Realtime Notes (Incomplete)
Commemorative Moment - 1st Plenary Meeting
the next few years are critical
Opening statements of the Meeting
First speech
civil society and the youth are critical for the climate movement
but politicians are critical to make it work
First fossil fuel free car produced in Sweden
Green growth can create prosperity for all
The hope is that Stockholm +50 can accelerate the transition
Second speech (Hulu Kenyatta)
Taking stock of the progress of the past 50 years
Deepened understanding of the grave environmental threat affecting us all
We stand or fall together
We have made less progress on designing and implementing bold actions to address the threat
We must use this opportunity to map the accelerated way forward
In Kenya, we have prioritized environmental issues.
triple threat of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.
Need for legal and binding agreement for ending plastic pollution.
Next 50 years
Africa is least responsible and suffering most for climate emissions
Honor commitments to double climate finance
Heighten ambitions
By the time we are at COP27 in Nov 2022, we should have a mature package for action.
Echoing former Swedish prime minister
Our future is common
and we should shape it together
Antonio Guterres
Global wellbeing is being jeopordized by our inability to keep our environmental promises
We are consuming 1.7 planets per year
We need 3 earths if we consume at the rate of the most developed countries
We face a triple crisis / threat of pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss
We must end our suicidal war against nature
We have the tools but lack leadership and collaboration
We must act on our commitment, otherwise it is nothing but hot air and hot air is killing us
New biodiversity agreement coming, as well as plastic treaty.
The climate crisis threatens everything
Science report that there is 50% chance of temporarily breaching 1.5Deg C in the next 5
We must cut emissions by 40%
G20 must dismantle coal in OECD countries by 2030
shift fossil fuel subsidies to support green transition and disenfranchised
Transform accounting systems that support damage
GDP increases when we overfish or destroy forests
We must shift to a circular, regenerative economy based on trust and collaboration
Everyone has a role to play
Let's recommit to words and deeds enshrined in the 1972 Stockholm agreement
Abuddulah Shahed
Food systems are struggling due to environmental degradation
Human progress cannot progress in a degraded environment
Salute small island states for pushing 1.5 deg into the limelight.
Commitments must be followed by action
Greater collaboration is needed more than ever
Stockholm+50 provides opportunity to renew the urgency of our commitment, and to needed multi-lateralism
Youth is taking matter into their own hands
We need to follow their needs
July 19 environment for Nature meeting in NY
Botswana speaker
Inger Anderson, Executive Director of UNEP
We have no excuses for the inaction
need to turn commitments into action
The earth is our commons
Nations need to protect our common home
Let's unleash a paradigm shift for the benefit of future generations
President of Colombia
Covid has exasperated the environmental commitments
We have led the pact to protect Amazon, leading zero deforestation effort
New finance targets need to achieve 100 billion dollars promised
Act now and mobilize resources