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Twitter chat with Christiana Figueres on innovative climate finance
27 May
2013
On 27 May, Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres will host a live Twitter chat to discuss the role of
innovative finance in responding to climate change. The live chat is linked to the call for
applications for Momentum for Change: Financing for Climate-friendly Investment in partnership with the
World Economic Forum. The chat will be joined by Dominic Waughray, senior director of the WEF's
Environmental Initiatives.
View live UNFCCC page
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Christiana Figueres chats about addressing climate change while improving the lives of the
urban poor
21 May 2013
On 21 May, Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres hosted a chat on Twitter about the role of the Urban
Poor in climate change action, together with ICLEI's Yunus Arikan. The chat coincided with the call
for applications for "Momentum for Change: Urban Poor" initiative. View Storify version of the
chat
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Twitter chat with Christiana Figueres and the GGCA on the COP 18 Gender
Decision
14 May 2013
On 14 May, Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres engaged on Twitter on the COP 18 Gender Decision.
The live Twitter chat was hosted by the Global Gender and
Climate Alliance (GGCA) and focused on the key objectives of the decision.
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Storify version of the chat.
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Twitter chat with Christiana Figueres on innovative climate finance
12 April
2013
Bonn, Germany
On 12 April, Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres hosted a live Twitter chat to discuss the role of
innovative finance in responding to climate change. The chat coincided with the call for applications
for "Momentum for Change: Financing for Climate-friendly Investment", in partnership with the
World Economic Forum.
View live UNFCCC page
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Storify version of the chat
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Twitter chat with the UN's top climate change official on 8 March, International
Women's Day
8 March 2013
Bonn, Germany
On 8 March, International Women's Day, Christiana Figueres hosted a Twitter chat to talk about how
women can build momentum for stronger climate action. You can read the storified version of the chat
here.
Twitter chat page
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Twitter chat with Christiana Figueres on "How can the world achieve the right momentum for
a global climate framework"
14 February 2013
In a live chat hosted by The Climate Group, Christiana Figueres asked "How can the world achieve
the right momentum for a global climate framework in 2015?" and responded to questions.
More information
View summary of the event
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Twitter chat with Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activity Winners
21 November
2012
Bonn, Germany
The public had the chance to chat with representatives from three of the UNFCCC Momentum for Change
Lighthouse Activities during a Twitter chat. The three activities were: Solar Sister, a women-led
renewable energy sales force; EELA, an energy efficient brick making activity in Peru; and Guangzhou
BRTS, a game changing public transport system.
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Twitter chat with Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activity winners
14 November
2012
Bonn, Germany
Twitter followers were able to find out about "Lighthouse Activities" selected by the UNFCCC
Momentum for Change initiative, and put questions to initiative representatives.The projects have a
focus on the urban poor, and were also presented at COP18 in Doha.
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Twitter chat with Christiana Figueres about the role of business and public-private
partnerships in fighting climate change on 22 November
On 22 November, Christiana
Figueres chatted on Twitter about the role of public-private partnerships in responding to cimate
change.
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Women invited to Tweet with UN's top climate change official on responding to climate
change
On 24 October 2011, Christiana Figueres engaged with women around the world on
responding to climate change. Follow the @CFigueres account to see all the questions from other users
and answers to those questions.
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Young people invited to engage on Twitter with the UN's top climate change
official
On 17 October 2011, Christiana Figueres engaged with young people around the
world who are concerned about climate change and eager to do their bit to make a difference. Via the
Twitter account @CFigueres, she asked young people what they were doing to fight climate change and
responded to their questions. Hashtag: #unfcccyouth.
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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figures now on Twitter
New Delhi,
India
7 February 2011
On 7 February 2011, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres began sending personal messages via
her new Twitter account, @CFigueres. She
sent first tweets from Pakistan, where she visited the homeless resulting from the devastating floods
of 2010. With such disasters set to become more frequent and intense due to climate change, she drew
attention to the need for rebuilding in Pakistan to be climate-smart.
Followers of the UN climate change process can also receive updates on the latest UNFCCC documents by
following the UNFCCC's @UN_ClimateTalks Twitter account.
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