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252. Mission 2025: It's Time For Leaders To Lead (Recorded Live!)

Jun 29, 2024

Leaders from various sectors, including Andrew Steer and Adair Turner, discuss the urgency of climate action and the launch of Mission 2025. They emphasize the importance of collective action, government-business collaboration, investor engagement, and business leadership for sustainability. The focus is on driving ambitious climate targets, addressing nature loss, and advocating for transformative action to achieve the 1.5-degree climate target.

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Quick takeaways

Mission 2025 aims to accelerate climate action globally through a coalition of leaders and stakeholders.

Importance of diverse storytelling in climate communication to engage global youth and marginalized communities.

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Overview of Mission 2025

Mission 2025 is a coalition of leaders aiming to rally behind governments in submitting their national climate plans with a focus on achieving 1.5 degrees Celsius. The initiative seeks to challenge the belief that transformation is impossible and aims to build momentum from London to New York, emphasizing shared alignment rather than a new brand. The goal is to unite various stakeholders, including mayors, governors, businesses, citizens, and cultural leaders, to amplify voices at a critical moment.

Intro

2min

Mission 2025: Collective Action for Climate Targets

7min

Driving Ambitious Climate Action with Government and Business Collaboration

5min

Addressing Nature Loss and Climate Change Risks Through Investor Engagement

2min

Business Leadership for Sustainability and Climate Action

11min

This week, we recorded live from London Climate Action Week at the Mission 2025 launch event. Tom Rivett-Carnac was joined by guests Andrew Steer (Bezos Earth Fund), Adair Turner (ETC), Isabelle Noero (Earthrise), Hein Schumacher (Unilever), Tamsin Ballard (PRI), Karen Pflug (INGKA Group) and Nigar Arpadarai (COP29 Champion). Hear their conversations about how to act on climate with speed and scale.

Moving faster on tackling the climate crisis is too difficult, too unpopular or too expensive, right? Wrong! This week a new high-ambition coalition of business, mayors, investors, health leaders, athletes, youth activists, scientists and citizens was launched to call on governments to move even faster on climate action. Over 20 organisations have joined Mission 2025, to say: "We are ready to embolden governments to set more ambitious plans and accelerate implementation. We know this can unlock trillions in private investment to protect our nature, scale cheap renewable energy, support industries to compete in a low carbon economy, and safeguard living standards equitably for our people." Mission 2025 is a much needed effort to unlock the momentum needed for this transition to happen at the speed and scale required, and with the equity deserved. Because holding the line on 1.5°C is not an aspirational target – it is a scientific imperative.

We hope you enjoy this lively conversation!

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Andrew Steer, President and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund

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Lord Adair Turner, Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission

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Isabella Noero, Head of Collaborative Partnerships at Earthrise Studio

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Hein Schumacher, CEO of Unilever

Tamsin Ballard, Chief Initiatives Officer at PRI

Karen Pflug, Chief Sustainability Officer at Ingka Group