#ZeroZero at COP20 (day 2)

How can we achieve zero poverty and zero net emissions within a generation? Participants at the 12th Development and Climate Days at COP20, organised by IIED, RCRC Climate Centre, ODI and CDKN, explored this issue through innovative approaches and incisive dialogue. This is what happened...

  1. We're up bright and early and raring to go - welcome to Day 2 of #zerozero - what a line-up! @IIED @cdknetwork @RCClimate @ODIclimate
  2. Getting ready to start #zerozero day 2: agenda is learning & knowledge management plus tough trade offs for #climatecompatibledevelopment
  3. .@SaleemulHuq's video round-up of day 6 at #COP20 focuses on achieving zero poverty & zero emissions -->  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X1Or8D4XxU  #zerozero
  4. Exciting Sunday morning for #ckbrokers: Mary Robinson chairing panel on effective knowledge management/brokering to achieve #zerozero #cop20
  5. Mary Robinson joins D&C Days 4 discussions on effective knowledge management @MRFCJ @SaleemulHuq @RCClimate #zerozero http://t.co/em0sNXSIkF
    Mary Robinson joins D&C Days 4 discussions on effective knowledge management @MRFCJ @SaleemulHuq @RCClimate #zerozero pic.twitter.com/em0sNXSIkF
  6. Great audience for first session of #zerozero. Mary Robinson in top form in chair. @mrcjf #cop20 http://t.co/BjtLn4ctmh
    Great audience for first session of #zerozero. Mary Robinson in top form in chair. @mrcjf #cop20 pic.twitter.com/BjtLn4ctmh
  7. Feel lucky to get to see Mary Robinson speak again. This time on how to integrate climate into development #zerozero http://t.co/5zAJF4oDLp
    Feel lucky to get to see Mary Robinson speak again. This time on how to integrate climate into development #zerozero pic.twitter.com/5zAJF4oDLp
  8. Vital to build gender issues into climate programmes - the pressures on women in Africa due to climatechange are complex & extreme #zerozero
  9. #zerozero: 'We can do that', says Mary Robinson @MRFCJ, introducing panel on Day 2 of D&C Days. http://t.co/KEX54r3gLJ
    #zerozero: 'We can do that', says Mary Robinson @MRFCJ, introducing panel on Day 2 of D&C Days. pic.twitter.com/KEX54r3gLJ
  10. Vera Scholz @giz_gmbh suggests scientists' inability to dumb down is what stops politicians from acting on climate change. #zerozero #cop20
  11. Geoff Barnard @cdknetwork "Are we drowning in a sea of information? Our ability to process is far behind. And we do this in silos" #zerozero
  12. "Do online platforms sufficiently deliver knowledge 4 evidence-based decision making?" @SouthSouthNorth addressing info barriers #zerozero
  13. 'Let's face it, we cannot continue with business as usual, we have a radical agenda to deliver' - Mary Robinson @MRFCJ #zerozero #COP20
  14. "We need much more networking at a country level, and less emphasis on the global" "Local people don't think in boxes" M Robinson #zerozero
  15. Climate knowledge must trickle down to grassroots: Susan Santos de Cardenas of #Philippines at D&C Days #zerozero. http://t.co/JwvzXNK6Ig
    Climate knowledge must trickle down to grassroots: Susan Santos de Cardenas of #Philippines at D&C Days #zerozero. pic.twitter.com/JwvzXNK6Ig
  16. Communities themselves will bring us to #zerozero. Our job as NGOs and public servants is to accompany and serve @MRFCJ @IIED @cdknetwork
  17. Questions about how climate change access can become more accessible at #zerozero. Open Access even here!
  18. What will we do to reach 0 poverty, 0 emissions #zerozero ? Encourage & educate consumers, voters to take action against climate crisis!
  19. Zero poverty/emissions: 'Let's get on with it!', says @MRFCJ closing at D&C Days #zerozero (with @ODI's Orla Martin). http://t.co/jBdBvhOk7G
    Zero poverty/emissions: 'Let's get on with it!', says @MRFCJ closing at D&C Days #zerozero (with @odi's Orla Martin). pic.twitter.com/jBdBvhOk7G
  20. Finding a common language during serious(ly) fun game at D&C days #zerozero http://t.co/uGGoaerY4F
    Finding a common language during serious(ly) fun game at D&C days #zerozero pic.twitter.com/uGGoaerY4F
  21. zero poverty zero emissions within a generation. It will be difficult but we have no alternative. #zerozero
  22. It flies! Intiñan lighter-than-air sculpture left the ground today briefly at D&C Days #zerozero. And landed safely. http://t.co/wj3Zh0ejei
    It flies! Intiñan lighter-than-air sculpture left the ground today briefly at D&C Days #zerozero. And landed safely. pic.twitter.com/wj3Zh0ejei
  23. Justice is based on values of human dignity but our current legal system isn't set up to address climate change -Tara Shine #zerozero @MRFCJ
  24. Without transparency of decision-making the result is profit-driven agendas made behind closed doors not in the interest of people #zerozero
  25. "Science tells us we need a fundamental change - this transformation will enable to move away from injustices" Tara Shine @MRFCJ #zerozero
  26. Tara Shine @MRFCJ we have to reach #zerozero within a generation or we'll undermine all devt gains we've made so far  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6YcYZvfVkM&feature=youtu.be 
  27. We need to move from today’s high-carbon low-efficiency world economy to tomorrow’s low-carbon high-efficiency one @AndrewSteerWRI #zerozero
  28. "The great thing about #zerozero is the clarity that we have to address both poverty and climate chance simultaneously" @AndrewSteerWRI
  29. "Why do we need to always speak to the Presidents – why don’t we start speaking to the children?" Claudia Martinez Zuleta #zerozero
  30. Need to move away from villainisation into a realisation of all our roles in the climate crises we face #zerozero
  31. We should have a tax on #emissions, not on poor people's incomes - @WorldResources' Andrew Steer #zerozero
  32. Every govt needs to steer away from fossil fuels & develop policies that give long-term perspectives out of coal & oil @Greenpeace #zerozero
  33. People on ground don't create "silly separations" between #climate change mitigation and #adaptation - @MRFCJ's Tara Shine #zerozero
  34. Civil society, business getting on with #climate action, almost as if #UNFCCC needs to catch up with us - @RCClimate's van Aalst #zerozero
  35. "Zero net emissions have become an integral part of the elimination of poverty that we cannot ignore" concludes Ali Tauqeer Sheikh #zerozero
  36. Peru's Environment Minister and COP 20 President Manuel Pulgar-Vidal arrives for high-level panel at #zerozero. http://t.co/pKpDHy6U1l
    Peru's Environment Minister and COP 20 President Manuel Pulgar-Vidal arrives for high-level panel at #zerozero. pic.twitter.com/pKpDHy6U1l
  37. .@SaleemulHuq convenes the last high-level panel discussion at D&C Days that asks what it will take to achieve coherence in 2015 #zerozero
  38. @SaleemulHuq asks the panel to put away their prepared speeches and speak from the heart on the #zerozero agenda http://t.co/9LDSdM8gwj
    @SaleemulHuq asks the panel to put away their prepared speeches and speak from the heart on the #zerozero agenda pic.twitter.com/9LDSdM8gwj
  39. This is the most interesting time of the last 50yrs. There is opportunity in sustainable devt + green economy' Manuel Pulgar-Vidal #zerozero
  40. @MinamPeru #manuelpulgarvidal "green economies are necessary for growth and to bring people out of poverty", #zerozero #LIMACOP20
  41. "Integrate domestic reality & global debate – balancing local priorities with top down decisions 4 success" Manuel Pulgar-Vidal #zerozero
  42. .@HelenClarkUNDP: "what worries me is you have different sets of ministers at different confs and they don't connect the dots" #zerozero
  43. If Paris #climate deal doesn't limit warming to 2 degrees, we're fooling ourselves to talk about success - @UNDP's Clark #zerozero
  44. .@HelenClarkUNDP at #ZeroZero: Need to use tidal wave of involvement in discussions around 2015 to force govs to follow through #COP20
  45. @helenclarkUNDP says the public needs to get a lot noisier to put pressure on politicians to promote #zerozero agenda http://t.co/kYg563pcID
    @HelenClarkUNDP says the public needs to get a lot noisier to put pressure on politicians to promote #zerozero agenda pic.twitter.com/kYg563pcID
  46. "We need to hear from youth, we need engagement with youth, we need to see youth as central in driving the agenda" @HelenClarkUNDP #zerozero
  47. At D&C Days #zerozero, @HelenClarkUNDP calls for growth that 'does not push beyond planetary boundaries', not growth at any price.
  48. Refreshing to be around hundreds of people who take gender inequality as a factual and pressing issue amidst other issues. #zerozero
  49. #zerozero is vital vehicle for bringing together 2 communities who have the power to make changes to tackle zero poverty & zero emissions
  50. Will be fight to get zero emissions into 2015 #climate deal but having long-term goal will be very important: Michael Jacobs #zerozero
  51. "Cannot eradicate poverty without tackling climate change, reverse is not true BUT has to be true." Michael Jacobs #zerozero #povertymeans
  52. #zerozero is brilliant political marketing says Michael Jacobs. We cant meet poverty goals without addressing climate change @cdknetwork
  53. "there is no difference between pursing the climate agenda or pursuing the sustainable development goals" @SelwinHart #zerozero
  54. As a jaded former negotiator, I want to say we are in a good place - Selwin Hart calls for optimism at #COP20 #zerozero
  55. Background soundtrack to closing remarks from panel at #zerozero provided by flock of 14 parrots overhead
  56. Some last thoughts from #zerozero. @SaleemulHuq: we need a third zero. Zero patience!
  57. @jorgemartin's graphic summary of D&C Days people's suggestions on achieving #zerozero. http://t.co/vFOSuZqpBO
    @jorgemartin's graphic summary of D&C Days people's suggestions on achieving #zerozero. pic.twitter.com/vFOSuZqpBO
  58. 'we are generation #zerozero' - volunteers at Development and Climate days http://t.co/NJ9A7jp3Hj
    'we are generation #zerozero' - volunteers at Development and Climate days pic.twitter.com/NJ9A7jp3Hj
  59. Taking it step by step - Red Cross volunteers argue we can do this - we can achieve #zerozero within a generation  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS_74GruGfQ&feature=youtu.be 
  60. How to reach #zero poverty #zeroemissions within a generation? here you have the answer! #zerozero #COP20Lima http://t.co/HRjN7LEbY7
    How to reach #zero poverty #zeroemissions within a generation? here you have the answer! #zerozero #COP20Lima pic.twitter.com/HRjN7LEbY7
  61. Poverty reduction is the end, zero emissions is the means #zerozero
  62. Ali Tauqeer Sheikh #zerozero requires inclusive development, renewable energy + tech transfer - but it is possible  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GZy95p6rOA&feature=youtu.be 
  63. Neil Leary - we don't have to have all the solutions to start moving towards #zerozero - just take the first step  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsb7p1rnRgE&feature=youtu.be 
  64. Wrapping up day two of #zerozero - thanks for all your inputs over the weekend - you've inspired us all  http://youtu.be/WsqEvccwBAM 
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