An outline of the climate movement that will transform our societies to stop climate change.

1. The Climate Positive
Movement
Kjell Kühne
Climate Activist
World Citizen
8 July 2010

2. Why are we here?
 Climate change is threatening
 Innovation and leadership is needed
 Society must be transformed
.........but into what?

3. Some Answers:
 Zero-emissions society
by 2050
 Build resilience to climate change
 Still meet basic human needs

4. What is stopping us?
 Powerful interests in fossil fuels
 The rich and powerful are the last to feel the heat
 The immediately affected have least influence

5. What is stopping us?
 “Good” old habits
 System inertia

6. What is stopping us?
Still waiting for
politicians to fix it for
us!!!

7. Here comes the.........
Climate Positive Movement
A movement whose time has come.
The Pledge:
“From today on, I personally will have a net
beneficial impact on the global climate.”
Taking greenhouse gases OUT of the atmosphere!

8. How to be climate positive?
1. Lifestyle Change  Go low-carbon
2. Overcompensate what’s left.

9. The Climate Account
Keeping track of your carbon footprint
Many calculators to build upon
Customized tool for the movement

10. The Database
 Carbon footprints of products
 Pulls together existing information
 Suggests low-carbon alternatives for needs
 New standard

11. Examples – Lifestyle change
 Meat  Veggies
 Vacation choice
 Immortal presents
 ...........focus on sufficiency
 and on what’s important in life!

12. The (Over-) Compensation
Two-fold approach:
1. Emissions-reducing projects in
Southern countries (e.g. forest
protection, reforestation, renewable
energy projects)
2. Retiring carbon credits in the
North (e.g. EU ETS)
 Some existing mechanisms can
be used.

13. Advocacy
Unfortunately, just changing ourselves is not
going to be enough to stop climate change.
As Al Gore says:
Don’t forget the citizen in you!

14. Examples - Advocacy
 Global Climate Movement (350.org, Greenpeace etc.)
 Local Initiatives against coal-fired power plants
 Online activism

15. Climate Positive Communities
 Local groups
 Sharing experiences and best-practices
 Forming buyers’ cooperatives
 Planning political action

16. Impacts
 Individual – Consciousness
 Local – Community
 Regional – Economy
 National – Policy
 Global – Movement for Survival

17. Strategic Timeframe
 2010: Lay foundations, find partners, develop tools
 2012: Engage the whole climate movement
 2015: Engage whole cities, regions, businesses

18. Strategic Timeframe
 2020: Change mainstream policy, green whole sectors
 2030: Scale up to country level
 2050: A climate-friendly world society

19. Next steps......
 Research existing building blocks
 Hold presentations (like today!)
 Find partners
 Build the information infrastructure

20. What you can do:
 Give me feedback in the coffee break
 Find out more at:
http://kjells.a.wiki-site.com/index.php/Climate_Positive_Movement
 Share this presentation
with climate-conscious
friends
 Get involved!
 My email:
kjell@hospitalityclub.org