Climate Change Summit @ClimateSummitRO

Innovative, impactful, inspiring: awarding sustainability at the Climate Change Summit Awards!🍃Under 30 or a SME in CEE? Submit your idea by Sept 1: climatechange-summit.org/ccs-awards/ Winners will be announced on Oct 15. #ClimateChangeSummit #CCSAwards

It's time we unravelled our own solutions! But first, let's listen to those who have already been doing that for a while. You can now watch our live recordings from Climate Change Summit on Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=ahKj4J…

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Back in October, on Day 2 of #CCS2023, we organized an open-doors conference at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, with the support of our partners Danone and Auchan Romania. Grateful to all participants <3

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"We are in for a game. And our team is humanity. And if we are well educated, we will be able to face the challenges of the 21st century better." - Hans van der Loo (Chairman of the Institute For Integrated Economic Research) at #CCS2023

Florin Stoican (President of Kogayon Association & Dir. ”Oltenia de sub Munte” UNESCO-aspiring Geopark) taught us the importance of “Networks as a Key in Biodiversity Protection”. His goals: constructing a network of trekking trails, biking trails, climbing, events & festivals.

Throwback to day 2 of CCS, where a roundtable about organizing a national climate strategy was held at the Ministry of Environment, emphasizing a collaborative and inclusive approach and focus on energy and related strategies within the national climate strategy.

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“We are 100% dependant on nature. (...) People need nature for everything that they do. We need nature for the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, the sustainable soils that we need to grow our food.” - Cain Blythe (CEO/Founder of CreditNature & Ecosulis)

"Eat more plant based Eat less meat Use less dairy Eat less fish Buy vegan vitamin gelcaps" Antoinette Vermilye (Co-Founder at Gallifrey Foundation) invited us to start putting into practice small changes that could help preserve biodiversity and limit overproduction.

We invited three business leaders to talk about their environmental and social promises during this "Developing an ESG-based economy" session. We learned about their approach and extracted two main points that each of them utilize in their day to day work life.

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"When we will go to the COP we are going to be in a strong leadership position. Our international partners will see that the EU is indeed walking the talk." - Elina Bardram (Head of International Relations Unit, DG Clima, EU Commission) for #CCS23.

To "radically redesign our relationship with resources and waste" is the only solution for the wasteful cycle to end. "Going carbon neutral is not just about decarbonising: it also about how we treat our planetary resources." - Vojtech Vosecky, speaker at #CCS2023

Alexandru Muresan (CEO Renergia), Sonia Micu (Partner & COO OTOTO) and Razvan Pistolea (CEO Digital Dryads) talked about RO startups and sustainability in a session moderated by Cosmin Stan (News anchor & senior corresp. PRO TV). The future is loading and it's relying on us!

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“In Western Europe, no one wants to be a farmer. (...) We could all do with fewer life coaches, but we couldn’t do with fewer farmers.” - Philippe Birker (Co-Founder of Climate Farmers)

“Cities have always been places where housing, production, commerce, trade, services took place, coexisted and also created synergies.” - Stefanie Weavers (Project Manager at IBA27 Stuttgart) for #CCS2023

Neila Benamara (Head of Programs at B Lab Europe) talked about “How B Corps are using Business as a force for good”. Instead of giving it to only a few, we could redress “the economic system to benefit all the people and the planet.”

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Karin Stoevenbeld-Kreber (Sustainable Connector at Clipper Interall) was our first Green Stage speaker on Day 1. Her topic “Waste to Promo: from Companies Waste Streams to their own Promotional Products” centered around the Circular Economy talk.

A keystone for Bucharest's future, at Climate Change Summit 2023. 📷 We where honoured to have a panel dedicated to the newly signed memorandum against health-threatening pollution that includes Bucharest and the surrounding areas. The future is loading.

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ALD Automotive x Volvo were our true friends for #CCS2023. Their electric and hybrid fleet of cars came in handy when needing to get from one part of the city to another, in an environment-friendly way. Things can still get done while caring for our climate and nature. 💚

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Thank you all for two days full of inspiration!🌏 It was an amazing experience to see so many people gathered together for the same goal - a greener and brighter future. Our journey doesn’t stop here. Until next year, stay tuned for bits of inspiration from this year edition!

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A successful workshop on SDGs implementation in CEE and Building Communities for a Greener Future: ✔The power of the individual is greater than we think it to be. Legislation is slow to change; education takes time. If each of us takes individual action, things can move forward.

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