#Uniting4Climate: Uniting for Climate Action at COP23
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Highlights from the Ocean Conference’s Sustainable Development Goals Digital Media Zone in New York
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“No ocean…no blue…no green…no life…no us”  

#All4TheGreen Contest Special Blue Prize: The Winner
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Connect4Climate and the High-Level Panel on Water are proud to announce that the winner of the #All4TheGreen Special Blue Prize is

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<div>The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim convened a <strong>High-Level Panel on Water (HLPW)</strong> in January 2016. One of its objectives is to develop a set of shared principles to motivate and encourage governments, business, and civil society to consider water’s multiple values and to guide the transparent incorporation of these values into decision-making</div>

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<div>We need to accelerate a change in the way people use and manage water! The HLPW aims to provide the leadership required to champion a comprehensive, inclusive, and collaborative way of developing and managing water resources, and improving water and sanitation related services. The members of the panel are of Heads of State from Australia, Bangladesh, Hungary.</div>

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#All4TheGreen: Italy as a leading player
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After the successful opening day of the #All4TheGreen week, which concluded with the impressive concert of Ezio Bosso in Piazza Maggiore, with a clear message asking the audience for climate action underlying the importance of the environment, day two kicked off with a discussion between a network of Italian universities and G7 delegates for sustainable development.

The day was filled with interviews with distinguished speakers, including Rossella Muroni, President of LegAmbiente, Lamberto Mancini, Director General of Touring Club Italian, and engaging dialogues between the Italian Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti and master’s students from IULM University of Milan. 
 
Rossella Muroni from LegAmbiente talked about the importance of raising awareness on climate change claiming that this issue is everybody’s responsibility. Muroni also stressed that innovation and green technology can play a role in the transition to a more sustainable world.
 
 

Lamberto Mancini explained how the theme of sustainability is at the core of Touring Club Italia. Why? Thanks to the action taken by Touring Club Italia of carefully mapping the Italian territory and putting road signs across the country, they are attributing value to the Italian countryside and delivering an enriched and sustainable environment to future generations.

The interviews were rounded up with an engaging discussion between Gian Luca Galletti, Italian Environmental Minister, and the master’s students from IULM University of Milan about the role of Italy as a leading player in the action against climate change, not only as the host country for the G7 Environment but also serving as a country model for other international players. The Minister informed that Italy invested 11 billion euros over the past three years in renewable energy. “We truly believe that in today’s economy, profits go side by side with sustainable business solutions”. 

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Last but not least, Piazza Maggiore once again became the closing stage of the All4TheGreen day with the screening of the inspiring documentary Racing Extinction, by the director Louie Psihoyos. 
 
Racing Extinction, directed by Louie Psihoyos, screened at Piazza Maggiore.
Racing Extinction, directed by Louie Psihoyos, projected on the biggest outdoor screen in Europe powered by solar energy on June 6. Photo Credits: Max Thabiso Edkins/Connect4Climate
 
Spectators had the unique opportunity to enjoy a special edition of the documentary, with a brand-new ending using the projections created by Connect4Climate for the 2015/2016 Jubilee of the Vatican in order to stress the importance of taking action against climate.
 
Fiat Lux projected on the biggest outdoor screen in Europe powered by solar energy set up at Piazza Maggiore, Bologna.
Recap of the breathtaking art projection on St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, for the 2015/2016 Jubilee of the Vatican. Photo Credits: Riccardo Savi/Connect4Climate
 
Stay tuned for more exciting #All4TheGreen events!
 
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#All4TheGreen Contest Special Blue Prize: The 20 finalists
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Connect4Climate, in partnership with the High-Level Panel on Water, is awarding the #All4TheGreen Photo4Climate Contest Special Blue Prize

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<p>The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim convened a&nbsp;<a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/HLPWater&quot; target="_blank">High-Level Panel on Water (HLPW)</a>&nbsp;in January 2016. One of its objectives is to develop a set of shared principles to motivate and encourage governments, business, and civil society to consider water’s multiple values and to guide the transparent incorporation of these values into decision-making</p>

<p>We need to accelerate a change in the way people use and manage water! The HLPW aims to provide the leadership required to champion a comprehensive, inclusive, and collaborative way of developing and managing water resources, and improving water and sanitation related services. The members of the panel are of Heads of State from Australia, Bangladesh, Hungary.</p>

Winners of #All4TheGreen Contest announced
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For World Environment Day Bologna opens its doors to the All4TheGreen Week
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As World Environment Day is celebrated around the world, in Bologna, the Italian Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti launched the All4TheGreen week of activities with a message to all: “The Paris Agreement should be implemented by all countries, it increases the economic competitiveness of these countries.” His interview on the Piazza Maggiore, in Bologna, Italy, launched a week of environmental and climate action in the lead up to the G7 Environment Minister meeting, June 11-12.

talian Environmental Minister Gian Luca Galletti at Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, Italy

The Italian Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti at Piazza Maggiore, Bologna. Photo Credits: Riccardo Savi/Connect4Climate

For the week, June 5-12, more than 70 events will take place around the city to promote the transition to an international green economy. “We need to love our planet as we love ourselves", underlined Antonia Testa, Focolare Movement in Rome, during the first interview of the All4TheGreen SDG Media Zone presented by the Connect4Climate program of the World Bank Group and partners.

Speakers from the private sector, journalists, photographers and implementers of climate solutions took the stage to tell the world what needs to happen in order to protect the environment. "We have reached 66 million people forced to migrate for many factors and climate change is certainly a major one," informed the journalist Luca Attanasio, in a panel with the photographer Kadir Van Lohuizen. "Because of sea level rise, people are leaving. They will be forced to leave. Let's not forget, rising seas do not make a distinction between rich or poor", highlighted Kadir.

In a parallel event, Earth Day Italy awarded media professionals for their work reporting the environment. "We're using this planet as if we have another one," said the organization’s president Pierluigi Sassi during the awards ceremony. Connect4Climate’s program manager, Lucia Grenna, present to award and reminded the audience: "We are the custodians of this planet. To leave a clean future to our kids we must invest in a sustainable world."

Connect4Climate’s program manager, Lucia Grenna, in Bologna for #All4TheGreen week of activities.

Connect4Climate’s program manager, Lucia Grenna, addresses the audience in Bologna. Photo Credits: Riccardo Savi/Connect4Climate

“The environment is a certainly a factor unifying countries and its people,” said Minister Galletti, in closing the awards ceremony. The Minister reminded all that All4TheGreen activities will continue all week, featuring environmental discussion, concerts, solar-powered film screenings, debates, announcements, art installations and other exciting events.

All4TheGreen week of activities in Bologna.

Bologna is the World Capital for the Environment with All4TheGreen. Photo Credits: Riccardo Savi/Connect4Climate

Join Connect4Climate and partners in support of All4TheGreen, as we highlight the need to transition to a low-carbon, resilient and sustainable future. We are all for the green on World Environment Day and beyond. 

Recap all of today's Facebook Live interviews at SDG Media Zone in Bologna, Italy  Facebook Live

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G7 Environment discussions brought to a global audience by the SDG Media Zone/All4TheGreen Week of activities
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As the debate on climate solutions and environmental action intensifies around the world the focus from June 5 – 12th 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