International Media Briefing: Ban Ki-moon’s Climate Summit and the People’s Climate March

1 September 2014

On 4 September, experts from the two largest international climate change networks will brief media on political expectations for the upcoming Climate Summit in New York. Hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, government leaders from around the world will gather on 23 September to accelerate the ongoing transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies, as part of a global effort to tackle dangerous climate change and secure the new jobs, clean air and economic benefits their electorates demand.

Our panellists will also brief reporters on the People's Climate March in New York two days before the Summit, related mobilization efforts taking place around the world on the same day, and messages from leading economists, business alliances, medical professionals, youth networks, faith-based organizations and indigenous groups who are all calling for climate action. Organizers are expecting hundreds of thousands to take to the streets of New York, making it the biggest climate march in history.

• What: Civil society experts outline political expectations for the Climate Leaders Summit in light of mass mobilization for climate action around the world.
• When: This Thursday, 4 September 

Call 1: 8am GMT	Call 2: 15pm GMT
10am – Paris, Johannesburg	8am – San Francisco, Vancouver
13.30pm – New Delhi	10am – Lima, Mexico City
4pm – Beijing	11am – New York
6pm – Sydney	12pm – Sao Paolo, Buenos Aires

 

• Who: 
  • Call 1: 
    • Jennifer Morgan, Director of the Climate and Energy Program, WRI
    • Will Bates, Global Campaigns Director and Co-Founder, 350.org
    • Mareike Britten, Global Campaign Coordinator, Climate Action Network.
    • Li Shuo, Climate and Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace China
  • Call 2: 
    • Liz Gallagher, Climate Diplomacy Programme Leader, E3G
    • May Boeve, Executive Director and Co-Founder, 350.org
    • Mareike Britten, Global Campaign Coordinator, Climate Action Network.
    • Li Shuo, Campaigner, Greenpeace China 

Join:

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If your country is not listed, and you cannot join via internet browser, please contact us. 

Contact:

Ria Voorhaar, CAN International, email: rvoorhaar@climatenetwork.org, phone: +49 157 3173 5568

Christian Teriete, GCCA, email: christian.teriete@tcktcktck.org, phone: +49 176 8050 7753

 

Additional Media Briefings Around the Climate Summit

 

What	When	Contact
Climate Summit Press Briefing with UNSG’s Climate Summit Team, The World Bank and WRI.	Monday September 8, 11:30am ET.	Paige Knappenberger, Climate Nexus, PKnappenberger@climatenexus.org or rpotter@climatenexus.org
Climate Week NYC – We Mean Business press conference call: The business case for climate action.	Tuesday 9 September, 10am ET	Sylvain Biville, The Climate Group, media@theclimategroup.org
New Climate Economy Embargoed Press Briefing.	Thursday 11 September, 10am ET	Lauren Zelin, WRI, LZelin@wri.org

 

About CAN and GCCA

Climate Action Network (CAN) is a global network of over 900 NGOs working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. More at: www.climatenetwork.org

The Global Call for Climate Action is an international network of diverse non-profit organizations working to mobilize civil society and galvanize public opinion in support of climate action. More at: www.tcktcktck.org