gathering
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- Mark carney now taking climate change seriously says @SimonZadek #GECdialogue
- 'Systemic change is possible: adopt radical ambitions for change'@SimonZadek
- #GEDialogue @SimonZadek @unepinquiry It is a moment of opportunity to shift financial system to sustainability. New players. New pressures
- .@SimonZadek "New BRIC leadership will change the conversation on financial stability and green finance" #GECdialogue
- We're talking about financial reform & investment, and how it relates to green economies @ #GECdialogue. We welcome your views...
- Investors are not bankers, says @RajThamotheram. We need to reach the real investors to fund the shift to the #greeneconomy. #GECdialogue
- .@RajThamotheram adds: "Until we get to the core of the [financial] system, we are going to be chasing our tails" #GECdialogue
- #GEdialogue Simon Zadek just gave brilliant talk on UNEP inquiry on transforming global finance: we're at a moment of change, let's grasp it
- Govts, businesses, investors & more are embracing the #greeneconomy, but interpretation differences pose barriers --> http://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/updates/support-green-economy-surges-crucial-gaps-remain-says-new-report-gec-and-iied …
- .@franboait of @PositiveMoneyUK calls for a new banking system that works for society not against it. #GECdialogue
- . @SimonZadek the mandates on which the financial rules of the game are set need to change @fininquiry #gecdialogue
- Central banks have a maximum of a 36 month view. Is that long enough for sustainability - what do you think? #GECDialogue
- Which country will change the political narrative for financial system reform for #greeneconomies? #GECDialogue
- .@GECoalition wants to know what to do to transform finance to invest in #greeneconomy. What will create the biggest impact? #GECdialogue
- .@franboait of @PositiveMoneyUK "We can't have sustainable finance if commercial banks control the flow of new money" #GECdialogue
- What measures will best transform finance to serve a green and inclusive economy? @GECoalition #greeneconomy #GECdialogue @fininquiry @IIED
- If govt subsidies were redirected to more sustainable, greener initiatives, it would encourage other greeneconomy investment in #GECdialogue
- #GECDialogue great conversation w/ Tony Greenham of New Economics Foundation on the key leverage points to transform financial system
- Jeremy Bourden of @WorldCitiesNet suggests that if the world's unemployed youth mobilised, then suddenly there would be change #GECdialogue
- When it comes to financial reform, focus on areas ripe for reform, not those that will take a long time, suggests #GECdialogue attendee
- The existing financial sector is based on rigged markets designed to extract wealth, says one participant at the #GECdialogue
- Suggestion that missing in #GECdialogue is the idea of low-growth or no-growth economy. #Greeneconomy could be much less committed to growth
- .@Jo_Pike: If financial literacy important [for #greeneconomy], then ecological literacy is important for the financial sector #GECdialogue
- While we need technological innovation, we also need social innovation - to get increased well-being by using less resources #GECdialogue
- Final #GECdialogue comments: We need a green global dream. To tackle political apathy to rebuild citizen engagement. Strong heroes/villains
- .@GECoalition’s Oliver Greenfield: “We must recognise that the language of power is not science, but economics” #GECdialogue
- Greenfield: "If the developing world get this economic shift, then it is there we will focus our efforts..." (1/2) #GECdialogue
- Greenfield: "...those who call us the "environmental Taliban" will be left behind ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/greenpolitics/9617217/George-Osborne-describes-green-lobby-as-environmental-Taliban.html …) #GECdialogue
- "We will digest everything said & reposition our narrative, but this is an open narrative, an open network for collaboration" #GECdialogue
- #GECdialogue concludes with news of the launch of two online hubs in South Africa & India --> http://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/updates/meet-our-hubs-green-economy …