The document outlines a proposed Climate Positive Movement to address climate change through individual and collective action. It describes taking a pledge to have a net beneficial impact on the climate through lifestyle changes and carbon offsetting. Key aspects include tracking individual carbon footprints, a database of low-carbon alternatives, supporting emissions-reducing projects, advocacy, forming local groups, and engaging cities and businesses to transition to climate-friendly practices by 2050. Next steps proposed are further developing tools and partnerships to lay the foundations for the movement to engage more actors over the coming decades.

1. The Climate Positive
Movement
Kjell Kühne
Climate Activist
World Citizen
8 July 2010

2. Why are we here?
 Climate change is threatening
 Innovation and leadership is needed
 Society must be transformed
.........but into what?

3. Some Answers:
 Zero-emissions society
by 2050
 Build resilience to climate change
 Still meet basic human needs

4. What is stopping us?
 Powerful interests in fossil fuels
 The rich and powerful are the last to feel the heat
 The immediately affected have least influence

5. What is stopping us?
 “Good” old habits
 System inertia

6. What is stopping us?
Still waiting for
politicians to fix it for
us!!!

7. Here comes the.........
Climate Positive Movement
A movement whose time has come.
The Pledge:
“From today on, I personally will have a net
beneficial impact on the global climate.”
Taking greenhouse gases OUT of the atmosphere!

8. How to be climate positive?
1. Lifestyle Change  Go low-carbon
2. Overcompensate what’s left.

9. The Climate Account
Keeping track of your carbon footprint
Many calculators to build upon
Customized tool for the movement

10. The Database
 Carbon footprints of products
 Pulls together existing information
 Suggests low-carbon alternatives for needs
 New standard

11. Examples – Lifestyle change
 Meat  Veggies
 Vacation choice
 Immortal presents
 ...........focus on sufficiency
 and on what’s important in life!

12. The (Over-) Compensation
Two-fold approach:
1. Emissions-reducing projects in
Southern countries (e.g. forest
protection, reforestation, renewable
energy projects)
2. Retiring carbon credits in the
North (e.g. EU ETS)
 Some existing mechanisms can
be used.

13. Advocacy
Unfortunately, just changing ourselves is not
going to be enough to stop climate change.
As Al Gore says:
Don’t forget the citizen in you!

14. Examples - Advocacy
 Global Climate Movement (350.org, Greenpeace etc.)
 Local Initiatives against coal-fired power plants
 Online activism

15. Climate Positive Communities
 Local groups
 Sharing experiences and best-practices
 Forming buyers’ cooperatives
 Planning political action

16. Impacts
 Individual – Consciousness
 Local – Community
 Regional – Economy
 National – Policy
 Global – Movement for Survival

17. Strategic Timeframe
 2010: Lay foundations, find partners, develop tools
 2012: Engage the whole climate movement
 2015: Engage whole cities, regions, businesses

18. Strategic Timeframe
 2020: Change mainstream policy, green whole sectors
 2030: Scale up to country level
 2050: A climate-friendly world society

19. Next steps......
 Research existing building blocks
 Hold presentations (like today!)
 Find partners
 Build the information infrastructure

20. What you can do:
 Give me feedback in the coffee break
 Find out more at:
http://kjells.a.wiki-site.com/index.php/Climate_Positive_Movement
 Share this presentation
with climate-conscious
friends
 Get involved!
 My email:
kjell@hospitalityclub.org