Planetary health solutions honoured at COP25,

Planetary health solutions honoured at COP25 

(Madrid, Spain) Representatives from four award-winning projects will take the stage at COP25, showcasing planetary health solutions from across the world. The projects are among the recipients of the prestigious United Nations Global Climate Action Awards, under the Planetary Health category. This award category recognises initiatives by communities, businesses, and organizations to ramp up their efforts to safeguard both human health and the health of our planet. 

The following four award-winning projects will speak about their climate solutions at this event: 

• Impossible Foods | Singapore, Hong Kong, USA, Macau: Creating plant-based alternatives to meat. 
• Alipay Ant Forest | China: Using digital technologies to scale up climate action. 
• Ghent en Garde | Belgium: Creating structural change through local food policy.  
• Electriciens sans frontières | Dominica: Providing “emergency pockets” of solar energy to health centres. 

When: 10:00 – 10:45, Wednesday 11 December

Where: Action Hub, Hall 4, Blue Zone at COP25 venue in Madrid, Spain

Who: Each of these representatives will be available for interviews either after the event or via arrangement. 

• Pat Brown, CEO of Impossible Foods

• Xue Bai, Senior Researcher with Alipay Financial 

• Katrien Verbeke, Food Policy Coordinator with City of Ghent (Ghent en Garde)

• Jeremy Gallet, Executive Director of Electriciens sans frontières

Following the event, official photos will be available for download here, while high-quality photos and fact sheets about each of the award-winning projects can be accessed here. 

Background: This awards initiative is led by UN Climate Change’s Momentum for Change initiative to celebrate innovative and transformative solutions that address both climate change and wider economic, social and environmental challenges. These are practical, scalable, and replicable examples of how people, businesses, governments and institutions are tackling climate change. This year’s winning activities comprise an impressive range of projects and personal stories that touch on planetary health and protection, climate neutrality, female empowerment, and sustainable finance solutions. 

11 December 2019

COP25