POP Papers
​​Issue 2. Jun 2016

What Is the POP Movement?

Protect Our Planet (POP) is an initiative designed to address the urgent need to share information and knowledge with youth on solutions to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) adopted by the UN, mitigate climate change and adapt to its growing impacts. Intended to motivate and inspire action by youth to ultimately reach the size, scale and momentum to become a global movement, POP mobilizes the youth worldwide to take collective action needed to mitigate climate change and protect threatened ecosystems.

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POP Goes to Mexico

The POP Movement was launched, in partnership with Cinema Planeta, in México City on Earth Day, April 22, 2016. The Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE)​ and the POP Movement signed a 3-year agreement to implement the POP Movement across all schools in Mexico beginning July 2016.

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Partnerships

The POP Movement forges key partnerships with leaders Dr. Arlene Blum, founder of the Green Science Policy Institute and Carter and Olivia of One More Generation. ​

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Breakfast with OMG!

The POP Movement met with partners Olivia, Carter, and Jim Ries of One More Generation (OMG) for breakfast in Washington, DC on June 13, 2016. ​

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Meeting with the President of the Norwegian Parliament

Founder & Chief Mentor of the POP Movement, Dr. R.K. Pachauri met with the President of Norwegian Parliament, Olemic Thommesen on Jun 16, 2016. At the meeting the President emphasized the importance of the energy farm project which essentially involves production of energy based on renewable resources on a decentralized basis. When informed about the POP Movement, Mr. Thommesen felt that students could get involved in the establishment of energy farms by which in a number of non-urban areas renewable energy could be supplied on a sustainable basis without increasing emissions of greenhouse gases and by giving the local communities the power to decide their own form of energy supply.​

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POP Visits Paris 

​Our Chief Mentor, Dr. Pachauri met former Minister of France, Mr. Jean-Louis Borloo in Paris on May 22, 2016, and held detailed discussions with him and his colleague Ms. Priscillia Andrieu. Regarding the program Energies for Africa, which has been conceptualized and initiated by Mr. Borloo, he felt that the POP Movement has substantial synergy, particularly since the number of youth in Africa and their proportion as part of the total population makes them an important ally to both initiatives. Mr. Borloo and Ms. Priscillia Andrieu agreed to an event of the POP Movement to be held at COP-22, which is scheduled in Marrakesh, Morocco in November, 2016.

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Meetings in Montenegro​
The POP Movement's Chief Mentor, Dr. R.K. Pachauri visited Podgorica in Montenegro, and spent time at the University of Donja Gorica at the invitation of the Rector, Dr. Veselin Vukotić. Dr. Pachauri interacted with faculty drawn from different disciplines, at the end of which a decision was taken by the Rector and the faculty to set up a “Center for Climate Change, Natural Resources and Energy” at the University. This center would also act as a focal point for launching the activities of the POP Movement in Montenegro and surrounding republics of the Balkan States.

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POP Announced in Addis Ababa

Meeting with The Energy Farm​

The POP Movement was announced at the Africa Sustainable Development Forum held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from May 11-13, 2016. The POP Movement is in the process of formalizing local partnerships to support its implementation across the Horn of Africa region.​

Dr. R.K. Pachauri met with Energigården, Norway in June, 2016. During this meeting he also met with 10-year old leader, Selma who will engage with and advocate for the POP Movement globally.​

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International Advisory Board

The POP Movement has constituted a compact International Advisory Board (IAB) consisting of highly eminent and distinguished personalities. The POP Movement's IAB members, include most respected Albina du Boisrouvray, Founder FXB Foundation, Antonio Sarmiento Gálan, Professor, ​Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Henrik O. Madsen, Section Head and Professor, Technical University of Denmark, Mac McQuown, Partner, Co-Founder, and Director, DCI, LLC​, and Tushar Lakhani, CEO, Ffi International​​.  

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POP Prepares for UAE and Nepal

Efforts are also on for launch of the POP Movement in the United Arab Emirates and in Nepal.  Progress in these two countries would be highlighted in the next newsletter.
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