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As the debate on climate solutions and environmental action intensifies around the world the focus from June 5 – 12^th will be the City of Bologna, Italy, where more than 70 events and spectacles will aim to raise the bar of awareness and involvement under the #All4TheGreen

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Bologna is about to become the capital of the Environment with #All4TheGreen: over 70 events will be open to the public from June 5 to 12. This series of activities will pave the way to the Environment Ministerial Meeting, scheduled for June 11-12. The entire city - institutions, universities, and businesses - will be involved over the week, in events dedicated to the protection of the environment, to sustainable development and to the circular economy.

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#All4TheGreen: A new alliance among institutions, NGOs, and the private sector

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A new alliance among institutions, associations, NGOs, private sector firms and corporations has been officially announced this Monday, 29th, 2017, to foster the sustainable development of a circular economy in total respect of the environment. Through the #All4TheGreen initiative, spearheaded by the World Bank Group's Connect4Climate and the Italian Ministry of Environment, over 70 events will take place in Bologna from June 5-12th on the lead up to the G7 Environment.

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This Monday's launch in Rome was a very high profile conference chaired by the Italian Ministry of the Environment Gian Luca Galletti and the President of the Environmental Commission of the House of Representatives, Ermete Realacci. Among the panelists and speakers were Rossella Muroni, President Legambiente; Donatella Bianchi, President WWF Italy; Fabrizio Zago, CEO of Building Energy; Angelo Trocchia, President and CEO of Unilever Italy; Paolo Quaini, Director of the EDISON's Energetic Services Division; Giovanni Milani, Director of ENI's Health, Safety, Environment & Quality Division.

Over 90 journalists were in attendance and covered the event.

With #All4TheGreen Bologna will become per one week the world capital of the environment. Italy is a superpower of biodiversity and it is our key interest to foster a reconversion of the productive process in a sustainable way to protect the Earth's resources.

Gian Luca Galletti, Minister of the Environment

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G7: Bologna Capitale Mondiale dell’Ambiente

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Una grande manifestazione su ambiente e sviluppo sostenibile diffusa su tutto il territorio della città. Bologna dal 5 al 12 giugno diventa capitale mondiale dell’Ambiente con #All4TheGreen, un “contenitore” di 70 eventi aperti alla massima partecipazione del pubblico per preparare, introdurre e “sensibilizzare” il G7 Ambiente 2017, la riunione intergovernativa tra i paesi più industrializzati della Terra che si terrà nella città emiliana il 11 e 12 giugno. Istituzioni nazionali ed enti locali, università, associazioni e imprese partecipano all’organizzazione di questo fitto programma di iniziative incentrate sulla tutela ambientale e sull’economia circolare.

Alla presentazione ufficiale del palinsesto degli eventi, oggi a Bologna, sono intervenuti: Gian Luca Galletti, Ministro dell’Ambiente; Stefano Bonaccini, Presidente Regione Emilia Romagna; Virginio Merola, Sindaco di Bologna; Francesco Ubertini, Rettore dell’Università di Bologna; Gian Luca Farinelli, Direttore della Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna; Giuseppina Gualtieri, Presidente e Amministratore DelegatoTper SpA; Enrico Postacchini, Presidente Aeroporto Marconi di Bologna; Claudio Galli, Senior Advisor Herambiente; Giancarlo Tonelli, Direttore Generale Confcommercio Ascom Bologna; Fabrizio Zago, Amministratore delegato Building Energy; Luca Brivio, Responsabile Comunicazione CONAI; i rappresentanti di Connect4Climate di Banca Mondiale.

Gian Luca Galletti, Ministro dell'Ambiente: "Questo G7 Ambiente è aperto a tutti, perché l'ambiente è patrimonio di tutti". Foto Crediti: Riccardo Savi/Connect4Climate

"Abbiamo immaginato questa settimana di grande mobilitazione in città - spiega il Ministro Galletti – come un’occasione unica di conoscenza e consapevolezza comune. Ci attende un G7 Ambiente con molte importanti questioni aperte e passi in avanti da compiere: ciò che deve essere chiaro è questo processo decisionale non è estraneo alla società, ma tutti ne siamo protagonisti a pari livello. Istituzioni e grandi aziende, associazioni ambientaliste, operatori e mondo dell’università, hanno scelto di unirsi in #All4TheGreen per un obiettivo che è necessariamente comune: la cura dell’Ambiente, non solo come luogo della conservazione, ma come leva di una nuova crescita economica. Da bolognese – conclude Galletti - credo che questo sia anche un passaggio fondamentale per la mia città: perché oggi ha davvero le basi per caratterizzarsi come il luogo dell’innovazione ambientale”.

La presentazione di #All4TheGreen a Bologna è stata trasmessa dal vivo (Connect4Climate Twitter). Foto Crediti: Giulia Camilla Braga/Connect4Climate

"Ospitare il G7 Ambiente – dichiara il Sindaco Merola - consentirà a Bologna di spiegare al mondo quello che sta facendo in tema ambientale, a partire dal fatto che la nostra città è stata scelta recentemente per ospitare il Data Center del Centro europeo per le previsioni meteorologiche a medio termine. Con l'obiettivo di rilanciare l'impegno collettivo sul fronte della mitigazione e dell'adattamento, nello scorso mese di marzo abbiamo lanciato una Call to Action dal titolo 'Collabora a Bologna Città Resiliente', i risultati saranno esposti in una mostra che accompagnerà gli eventi del G7 e resterà aperta tutta l'estate presso Urban Center. Tra gli appuntamenti segnalo la giornata di discussione che abbiamo organizzato assieme ad ANCI per arrivare alla firma della 'Carta di Bologna per l'Ambiente. Le Città metropolitane per lo sviluppo sostenibile', un documento che impegna le maggiori città del nostro paese nel raggiungimento di importanti obiettivi di qualità ambientale".

Gian Luca Farinelli, direttore della Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, presenta le proiezioni che avranno luogo in Piazza Maggiore e Cinema Lumiere durante #All4TheGreen. Foto Crediti: Giulia Camilla Braga/Connect4Climate

“In Emilia-Romagna – spiega il Presidente Bonaccini - abbiamo messo il rispetto dell’ambiente e un modello di crescita sostenibile al centro della nostra azione politica. Abbiamo aperto la legislatura approvando la legge sull’economia circolare, varando poi quattro atti di programmazione – il Piano regionale rifiuti, quello energetico, quello sulla qualità dell’aria e quello sulla forestazione – che fissano obiettivi che vanno oltre quelli stabiliti dalla Ue e che porteranno al progressivo azzeramento delle discariche e alla riduzione degli inceneritori, a investire 250 milioni di euro nella green economy, nel risparmio energetico e nelle fonti rinnovabili, ad avere meno traffico nelle città, rinnovando i mezzi del trasporto pubblico locale e promuovendo la mobilità elettrica, ad avere sistemi di produzione innovativi in agricoltura e a valorizzare il patrimonio boschivo. Aggiungo la scelta del consumo di suolo a saldo zero fissato nella legge regionale sull’urbanistica che approveremo entro l’autunno. Ospitare il G7 Ambiente nella nostra regione, a Bologna, conferma a maggior ragione il ruolo centrale dell’Emilia-Romagna su questi temi, sancito anche dalla recente scelta di Bologna quale sede del Data center del Centro europeo per le previsioni meteorologiche a medio termine (ECMWF). Risultati possibili attraverso il lavoro comune fra istituzioni, la stessa sinergia che ci porterà a firmare proprio in occasione del G7 Ambiente un importantissimo accordo con il Governo e le altre tre Regioni del bacino padano – Piemonte, Lombardia e Veneto - per il contrasto all’inquinamento”.

#All4TheGreen è un insieme di attività e progetti sostenuto dal programma di partnership globale Connect4Climate di Banca Mondiale con il supporto del Ministero dell’Ambiente, sotto gli auspici della Presidenza italiana del G7.

Molte le aziende che hanno aderito all’appello per lo sviluppo sostenibile di #All4TheGreen fornendo un contributo e un impegno diretto: Eni, Building Energy, Terna, Novamont, Edison, Unilever, Gruppo Hera, Alcantara, Ascom, Conai con Ricrea, CiAl, Comieco, Rilegno, Corepla, Coreve.

Insieme a loro, tutte le principali realtà del territorio: Comune di Bologna, Regione Emilia Romagna, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Città Metropolitana di Bologna, Sustenaible Development Goals, Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, Bologna Welcome, Aeroporto Guglielmo Marconi di Bologna, TPER - Trasporto Passeggeri Emilia-Romagna e Città Metropolitana di Bologna con Edizioni Ambiente.

Ha partecipato attivamente alla manifestazione anche il mondo dell’associazionismo ambientalista con storiche realtà come Earth Day Italia, Legambiente, WWF Italia.

Contatti: ufficiostampa@all4thegreen.it

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G7: Bologna set to be the World Capital for the Environment with All4TheGreen

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Bologna is about to become the capital of the Environment with #All4TheGreen: over 70 events will be open to the public from June 5 to 12. This series of activities will pave the way to the Environment Ministerial Meeting, scheduled for June 11-12. The entire city - institutions, universities, and businesses - will be involved over the week, in events dedicated to the protection of the environment, to sustainable development and to the circular economy.

At the official presentation of the All4TheGreen event schedule, on May 31st, in Bologna, the following participated: Gian Luca Galletti, Minister of the Environment; Stefano Bonaccini, President of Emilia-Romagna Region; Virginio Merola, Mayor of Bologna; Francesco Ubertini, Rector of the University of Bologna; Gian Luca Farinelli, Director of Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna; Giuseppina Gualtieri, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tper SpA; Enrico Postacchini, President of Marconi Airport in Bologna; Claudio Galli, Senior Advisor Herambiente; Giancarlo Tonelli, General Manager Confcommercio Ascom Bologna; Fabrizio Zago, Managing Director, Building Energy; Luca Brivio, Communications Manager, CONAI; and representatives of Connect4Climate of the World Bank.

Gian Luca Galletti, Minister of the Environment: "G7 Environment is open to all because the environment is the heritage of everyone." Photo Credits: Riccardo Savi/Connect4Climate

"We have imagined this week of great mobilization in the city as a unique opportunity for common knowledge and awareness," said Minister Galletti. "There is a G7 Environment with many important issues open and moving forward: what needs to be clear is that this decision-making process is not alien to the society, but all of us are at the same level. Institutions and large companies, environmental associations, operators and the university world have chosen to join #All4TheGreen for a goal that is necessarily common: care of the environment, not only as a place of conservation but as a lever of new economic growth. From Bologne - Galletti concludes - I believe this is also a fundamental step for my city: because today it really has the basis for characterizing itself as the place of environmental innovation."

The presentation of # All4TheGreen in Bologna was live-tweeted on the Connect4Climate's Twitter account. Photo Credits: Giulia Camilla Braga/Connect4Climate

Mayor Merola announced: "Hosting the G7 Environment will allow Bologna to explain to the world what it is doing in the environmental sphere, starting from the fact that our city was recently chosen to host the Data Center of the European Center for Weather Forecasts In the medium term, with the aim of relaunching collective commitment on the mitigation and adaptation front. In March we launched a Call to Action entitled 'Collaborate in Bologna Resilient City', the results will be displayed in an exhibition that will accompany the events of the G7 and will remain open all summer at Urban Center. Among the appointments, I highlight the day of discussion we organized together with ANCI to arrive at the signing of the 'Bologna Charter for the Environment. Sustainable Development,' a document that engages major cities in our country in achieving important environmental quality objectives."

Gian Luca Farinelli, director of Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, presents the screenings that will take place in Piazza Maggiore and Cinema Lumiere during #All4TheGreen. Photo Credits: Giulia Camilla Braga/Connect4Climate

President Bonaccini explained: "In Emilia-Romagna, we have put the respect for the environment and a model of sustainable growth at the center of our political action. We have opened the legislature by approving the Circular Economy Act, launching four programming acts - the Regional Waste Plan, the Energy Framework, the one on Air Quality and the Forestry Plan - setting targets that go beyond those set by the EU and will lead to the progressive landing of landfills and the reduction of incinerators; to invest 250 million euros in green economy; energy saving and renewable sources; less traffic in cities; renewing the means of local public transport and promoting electric mobility to have innovative production systems in agriculture; and to enhance the forestry heritage. I add the choice of the zero-zero soil consumption set in the regional law on urban planning we approve by the fall. Hosting the G7 Ambiente in our region, Bologna, confirms the central role of Emilia-Romagna on these issues, as well as the recent choice of Bologna as the center of the European Center for Middle-Sea Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Possible results through joint work between the institutions, the same synergy that will lead us to sign on the occasion of the G7 Ambiente a very important agreement with the Government and the other three Regions of the Padano Basin - Piedmont, Lombardy and Veneto - for the fight against pollution."

#All4TheGreen is a set of activities and projects backed by World Bank's global partnership program Connect4Climate with the support of the Ministry of the Environment, under the auspices of the Italian Presidency of the G7.

Many companies that have joined the call for the sustainable development of #All4TheGreen providing a direct contribution and commitment: Eni, Building Energy, Terna, Novamont, Edison, Unilever, Gruppo Hera; Alcantara; Ascom; Conai with Ricrea, CiAl, Comieco, Rilegno, Corepla, Coreve.

Together with them, all the main realities of the territory: Comune di Bologna, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Città Metropolitana di Bologna, Sustainable Development Goals, Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, Bologna Welcome, Guglielmo Marconi di Bologna Airport, TPER - Trasporto Passeggeri Emilia-Romagna and Città Metropolitana di Bologna with Edizioni Ambiente.

The event also involved the world of environmentalist association with historical realities such as Earth Day Italia, Legambiente, WWF Italia.

Contact: ufficiostampa@all4thegreen.it

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UN Secretary-General: “Climate action to forge a sustainable future on a healthy planet”

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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres issued a call to action this Tuesday, May 30th, to meet the climate challenge. Speaking to students, business leaders and academics at the New York University Stern School of Business, Mr. Guterres described both the increasing risks from climate change and the compelling opportunities provided by climate action to create jobs, generate economic growth and build the foundations for a safer and more stable world.

“The effects of climate change are dangerous and they are accelerating,” he said. “It is absolutely essential that the world implements the Paris Agreement – and that we fulfill that duty with increased ambition.”

Mr. Guterres stressed that climate action is already under way and that countries and companies that are involved will reap the rewards.

“Thousands of private corporations, including major oil and gas companies, are taking their own action”, Mr. Guterres said. “They know that green business is good business. It is not just the right thing to do, it is the smart thing to do.”

“The sustainability train has left the station. Get on board or get left behind. Those who fail to bet on the green economy will be living in a gray future. “Those who embrace green technologies will set the gold standard for economic leadership in the 21st century.”

Mr. Guterres layed out a five-point action plan to mobilize the world behind climate action.

First, intensified political engagement to raise the bar on efforts to limit temperature rise to well below 2 degrees and as close as possible to 1.5 degrees.

Second, stronger, integrated support by the entire United Nations development system for Governments as they strive to meet climate commitments and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Third, engagement with Governments and major actors, including the coal, oil and gas industries, to accelerate the global transition to sustainable energy.

Fourth, heightened efforts to mobilize national and international resources for adaptation, resilience, and the implementation of national climate action plans.

Fifth, new and strengthened partnerships, including with the private sector and through North-South, South-South, and triangular cooperation.

The Secretary-General intends to convene a climate summit in 2019 and is strongly committed to working with all Governments and partners to bridge divergent views and forge a shared vision of the way forward to address climate change -an unprecedented threat but also an an unparallelled opportunity.

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