The Skoll Foundation, along with a number of Skoll social entrepreneurs and partners, will be participating in the Copenhagen meetings on climate change later this month. Reflecting the high caliber of environmental leaders in the Skoll portfolio, some 10 Skoll social entrepreneurs and/or their organizations will be at Copenhagen:
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These organizations work across a range of climate issues: deforestation of the Amazon, water, resource utilization and waste treatment, renewable energies, green building, and sustainable accounting. Several are involved in the official activities - Ceres, for example, will participate in a UN Environmental Program Finance Initiative session as well as brief the U.S. congressional delegation to the conference. All are also involved in a range of side events. A sampling: Global Footprint Network will be on a European Environment Agencypolicy roundtable, ACORE is sponsoring the U.S. Pavilion at Bright Green, a green tech exposition, and Amazon Conservation Team is involved in a series of deforestation side events, where it will highlight its use of satellite mapping to empower local Amazonian tribes’ land ownership rights.
We’ll have a series of reports on Skoll’s website over the next couple of weeks leading into, and from, Copenhagen. Next time, we’ll talk about what we plan to do with Skoll partners Alliance for Climate Protection and AVINA, both of which will be active in Copenhagen.
Latest News and Blog Posts from Copenhagen:
Skoll Foundation blog posts
- “Amazon Conservation Team Creates Innovative Virtual Tour on Deforestation”
- “More Skoll Reporting from Copenhagen”
- “Heading Toward the End Game in Copenhagen?”
- “More from the Ground in Copenhagen”
- “On the Ground in Copenhagen”
- “What’s a Copenhagen Side Event, Anyway?”
- “Skoll & Partners at Copenhangen”
- “Prepping for Copenhagen”
Press and blog content
- “Copenhagen: What’s Next” - Global Footprint Network- Blog post by CEO Mathis Wackernagel
- “The Climate Experts Forum - The Copenhagen Agreement - A Disappointment or a Relief (Ceres) FT.com
- “Leading U.S. Companies Offer Praise for Climate Agreement in Copenhagen (Ceres Press Release)
- “White House in PR mode over Copenhagen, (ACORE) AFP
- “US Press Cool over Obama-backed Climate Deal” (ACORE) Breitbart.com
- “It’s All About the Money” (Op-ed by Mindy Lubber of Ceres), ClimateBiz
- “Climate Conference Emits its Share of Carbon” (Global Footprint Network), Associated Press
- “Leading U.S. Business Call on President Obama to Achieve a Global Climate Deal” (Ceres Press Release)
- “U.S. Unveils Plan to Rev Up Green Tech in Developing Countries (Barefoot College), The Washington Post
- “Raising the Emissions Ante” (Mindy Lubber of Ceres), FT.com
- “‘Landmark’ legal opinion finds that indigenous Brazilian tribe in Amazon owns carbon rights” (Amazon Conservation Team), Genetic Engineering & Biotech News
- “Treaty Conference on Climate Opens in Copenhagen” (Mindy Lubber of Ceres), Socialfunds.com
- “The Arena: Copenhagen Climate Conference Edition (Mindy Lubber of Ceres), Politico.com
- “Will Israel get slammed at Copenhagen Summit” (FoEME quoted), All Headline News.com
- “Obama at the Copenhage Endgame: Climate Experts Forum” (Mindy Lubber of Ceres), Financial Times
- “Copenhagen Starts at Home – Miliband” (BioRegional Development Group), Central Office of Information
Twitter activity on the Copenhagen talks:
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