Transcript Communications: Engaging the Global Community Goals Raise awareness of the challenge Advocate for solutions Drive commitments to the Secretary-General’s goals.

Communications: Engaging the Global Community
Goals
Raise awareness of the challenge
Advocate for solutions
Drive commitments to the
Secretary-General’s goals
Activities
UNF along with a PR firm and other SEFA partners will:
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Extend our capacity to reach the public and thought leaders in each region of the globe.
Provide strategic messaging advice.
Develop print, video and online materials.
Assist with regional meetings.
Perform targeted media outreach to international and regional press before and after
rollout meetings.
 Cultivate a sense of momentum and excitement both via traditional and social media,
and also with the assistance of celebrity spokespeople (like Linkin Park and Gisele
Bundchen).
 Develop opportunities to engage the public in “calls to action” in support of high-level
commitments.
 Engage grassroots constituency groups, including faith groups and civil society
organizations.
Communications: Upcoming Events
2012
2011
 Nov. 1:
Launch of the 2012
International Year of
Sustainable Energy for All in the
General Assembly, New York
 Nov. 10-12: Global Solar Forum (launch of
EDP’s Global Solar Academy),
Lisbon
 Nov. 18-20: Second meeting of the SG’s High-Level
Group, Vienna
 Nov. 28- Dec. 9: UNFCCC COP-17, Durban
 Dec. 14:
Energy Access Practitioner Network
meeting, Washington
 Jan. 12:
Investor Summit on Climate Risk and Energy Solutions, New York
 Jan. 14-18: Launch of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All at
the World Future Energy Summit and third meeting of the SG’s
High-Level Group, Abu Dhabi
 Jan. 25-29: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos
 Feb. 1:
Asian rollout at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit
2012, New Delhi
Feb. 8:
European rollout, Brussels
 Feb. 20-22: African rollout at UNEP’s Governing Council meeting, Nairobi
 Feb./Mar. Fourth meeting of the SG’s High-Level Group, TBD
Mar. 7-9
Americas rollout at the Caribbean Small Island Developing States
Conference in Curacao
Mar. 19-21: Bloomberg New Energy Finance Roundtable, New York
 Mar./Apr. Third Clean Energy Ministerial, United Kingdom
 June 13-15: Final prepcom for Rio+20, followed by thematic days –
including one on energy
 June 20-22: Rio+20 Summit, Rio
 Sept. 18-21:Report of the SG to the General Assembly on the Year of
Sustainable Energy for All
 Oct. TBD: German high-level event on energy access, TBD
 Dec. TBD: International Year of Sustainable Energy for All closing event,
New York