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                                UN Climate Change
                                Global Climate Action
                                9 October 2020




                                NEWSLETTER
                                Race to Zero

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                                It's Time to Turn our Big Ideas into Action



                                The global countdown to a healthier, 
greener, more resilient world kicks off on Saturday — 10.10.20 — with the 
launch of the Countdown initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to 
the climate crisis.

                                The science is clear: The world must halve 
greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and radically regenerate nature at the same 
time, in order to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

                                Countdown, powered by TED and Future 
Stewards, seeks to answer five interconnected questions that will inform the 
blueprint to a zero-carbon economy by 2050:

                                ●       How rapidly can we switch to 100 
percent clean power?
                                ●       How can we upgrade the way we move 
and transport people and things?
                                ●       How can we re-imagine and re-make 
the materials around us?
                                ●       How can we spark a worldwide shift 
to healthier food systems?
                                ●       How do we better protect and 
re-green the earth?

                                Countdown launches on Saturday with a 
five-hour virtual event on YouTube, where a stellar list of speakers will 
share the solutions needed and call for leaders and people alike to step up. 
Speakers include poet and activist Amanda Gorman; Freetown, Sierra Leone, 
mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr; youth activist Xiye Bastida; UN Secretary-General 
António Guterres, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa, 
Pope Francis, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen; ReNew 
Power Chief Technology Officer Varun Sivaram; IKEA CEO Jesper Brodin; and 
Global Optimism cofounder Christiana Figueres. Celebrity hosts and 
performers include Mark Ruffalo, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jane Fonda, Prince 
Royce, Yemi and Sigrid. The fifth and closing session is all about action 
and what we can do to accelerate the race to zero emissions, including by 
joining the Race to Zero.

                                Countdown is a movement open to everyone — 
because everyone has a role to play. So tune in on Saturday from 8AM PT/ 
11AM ET/ 4PM CEST/ 10PM CST, and tell your friends, family, colleagues and 
neighbours to #JoinTheCountdown.

                                After 10.10.20: Over the next year, 
Countdown will support cross-sector projects designed to tackle 
climate-related challenges, bringing together leaders from business, 
finance, government, local communities, science, the arts and philanthropy. 
Each project will set bold goals and drive fresh commitments, leading up to 
the Countdown Summit and the COP26 in 2021. Independent Countdown Circles 
will also host citizen-led conversations around the world, exploring the 
initiative's five fundamental questions.

                                In addition to the live global event, over 
500 TEDx Countdown virtual events in nine languages are planned around the 
world, encouraging communities and citizens to take action locally while 
also feeding local solutions and ideas into the global conversation.

                                In Case You Missed it...

                                Leaders’ Pledge for Nature: More than 70 
political leaders (and growing) have signed a 10-point pledge to halt the 
destruction of nature by 2030.

                                Charoen Pokphand Group takes aim at 
agriculture emissions: Thailand’s largest private company, CP Group, is 
targeting net zero emissions across its operations by 2030. “As a 
conglomerate active across every aspect of the food system, we need to do 
our part to reduce the agriculture sector’s carbon footprint and leverage 
innovation across our businesses for a more sustainable future,” Chief 
Executive Suphachai Chearavanont wrote on LinkedIn.

                                UK National Health System goes for net zero: 
Britain’s largest employer, responsible for 4 percent of the country’s 
carbon footprint, aims to reduce the emissions it can control by 2040 and 
those it can influence in the supply chain by 2045.

                                Chile to make hydrogen from wind: Enel Green 
Power Chile is teaming up with Chilean electricity company AME and others to 
install a pilot project that makes green hydrogen from wind in Patagonia. 
Expected to start up in 2022, it will be one of the largest green hydrogen 
plants in Latin America.

                                Oxford’s principles for carbon offsetting: 
Carbon offsetting, if done properly, can contribute to net zero strategies, 
especially in hard-to-decarbonize sectors such as aviation and agriculture. 
The University of Oxford’s four principles will help ensure that happens.





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