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The urgency for climate friendly behavior is needed today. 

I work for protection of the soil and responsible organic wastes management on site since many years, because of my deep connection and respect towards the soil and nature. 

The compassion of the people towards the climate change is what we need today. The real transformation for action starts from within. 

As an Ambassador, I am on a mission to get everyone involved in taking action against climate change. My plans involve teaming up with local stakeholders to make our communities more eco-friendly, expanding our educational activities at the community garden, and pushing ahead with my project, REPLASTICO2, where I turn plastic waste into cool stuff. I will keep visiting schools and events to share my experiences and insights, and I will be running fun workshops to show people how to reuse plastic in creative ways.

My main goal is to inspire, educate, and ignite a passion for a more environmentally friendly future.

Dr. Maria Chiara Pettenati is the Research Director at Indire (National Institute for Documentation, Innovation, and Educational Research), a public research body supervised by the Italian Ministry of Education and Merit where she coordinates several national teacher training projects and national induction and continuous professional development plans.

Maria Chiara Pettenati is a dedicated professional with a rich background in the domain of teachers training and sustainable development. Since 2017, she has played an active role in the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS), beginning as a delegate from their institute and rising to the role of co-coordinator for thematic working groups on Quality Education in 2022.

As an Italian national expert, Maria Chiara has made significant contributions to the "Italy and the Sustainable Development Goals: ASviS 2023" annual report, focusing on Goal 4 and Target 4.7, which addresses the quality of education. Their expertise is further exemplified through their involvement in the Eurydice report "Education for Sustainability in Europe: Building Competences and Supporting Teachers and Schools," set to be published in March 2024.

As a Climate Pact Ambassador, I aim to use my position as a leader in the football and sports industry to create awareness on the importance of implementing sustainable initiatives and supporting climate actions. In my role as Executive Director at We Play Green, I will actively work with professional football players to influence the football family to take action and create meaningful change. I also pledge to continue my work with my startup Twenty7 to support and guide European football clubs, regulators, national leagues, and associations in their journey to become compliant with existing and upcoming EU Directives and regulations.

I am a very active person in developmental activities, a leader and trainer, and a strong advocate for Climate actions and youth inclusion. I believe that empowering the youth to advance in their climate leadership and pro-environmental decision-making and developing youth green skills for green jobs is a powerful tool to achieve great results in a world where the climate is changing rapidly. At least 97% of published climate experts agree that global warming is real and caused by humans.

I am a proud promoter of initiatives to increase the awareness about environmental issues and risk of climate change. As a researcher, my activities include the study of “greenwashing”, i.e. false corporate communications aimed at conveying a sustainable self-image, and “sustainable tourism”, aimed at containing the environmental impact of the tourism. Results of researches allow to define guidelines for institutional actors, as well as are disseminated to raise awarenessin the community.

I am a sustainble finance researcher at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. Through my career and education, I have developed a strong scientific understanding of climate change as well as the interdisciplinary skills required to collaborate across disciplines to face challenges related to climate change and sustainability.

As a Climate Pact Ambassador, I commit to sharing my knowledge in a bid to address less discussed aspects of the challenges we face and highlight the role of stakeholder groups in driving solutions. I aim to do this by organising at least one workshop to raise climate change awareness at a local educational establishment, engage with at least one football institution to mobilise the institution and/or its fanbase in climate action and produce at least one climate change related thought piece.

Daniela Piršelová, former tv reporter, and tv news presenter, founder and organizer of the CLIMATE CONFERENCE SLOVAKIA, Spokesperson, Climate Crisis Communication and Advisory at THE UNION OF TOWNS AND CITIES OF SLOVAKIA

 

CLIMATE CONFERENCE SLOVAKIA as a platform is organized by the civic association CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS SLOVAKIA and is the first Climate Conference for a public audience in Slovakia founded in 2017 with the main goal -  addressing the Climate Crisis humanly and understandably in the language of the general public audience. Founder and organizer is Daniela Piršelová, a former television reporter who deals with this topic at work and in her personal life, and Peter Krajčík, a Climate Leader trained by Former Vice president USA Al Gore, who has been working on the issue for more than 10 years. 

Other activities of CLIMATE CONFERENCE and CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS SLOVAKIA as Civic Assocation (NGO):

• Pushing climate crises topics  to the Slovak media in the language of the general public audience.
• Cooperating with The Union of Towns and Cities Slovakia (ÚMS) to prepare municipalities and take appropriate steps to fight climate crises and to officially declare a climate emergency.
• Mission Australia, helping to replant corals on the most damaged sections of the reefs caused by global warming and climate change.
• Bringing exclusively An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power documentary movie back in 2017 to most of the Slovak Cinemas to raise awareness on climate crises in Slovakia

My work will focus on advocating the vulnerable people, groups and communities about climate change in the context of Human Rights. Encourage, support and inspire active participation, collaboration and synergies for joint initiatives and actions. Promoting social dialogue and engaging civil society. Disseminate knowledge, information and good practices so that any efforts on fighting climate change can be perceived as commonplace and become an everyday-life attitude.

As a dedicated Climate Pact Ambassador, I am committed to catalysing positive change by leveraging my passion for environmental sustainability. Through a blend of strategic initiatives, I aim to foster widespread climate awareness and engagement. My activities will span various mediums, including active participation in climate-related events, crafting compelling articles on sustainability for diverse audiences, and utilising the power of social media to disseminate actionable insights. Through these endeavours, I aspire to bridge knowledge gaps, inspire meaningful action, and contribute to the collective efforts of the European Climate Pact. Join me on this journey toward a more sustainable future, where every action, no matter how small, makes a significant impact.

My first priority is to build bridges between the European Climate Pact and global multi-stakeholder climate action efforts in the context of the United Nations system (link to a UN event that I have organized in June 2020 http://webtv.un.org/watch/un75-webinar-all-of-society-digital-cooperation-for-global-goals-climate-action/6168132430001).

My second priority is to connect digital innovation solution providers with the climate action community to develop concrete climate action apps & tools.

I believe climate change is everybody's business and predicament. What we do to the ozone layer comes back to us as extreme weather events, changed habitable conditions, less water in soil and more expensive food. My mission is to help build a working mechanism to host each of us and give each of us the information, instruments and motivation to contribute towards mitigating climate change.

I am an agronomist, manager of the ecological transition and professor of geopedology and I have been a consultant for the Covenant of Mayors. I work with municipalities, regions, schools, associations, companies  directly or indirectly with my association "SAVE YOUR GLOBE" and others. I lead many activities annually about the environment, climate change, circular economy, urban forestry, biodiversity, sustainability and sustainability agriculture. I use also social netwotks, tv and radio programs. I will encourage citizens, schools, companies, organisations, and regional and national governments to get involved in climate action and carbon neutrality efforts.

As a Climate Ambassador, I will work at different levels (regional, national, EU) to help find solutions to as well as the necessary funding for the climate challenges we are currently facing, specifically solutions coming from the environmental, circular economy and new energies fields. In this role I would like to improve dialogue and awareness between all players to facilitating putting these solutions into practice, also sharing experiences with other Climate Ambassadors so we all learn from one another.

In the last three years, my climate engagement has been multifaceted and impactful. Serving as one of the SGD Coordinators of the UN SDSN Youth, I collaborated with local organisations, organising academic events and journeys focused on sustainable practices and green innovation. Additionally, as a Facilitator of EIT Climate KIC Greece and PhDc in Green Innovation and Cybernetics, I fostered innovation and entrepreneurship in climate-related fields. Being a Member of the Anna Lindh Foundation, I contributed to promoting intercultural dialogue on environmental issues. I also led local initiatives such as campus gardening and tree planting in local forests, promoting biodiversity and acting as carbon sinks. Last but not least, I actively participated in various Youth Forums and Conferences based on Climate Change and Sustainability Impact and Energy Transition framework.

My main goal is to help people understand that we must protect the environment. But that there are proven ways of doing this that allow us to maintain or even improve our way of living. I try to engage the young engineers I educate  on the environmental elements of their work, helping them to understand that we are only borrowing our planet from our children and future generations, and thus we must leave them a better environment to that which we found.

To mitigate a climate emergency, we must urgently tackle transport which - while not the largest polluter - is the only sector with a growing carbon footprint in the EU. Electric vehicles (EVs), along with public transport and active mobility, will help us get there.

But EVs are still not widely used or available today due to the high upfront cost and the lack of charging infrastructure. Also, if all vehicles were replaced by EVs today, the energy grids couldn't cope with the extra electricity demand. 

Smart EV charging can help overcome these current challenges and tackle future ones, e.g. through:

• balanced management of charging and energy distribution when multiple vehicles charge at the same time; 

• better management of the grid usage, capacity and costs associated with energy use at different times of the day; or

• integration of renewable energy sources for charging of vehicles.

I represent EVBox which has pioneered smart EV charging solutions since 2010. In my role as Director Policy Europe, I pledge to continue engaging constructively with the EV ecosystem, civil society and decision-makers to accelerate the adoption of e-mobility as part of a multimodal transport system to enable a zero-emission future.

I am the Chief Sustainability Officer in UNEP/GRID-Warsaw responsible for initiatives and business transformation in the fields of ecosystems restoration, climate adaptation, waste management, building strategies and policies as well as transforming processes along the whole value chain. I am part of YOUNGO, Climate Ambassador in Max Thabiso Edkins Programme of GYCN and World Bank. I am an executive and board advisor and coach in the field of value chain and business transformation as well as geopolitical aspects and climate adaptation. I am the former coordinator of the biggest Polish climate related programme - Climate Leadership. 

I am a French Climate and Energy Consultant based in Brussels, and my primary mission is to guide companies through their decarbonization efforts. I specialise in providing comprehensive insights into the intricate regulatory landscape of the EU, covering everything from taxonomy to climate regulations that affect specific sectors. My goal is to empower organisations to emerge as sustainable leaders while reimagining their business strategies. My extensive expertise lies in climate policy, with a particular focus on in-depth analysis of the European Green Deal, green growth, degrowth, and corporate engagement at COPs.