Stuart Thorp's Presentation

1. PMI UK CHAPTER
SUSTAINABILITY
COMMUNITY OF
ACTION
WHAT CAN WE DO
AS INDIVIDUALS
(AND TOGETHER)
TO FIGHT
THE CLIMATE CRISIS?
Stuart Thorp
19 June 2023

2. What can we do as individuals
(and together) to fight
the Climate Crisis?
Stuart Thorp
Program Manager - focusing on scaling up Climate
Action
Having successfully delivered many Programs, for
many Global Corporations, in many sectors. I have
decided to “step out” of the corporate world to
applying my experience in tackling the Climate Crisis.
PgMP, CEng (UK). MIET, MSc
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-thorp-034b63/
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3. The Climate Crisis is already happening
Northern Italy, May 2023 Germany, Belgium… July 2021
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UK, 18 Jun 2023

4. Source: IPCC - AR6 – Synthesis Report
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5. "Yes, we do need hope - of course, we do. But the one thing we need
more than hope is action. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere."
Personal
Action
Professional
Action
Action
Together
Greta Thunberg , 2018
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6. "Yes, we do need hope - of course, we do. But the one thing we need
more than hope is action. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere."
Professional
Action
Action
Together
Greta Thunberg , 2018
Personal
Action
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7. Personal Climate Action – major components delivered by 2022
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8. Personal Climate Action – what could you do?
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9. "Yes, we do need hope - of course, we do. But the one thing we need
more than hope is action. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere."
Action
Together
Greta Thunberg , 2018
Personal
Action
Professional
Action
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10. Stuart’s Professional Climate Action Journey (some key steps so far)…
Telecoms R&D
Optoelectronics to enable
the modern internet
1983 - 1996
Management Consultancy
Program Management
1996 - 2007
Cleantech Startup
Recycling Li-ion batteries
2008 - 2010
Global Automotive Company
Program Management
2011 -
Climate “wake up”
Scale-up ideas
2019 -
Stepping out of full time
Corporate activity
2023 -
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11. Opportunities for Professional Climate Action
Source: IPCC - AR6 – Synthesis Report
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12. "Yes, we do need hope - of course, we do. But the one thing we need
more than hope is action. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere."
Greta Thunberg , 2018
Personal
Action
Professional
Action
Action
Together
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13. “Together we Can…”
• The Scientists have done their job to
help us understand Climate Change
• The Engineers have developed
solutions that can solve the problem
• UN call to action: we need Climate
Action on all fronts:
• Everything
• Everywhere
• All at once
• Project Professionals - unique skills:
• Portfolio Management
to set priorities
• Program Management
to maximise benefits
• Project Management
to deliver quickly and within budget
• PMI supports a community of 5 million
project professionals globally
• PMI is uniquely placed to make a massive,
positive impact
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14. Status of key cross-Chapter collaboration initiatives
9 PMI European Chapters
were represented in the pilot
Recommendation:
Proceed with Climate Fresk
rollout to all Chapters
• 9.8 / 10 average score from reviewers
• Would help reduce climate-knowledge gaps in our members
• Based on the definitive science of the IPCC Reports
• Action oriented – includes “what to do about it”
• Complex information made simple
• Innovative and engaging
• Well prepared, self contained, high quality
• Immediately accessible “out of the box”
• Scalable (already 1.1M attendees, growing exponentially)
• “Train-the-Trainer” part of the philosophy – to support scale up
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15. Update on other potential initiatives
Theme Comment
Playbook for Sustainability
Communities of Action
• Leveraging playbook approach from PMI Ireland Chapter
• Leveraging UNEP “Making Peace with Nature Report” categories and benefits mapping from PMI UK
Virtual events on the theme of Climate
Crisis / Sustainability
• “Sustainability Community of Action” Conference 8 Nov
• Stuart’s presentation at PMI-NIC event of 13 June
• Stuart & Sam Baker to present at PMI-UK event of 19 June
Sharing of newsletters etc across
Chapters
• Stuart’s monthly articles for PMI Belgium are being shared via “Slack” and also
being shared with PMI Northern Italy for their “HUB” platform
Planting trees • Stuart: I can recommend Ecosia for individual tree purchases and if on a larger scale via Jane
Goodall Institute.
UN Environment Program based
Systems Thinking
• Esther Gordon-Smith (PMI-UK Chapter) is incorporating this into “playbook” for Sustainability COAs
for other Chapters
Leveraging "Count Us In" as an
emissions benefits tracking platform
• Stuart has already been in contact with the CountUsIn platform / DoNation team
• Meeting planned for 20 Jun for further discuss how their platform could potentially support PMI
Energy efficiency • Note that there is an expert in this theme in PMI-Belgium - he has offered to run workshop session(s)
with other Chapters based on demand.
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16. "Yes, we do need hope - of course, we do. But the one thing we need
more than hope is action. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere."
Personal
Action
Professional
Action
Action
Together
Greta Thunberg , 2018
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17. Some helpful reading
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18. Some useful links
Reference Comment
IPCC Assessment Report (AR6) Synthesis Definitive reference source for Climate Science.
Carbon Brief’s definitive guide to the entire
IPCC sixth assessment cycle
Carbon Brief is a great (free) resource for all things climate change and has a comprehensive
analysis of the IPCC report.
Climate Fresk Platform to learn about the climate challenge, based in IPCC science, though an enjoyable
interactive workshop, 1.1M participants and growing exponentially
Jane Goodall Institute By protecting chimpanzees and inspiring people to conserve the natural world we all share, we
improve the lives of people, animals and the environment.
Ecosia Easy way to “gift” the planting of trees – you can even plant trees while browsing!
Count Us Is Platform for consolidating carbon benefits from impactful Climate Action.
Katherine Hayhoe Eminent Climate Scientist sharing topical, positive articles on Climate matters.
Global Footprint Network Site to help you evaluate your Carbon Footprint – as well as total ecological footprint.
WWF Environment Footprint Calculator (UK) WWF Environment Footprint Calculator – UK focused.
PMI Belgium Chapter Newsletter Articles:
• Jun 2023
• May 2023
• April 2023
• Mar 2023
• Feb 2023
• Jan 2023
My monthly articles on topical themes relating to Climate Crisis
(from May 2023, also shared via PMI-NIC “HUB”)
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19. STUART THORP
stuart.thorp@stance-consulting.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-thorp-034b63/
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