Thank you to Fundación Avina and Paula Ellinger for joining our #SkollWF event on advancing climate action! While there were many fantastic insights shared during the event, we loved it when Paula asked the much-needed question, “How do we ensure that policies and funds recognize how crucial it is to reach the local level when we talk about climate? Not all responses will fit the same everywhere.” Want to learn more about what WE learn about social change while conducting interviews and hosting events all over the world? Around issues like #climateaction #socialinnovation #impactfunding and more? Sign up for our newsletter and get these insights every month. https://lnkd.in/g2WHPFaE
Social change often begins with the meeting of ideas and people. From April 1 to 4, we were in Oxford, England, for the Skoll World Forum, a strategic space for exchanges and trust-building among people committed to the future of the planet. "For Fundación Avina, participating in this space is an opportunity to identify partners, build bridges, and initiate collaborations that go far beyond Oxford and can connect the world. In a context of major transformations in the global order, spaces like this are even more important," says Paula Ellinger, our Director of Social Innovation, who attended the #SkollWF. During these days, we took part in discussions such as Advancing Climate Action Through Solution Storytelling (photo), which was a partnership between the Skoll Foundation and the Solutions Insights Lab, an initiative of the Solutions Journalism Network. Our Climate Action Director, Juliana Strobel, was alongside organizations like Amazônia Vox and Conexsus - Instituto Conexões Sustentáveis (both from Brazil), as well as Koalisi Ekonomi Membumi (KEM) | Earth-Centered Economy Coalition and EcoNusa Foundation (both from Indonesia). We also had the opportunity to engage with actors involved in democracy and climate agendas, strengthening connections to rethinking ways to finance sustainable development and to identify synergies for South-South collaboration. We left the Skoll World Forum with a renewed conviction that global spaces that foster exchange, active listening, and dialogue are essential for aligning agendas and building collaborative processes to respond today’s challenges. Skoll Foundation #SkollWF #SocialInnovation #ClimateAction #SouthSouthCooperation
Incredible session to facilitate!