#BackClimateAction tweetathon 2015
DECC is running a tweetathon to raise awareness and support for the UN Climate Change talks in Paris (COP21). Find out how you can get involved.
Take part in a global conversation and tweet #BackClimateAction to join organisations from retail, transport and energy sectors amongst others to see why we need to tackle climate change and what businesses are doing to go low carbon.
Get involved using #BackClimateAction and follow @DECCgovuk.
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction target
DECC’s 2014 tweetathon involved over 70 partners with #BackClimateAction trending in 5th place in the UK on the day.
This year, we’re expanding the tweetathon to run for a week, from Monday 30 November to Friday 4 December, to coincide with the first week of the UN’s Conference of the Parties (COP) climate change meeting in Paris.
To help direct the conversation and ensure we cover a wide variety of topics, each day of the week will feature a different theme and different organisations tweeting about what they’re doing to tackle climate change.
Get involved using #BackClimateAction and follow @DECCgovuk.
Monday 30 November – Global action
View a summary of the day on DECC’s Storify feed
| 8 to 9am: Introduction to the day | |
| 9 to 10am: Why is action needed? The science behind climate change (part I) | Prof Martin Siegert: @mjsiegert @Grantham_IC DECC Science team: @DECCgovuk |
| 12 to 1pm: The science behind climate change (part II) and what do businesses think? | PWC Met Office: @metoffice Climate Group: @climategroup ECIU: @ECIU_UK Royal Society: @royalsociety DFID: @DFID_UK |
| 5 to 6pm: How can business help achieve climate goals and what are they doing? | Aldersgate Group: @aldersgategrp, @nickmolho Sky: @skybiggerpic International Chambers of Commerce: @iccwbouk and @iccwbo Business in the Community: @BITC Climate Reality: @ClimateReality Nestle:@NestleUKNews |
Tuesday 1 December – My low-carbon life
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| 8 to 9am: Introduction to the day | |
| 12 to 1pm: Energy innovations that will save energy, emissions and money | Kingfisher: @kingfisherplc BT: @BTBetterFuture Energy Saving Trust: @energysvgtrust Smart Energy GB: @SmartEnergyGB Colour Elements: @colourelements |
| 5 to 6pm: Focus on food and health | Diageo: @Diageo_News United Biscuits: @unitedbiscuits Britvic: @britvic McCain: @McCainFoodsGB Food and Drinks Federation: @Foodanddrinkfed Tesco: @TescoandSociety South West Water: @SouthWestWater Public Health England:@PHE_uk |
Wednesday 2 December – UK Energy innovation
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| 8 to 9am: Introduction to the day | |
| 12 to 1pm: Power responsiveness | DECC Chief Scientific Advisor: @DECCgovuk National Grid: @nationalgriduk Anglian Water: @AnglianWater Open Energi: @openenergi REstore</a> |
| 2:30 to 3:30pm: Ministerial session | Lord Bourne: @DECCgovuk |
| 5 to 6pm: Focus on technology innovation | BIS: @BISgovuk ETI: @the_ETI KPMG: @kpmguk Innovate UK: @innovateuk and @chringlis Energy UK: @EnergyUKcomms Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation: @EdCentreCC UKERC: @UKERCHQ |
Thursday 3 December – Future of cities
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| 8 to 9am: Introduction to the day | |
| 12 to 1pm: The importance of cities in tackling climate change, including architecture and buildings | Mayor of London (Environment): @LDN_environment New Climate Economy: @NewClimateEcon Interface: @Interface_UK C40: @C40cities Manchester City Council: @ManCityCouncil Cardiff Council: @cardiffcouncil Bristol City Council: @BristolCouncil Mott MacDonald Group: @MottMacDonald Pavegen Systems: @Pavegen Land Securities: @LandSecurities Energy systems catapult: @EnergySysCat Judit Kimpian: @JuditKimpian (Director of Sustainable Architecture and Research at @AHRglobal) RIBA: @riba |
| 1 to 2pm: Ministerial session | Secretary of State Amber Rudd: @DECCgovuk |
| 5 to 6pm: Focus on transport | Formula E: @FIAformulaE Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership: @theLowCVP DfT: @transportgovuk and @OLEVgovuk |
Friday 4 December – Finance/insurance and wrap up discussion
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</table>| 8 to 9am: Introduction to the day | |
| 12 to 1pm: How the insurance/finance industries are responding to climate change | Aviva: @Avivaplc The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries: @actuarynews Standard & Poor: @StandardPoors Green Investment Bank: @GreenInvBank Lloyds Zurich Insurance: @ZurichInsUK Association of British Insurers: @BritishInsurers |
| 1 to 2pm: Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group | The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group: @ClimateCLG Eliot Whittington, Deputy Director of The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group: @whittso Joe Franses, Director of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Coca Cola: @JoeFranses and @CokeCCE Rob Boogaard President & CEO of Interface EMEA: @boogaard_rob |