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#MyEUClimatePact Challenge

Take a step towards a ‘1.5°C lifestyle’ by accepting the #MyEUClimatePact Challenge!

It’s no secret that many of our everyday decisions, from the clothes we wear to the food we eat and the ways we travel, can harm the environment.

The good news is, identifying these negative impacts and building new habits can help us live more sustainably. 

Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C, the target set forth by the Paris Climate Agreement, will require everyone to make changes to their lifestyles. 

That’s why the European Climate Pact engages with young people and influencers from across the EU and encourages them to try out a new habit that’s in tune with a 1.5°C lifestyle. 

We’re calling it the #MyEUClimatePact Challenge – join the challenge on Instagram!

How to take part

  • Think about your everyday actions that negatively impact the environment

    Think about your everyday actions that negatively impact the environment. Do you shop online frequently? Eat a lot of hamburgers and chicken? Impulse-buy souvenirs that end up in the bin?

  • Try the 1.5°C lifestyle by changing one of your food

    Try the 1.5°C lifestyle by changing one of your food, fashion or travel habits for one week.

  • #MyEUClimatePact Challenge

    Inspire others to take the challenge by posting about your experience and using the hashtag #MyEUClimatePact.

Here are some ideas

 

Want to get involved, but need more inspiration?

Influencers around the EU are taking part in the #MyEUClimatePact Challenge.

See how they’re making changes to their lifestyles below!

Stanka Stoyanova, 38, Bulgaria

Stanka Stoyanova

I believe that small changes in our everyday habits can help prevent climate change. By choosing wisely what we eat and by introducing ways to stop wasting food, we can lower our carbon footprint. The future of the planet is our responsibility.

Food challenge

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Alexia Potamitou, 43, Cyprus

Alexia Potamitou

My plan is to cut food waste in my home for a week by finding smart ways of utilising food in every way possible! At the same time, I will attempt to transform my refrigerator into a more sustainable refrigerator. Are you with me? Because every action counts!

Food challenge

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Barbara Magyar, 22, Hungary

Barbara Magyar

I chose the idea of going vegan for a week from the sustainable food challenge. Lots of my videos feature food and cooking, which most of my followers enjoy, so I think participating in this challenge will influence more people. I like to eat well, but I know that I could do it in a much more environmentally conscious way and that is the main reason I’ve joined. I haven’t followed a vegan diet before, so it will be exciting to see all the new things I can try this week.

Food challenge

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Lina, 24, Hungary

Lina

I have been living a vegan lifestyle for years. Now, as part of the challenge, I will try to shop without buying products in packaging by going to markets and packaging-free shops.

Food challenge

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Deniss Aleksandrs Ševeļovs, 36, Latvia

Deniss Aleksandrs Ševeļovs

I am a passionate foodie who enjoys experimenting in the kitchen daily. Sometimes I get carried away and forget to use my products before they go bad. That generates food waste and a great deal of frustration. I hope this challenge will make me more mindful about my pantry, and its frightening content will teach me to follow expiry dates and spark even more creativity to make delicious meals using what I already have. I hope to develop a few new recipes too!

Food challenge

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Rojs Puķe, 17, Latvia

Rojs Puķe

Becoming climate-neutral is a very important thing for me. In my day-to-day life, I make sure I minimise waste as much as possible, as well as sharing ideas with the world. Since my first cookbook over 3 years ago, I have shared recipes that use ingredients most people throw out, like potato skins, coffee grounds and broccoli stems.

Food challenge

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Deimantė Pajadaite, 22, Lithuania

Deimantė Pajadaite

I have decided to take on the sustainable fashion challenge by repairing and reusing my old clothes instead of discarding them.

Fashion challenge

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Aurimas Valujavičius, 28, Lithuania

Aurimas Valujavičius

I am choosing mobility because, for the last 8 years, I have been travelling around the world mostly by zero-emission vehicles (like bicycle, kayak and rowing boat). Even in my country, when I am not travelling, I try to use a bike as much as possible. I’m joining the challenge because I would like to inspire others to do the same and follow my actions.

Mobility challenge 

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Andrius Talzunas, 25, Lithuania

Andrius Talzunas

I’m a YouTuber from Lithuania, creating content about stuff I enjoy – especially travelling.

Mobility challenge

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Wiktoria Majcher & Kamil Goral, 25, Poland

Wiktoria Majcher & Kamil Goral

Hi! We are Wicia and Kamil, and we create social media content about our everyday life. We have chosen the challenge of saving food and planning our meals in a more ecological way, because so many people are still wasting food and buy too many products every single day. The food sector is responsible for almost a third of global greenhouse gas emissions and we think that the most important change starts in our homes and from us. Step by step, we try not to waste food and prepare meals with products that we have at home. The best part of this challenge is understanding how many options we already have. Try looking at your shelves and fridge carefully, and using up all the products you bought just because you thought, ‘I might use it one day.’ Maybe that day is today?

Food challenge 
Irene

Very happy to join the EU challenge! Even if the changes have to come from the top leaders, we as individuals can move forward with small steps in our day-to-day lives. Will you join me in the challenge?

Fashion challenge

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Lucy Bohr, 28, Germany

Lucy Bohr

Approaching a more sustainable lifestyle doesn’t mean you have to be perfect. It starts with small steps, and we need thousands of people to be imperfectly sustainable rather than a hundred doing it perfectly.

Fashion challenge

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Astrid, 34, Germany

Astrid

Instead of seeing clothes solely as a temporary fashion fix, let’s develop more of a relationship with the things we wear. That way, each item in our wardrobe gets more meaning and longevity.

Fashion challenge

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Piotr Charaziński, 26, Poland

Piotr Charaziński

I accepted the challenge to improve my health and of course have a positive impact on the climate. More exercise will be good for all of us.

Mobility challenge

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Julia, 22, Poland

Julia

I chose the fashion challenge because fashion is something I’ve been passionate about ever since I was little. I want to show people that you can use the clothes you already have in your wardrobe and reuse them in different ways, while making it fun and creative.

Fashion challenge

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Marta Verona, 28, Spain

Marta Verona

I am joining the challenge because all our activities generate an ecological footprint, and our consumerism is unsustainable.

Food challenge

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Debela Barbara, 29, Croatia

Debela Barbara

When little hands come together, anything is possible!

Fashion challenge

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Marko Vuletić, 23, Croatia

Marko Vuletić

I chose this challenge to encourage myself to do something new, something that is good for the environment and thus encourage my followers to try and participate in the challenge.

Food challenge

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Henry, 21, Italy

Henry

I’m ready to take part in this challenge, I'll change the world ONE hand at a time!

Fashion challenge

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Sebastiano Fighera, Italy

Sebastiano

I’m excited to show my followers easy ways to be more sustainable in everyday life. It’s something I’ve always cared and talked about, but it’s even more exciting now doing with the European Commission on my side!

Fashion challenge

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Ginevra Iorio, 28, Italy

Ginevra Iorio

I want to join the challenge because I’m willing to “test” myself!

Food challenge

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Kim Lewin, 23, France

Kim Lewin

I'm joining the challenge because I'm trying to be a better person related to climate change and I want to change my bad habits and be a better citizen! I expect myself to keep on going with little challenges I give to myself such as reusing food, reusing clothes, going vintage/secondhand shopping. This is the perfect start!

Food challenge

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Juliette Pinet, 25, France

Juliette Pinet

I have always been very close to nature and concerned about my impact on the environment and global warming. I took up the #MyEUClimatePact challenge to prove to my community that there is no such thing as a small gesture in terms of ecology!

Food challenge

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Dimitris, 24, Greece

Dimitris

I took part in this challenge to show everyone including myself that a small change for me can be a significant change for the planet. We owe it to future generations to deliver the earth better than we received it!

Food challenge

 

Maria Kofou, 35, Greece

Maria Kofou

Travelling full-time can be challenging in terms of generated carbon footprint, and taking part in this challenge will make me reconsider, rethink and take actions for a greener travel lifestyle while I am on the road.

Mobility challenge

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Barbara Schoumacher, 26, Belgium

Barbara Schoumacher

For a few years now I have been trying to integrate sustainable fashion into my shopping habits and to promote it to my followers. So it makes sense to propose a sustainable fashion challenge like the one proposed by the European Commission on my Instagram.

Fashion challenge

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