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Why Ambition Loop?
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Our History
The power of the ‘ambition loop’ was recognized by countries negotiating the Paris Agreement in 2015 when they created the role of UN Climate Champions to drive ambition and action among non-state actors to support and inspire faster action among national governments. The partners of the We Mean Business coalition [where Nigel was then CEO] picked this up and made it central to their approach to systems change.
As UN Climate Change High Level Champions we embedded this idea in the work of our teams and partners which led to the launch of the Race to Zero, Race to Resilience, GFANZ [in partnership with Mark Carney], the Breakthrough Agenda at COP26, the Sharm el Sheikh Adaptation agenda at COP27, and the Foods Systems Transformation program at COP28.
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We Believe
Boldness drives innovation.
In order to provoke new thinking and innovation at the scale required, we need to set transformative goals. These must be uncomfortable, even stretching credibility. Just as when JFK committed to landing on the moon and was ridiculed because many of the required technologies were not available, our bold goals should challenge the status quo, make us feel uncomfortable and force us to explore new frontiers. By holding fast to them we believe that the very best of humanity will emerge — our ability to innovate beyond our dreams!
Generosity of spirit builds a basis of trust needed for change.
Each of our breakthrough goals is enormous, daunting, way more than can be tackled by any one organization or sector. We believe the only way to move forward amongst mission-driven organizations is to consistently act with generosity — taking time to understand the world view and capabilities of partners, and encouraging the growth and improvement of existing initiatives.
Radical Collaboration is essential for transformative change.
Multiple stakeholders must align on breakthrough goals and implementation pathways to bring about the scale of change we must deliver. This means collaborating up and down supply chains, across different regions of the world, between public and private sectors. In particular it means ensuring the right balance of voices in all initiatives, which is why we will have a bias towards actors from emerging economies, where the challenges are greatest across all our campaigns.
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Partner Organisations
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Using their own innovative model, One Point Five quantifies how businesses can maximize their return on investment and impact through a marriage of financial & environmental modeling.
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A collaboration powered by TED and Leaders’ Quest, Countdown is TED’s first issue-specific initiative to champion and accelerate the bold ideas and underinvested solutions that can bring us closer to achieving a zero-carbon world.
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Operating as a family of projects and partnerships, Global Optimism elevates leadership, transforms mindsets and accelerates action to protect and regenerate the web of life.
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With 20 years of delivering transformational programs globally, LEADERS’ QUEST is Ia unique network of generous people who lead successful change — from grassroots communities to boardrooms through thoughtuflly designed learning journeys, offsites, advisory committees and more.
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Race to Zero is a global campaign rallying non-state actors – including companies, cities, regions, financial, educational, and healthcare institutions – to take rigorous and immediate action to halve global emissions by 2030 and deliver a healthier, fairer, net zero world.
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Capital for Climate is a climate solution investment accelerator facilitating strategy formulation, asset allocation, and opportunity sourcing across all science-based decarbonization pathways through a variety of services.
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Working with philanthropists, business and policy leaders, scientists, artists, activists, faith leaders, and community builders, Blue Dot Collective is on a mission to ignite change at an individual and collective level.
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GMH collaborates with governmental and non-governmental entities to scale up cost-effective solutions in methane mitigation and contribute to transformational change in the energy, agricultural, and waste management sectors.
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A global team of adaptive innovators, creative problem solvers, and facilitators of societal transformation, striving to make the world more peaceful, just, and sustainable through enhanced multi-stakeholder collaboration.
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For 25 years, Meridian Institute has worked on an extensive array of food system issues, both aquatic and terrestrial, to connect leaders from across sectors to forge new partnerships, helping them move beyond polarized debates into constructive discussion.
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The Race to Resilience campaign – the sibling campaign to Race to Zero – is the race to catalyse a step-change in global ambition, to accelerate the investment and implementation of adaptation solutions, and to put people and nature first in pursuit of a resilient world where we do not just survive climate shocks and stresses, but thrive in spite of them.
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A diverse network of change-makers committed to sharing strategic insights, inspiration and impactful specific opportunities to crack the crises of climate, covid, conflicts and inequalities and achieve our Sustainable Development Goals.
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Established by UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, Gonzalo Muñoz and Nigel Topping, the Climate Champions Team works to enhance ambition and strengthen the engagement of non-State actors in supporting Parties, working with the Marrakech Partnership, to deliver the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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The Just Rural Transition initiative (JRT) brings together food producers, governments, businesses, investors, civil society, rural and indigenous peoples to champion people-centred solutions to food systems challenges. They aim to transform food systems by catalysing policy reform and mainstreaming food, land use, justice, equity, and rural livelihoods at the centre of efforts to realise sustainable development goals and the Paris Agreement.
The JRT Secretariat is housed within Meridian Institute, with funding from the UK Department of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Nigel Topping, CMG
Gonzalo Muñoz, CMG
Magdalena Glenz
Rebecca Brooks
Jacinda Njike
Paula Guerra
Jennifer Lenhart
Ignace Beguin Billecocq
Facundo Etchebehere
Melissa Pinfield
Daniel Vercelli
Marcelo Behar
The Loop Leaders drive the thematic areas, connecting action
and collaboration across each area of work.
Clarisa Marambio
Claudia Nicolini
Carolina Escobar
Peter Hall
Mohamed Tarek Kamar
Wangu Mwangi
Nicolás Benkel
Sara Velander
Constanza Montenegro
Marina Dragicevic
Pan Ei Ei Phyoe
Mariann Breu
Sam Goodman
Isadora Pla Carlin
Benjamin Navarro
Daniela
Tejada-Venegas
Avelile Cishe
Angélica Rojas Yañez
Rafael Guerrero
Cassia Moraes
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Associate Partners
The Advisors support and strengthen the process with
specialized expertise and a global perspective.
Adam Kahane
Mahmoud Mohieldin
Manuel Pulgar Vidal
Kim Stanley Robinson
Bogolo Kenewendo
Patricia Espinosa