EuroPCom 2022

The EuroPCom spin-off 2022 is all about Communicating Climate Action. Find interviews with speakers, quotes from the sessions and more in our live blog!
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28/10/2022 01:15 PM

đź“ť Re-cap of session 2: Engaging citizens in climate action

Key take-aways:
âś” Climate action isn't generic and every region/culture has different needs and solutions.
âś” Sustainability should be credible and this is done through leading by example by governments and international institutions.
âś” 9 key words to address the debate (how do you turn climate awareness into climate action/engagement) from Prof. van Ypersele: humility, angry, calm, rigorous, context, confusion, (no) nativity,  hope, narrative

Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Professor of climatology at UCLouvain (Belgium)
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Professor of climatology at UCLouvain (Belgium)  

Somebody who is alarmist is exaggerating reality, but the reality is already alarming enough. ... The longer you talk about these individual changes [that people make] the less you talk about these big companies that sell fossil fuels.

Christina Wunder, Sustainability and climate communication, Google
Christina Wunder, Sustainability and climate communication, Google  

The task shifted from 10 years ago explaining what sustainability is and why we need it, to now showing people how to use it […] become active and be the change. 

Mariane Rodrigues, Environmental project manager at the NGO Redes da Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
Mariane Rodrigues, Environmental project manager at the NGO Redes da MarĂ©, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   

We can best engage favela residents and minorities in the fight against climate change if we help them understand that climate change is also a matter of life and death and that we need to fight it in the same way as we fight violence, hunger and poverty.

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28/10/2022 12:12 PM

đź“ť Re-cap of session 1: Communicating climate: #COP27, what's at stake? 

Key take-aways:
âś” Local authorities, regions and cities are crucial to implement very concrete climate actions that have an impact on citizens' daily lives: developing public transport, facilitating recycling, creating green spaces in cities…
âś” The energy crisis forces us to take action, including regarding the loss and damage issue: countries from the south will need more and more help and support
âś” In order to communicate efficiently about climate actions, be transparent: explain what is discussed at COP27, what is the outcome, tell stories about local actions connected to citizens

đź’¬ Quotes by the speakers:
Jacob Werksman - Principal Adviser for International aspects of EU Climate Policy, European Commission Directorate-General for Climate Action
Jacob Werksman - Principal Adviser for International aspects of EU Climate Policy, European Commission Directorate-General for Climate Action  

In this critical decade, we must take more actions and concretely communicate about them: at COP27, let us show evidence of how the EU is implementing policies to fight climate crisis. 

Michael Bloss - Member of the European Parliament
Michael Bloss - Member of the European Parliament  

The energy crisis must be an opportunity to improve the climate agenda. EU leaders must do much more to communicate about what we have already achieved.

Alison Gilliland - Dublin City Councillor, rapporteur of the European Committee of the Regions opinion for the COP27
Alison Gilliland - Dublin City Councillor, rapporteur of the European Committee of the Regions opinion for the COP27  

Local and regional authorities are key actors to achieve results. In fact, 75% of members from the Covenant of Mayors have signed targets that are higher than national targets. 

Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, ICLEI World Secretariat
Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, ICLEI World Secretariat  

Multi-level action is needed: political decisions made at national level must be reflected at regions and cities' level too, and clearly communicated to citizens. 

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28/10/2022 11:53 AM
đź’¬ EuroPCom quotes 

We need local actions to achieve the global goals. That's why it's very important to be here and to speak about how the local government can help to achieve global goals and how we can achieve the carbon neutrality in the future.

Barbara Szilvia HEGEDŰS (HU/ECR) - Member of a Local Assembly: Local Government of Veszprém

All the farmers like me believe that climate change is probably one of the most important issues on the planet at the moment. But I have to say, as a farmer, I think farmers were always protectors of the environment, keepers of the environment, and farming will never change. I'm lucky I come from a particularly quiet part of the country in west rural Ireland, where the environment is particularly well looked after.We don't have the intensive bee farms or dairy farms in the west of Ireland. So I am lucky in that respect. And Ireland is probably, as everybody knows and always has been the green planet.

Enda Stenson, (IE/European Alliance) - Member of a Local Executive: Leitrim County Council

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