Mobilising critical action on the Sustainable Development Goals
Positive Impact and the UN SDG Action Campaign are joining forces to mobilise millions to take critical action on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Positive Impact’s role as a Global Week to #Act4SDGs mobilising partner provides an opportunity for events to be recognised as amplifying ways to advance the Sustainable Development Goals. Event professionals are being encouraged to post, share and pledge their actions and talk about how they flip the script for a more sustainable world.
The #FlipTheScript campaign was launched to show that change is possible when we work together and its key mobilisation moment, the Global Week to #Act4SDGs, takes place 16 to 25 September, during the high-level UN General Assembly debate.
Marina Ponti, Director of the UN SDG Action Campaign, said that the time is now for all stakeholders – organizations and individuals alike – to come together in solidarity.
“In these challenging times for the world, the power is in our hands to flip the script on climate, justice and peace - which means re-writing the narrative and reclaiming our future. A future with people and planet in focus. The UN SDG Action Campaign and its partners have shown that we are stronger together as we can mobilize millions of people to bring about positive change,” Ms. Ponti stated.
To #FlipTheScript, the UN SDG Action Campaign calls for a journey of advocacy and action. Taking action means behaviour change at all levels, transforming the way things are done to implement the change. Changing the narrative from events creating waste to events creating opportunities.
Positive Impact CEO, Fiona Pelham, talks about the campaign:
Event professionals can play a part in creating that change in three simple steps.
Start by sharing a #FlipTheScript graphic which illustrates how easy and impactful changing the narrative can be.
Next, post a picture of your event's positive impact on social media using the hashtags #eventscreatechange #shareapositiveimpact, #FlipTheScript and #Act4SDGs. Positive Impacts can use these posts to capture and reshare your solutions with the global UN SDG Action community.
If you’re unsure whether your example of positive impact fits the bill, check out the other solutions in the Share a Positive Impact library.
Positive Impact also encouraged two global event sector associations to support their communities to share best practice examples.
To stay up to date with how you and your organisation can make a difference, you can pledge to be a Positive Impact ambassador. Ambassadors are supported with materials from collaborations with UN bodies, to lead the transformation of the event sector. In the last 12 months over 1,700 ambassadors have received resources to advance commitments for climate, justice and peace.
Find out more about the UN SDG Action Campaign’s #FlipTheScript campaign.
