International Day of
Cooperatives 2020 theme: Cooperatives for Climate Action
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The theme of the
International Day of Cooperatives 2020 is COOPERATIVES FOR CLIMATE
ACTION. We are inviting the global cooperative community to continue
pushing for actions that will address climate change. This critical situation
is putting lives and livelihoods at risk, disrupting vital ecosystems for
people and the planet.
“Our common home is in danger. There are
methods of production and consumption that are constantly attacking the
environment. We don’t have much time to reverse this situation. We must act
now, with our values and principles, to demonstrate on a global scale that it
is possible to develop an economy with social inclusion and protection of
natural resources,” said Ariel Guarco, President of the International Cooperative
Alliance.
On 4
July 2020, join us as we raise awareness on
the importance of addressing climate change. No country is immune from it,
greenhouse gas emissions are more than 50 percent higher than it was in 1990,
and global warming is causing long-lasting changes to our climate system which
threatens irreversible consequences if we do not act.
Cooperatives worldwide can take this
opportunity to show leadership and share their cooperative values in combating
this global issue. A Cooperatives Communications Guide will
soon be available to help cooperatives use this day to illustrate the
importance of taking action to battle climate change.
As we did last year, together with DotCoop We
are launching the 2020 International Cooperative Day interactive map to
illustrate how cooperatives
worldwide are taking action to battle climate change, and celebrating their
successes. Get more information here on how to participate. Last year we registered
more than 130 events in around 40 countries worldwide. We also encourage you to promote #CoopsDay and #Coops4ClimateAction widely
on all your social media channels.
Why
this theme?
The 2020 International Cooperatives
Day theme was chosen to support Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 on
Climate Action. This event will focus on the contribution of cooperatives to
combating climate change, one of the most severe challenges facing our planet
during the 21st century. Climate change severely impacts
people’s livelihoods around the world, especially the most disadvantaged groups
such as small-scale farmers, women, youth, indigenous peoples and ethnic
minorities, who have to cope with extreme natural disasters and degradation of
natural resources.
The cooperative movement can use this
important opportunity to take a stand as a global actor of change and
collaborate with its partners within the international community. This
collective effort can significantly impact the climate agenda and achieve a
fair, green and just transition for all communities, leaving no one behind.
About
the International Day of Cooperatives
The United Nations
International Day of Cooperatives is celebrated annually on the first Saturday
of July. The aim of this celebration is to increase awareness on cooperatives,
highlight the complementary goals and objectives of the United Nations and the
international cooperative movement, underscore the contributions of the movement
to the resolution of the major problems addressed by the United Nations, and
strengthen and extend partnerships between the international cooperative
movement and other actors.
In 1992, following a
concerted lobbying effort by the cooperative members of the ICA and Committee for the
Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) members, the United Nations General
Assembly proclaimed the first Saturday of July 1995 to be International Day of
Cooperatives, marking the centenary of the establishment of the
Alliance, by resolution 47/90
of 16 December 1992.
Since 1995, the ICA
and the United Nations have been setting the theme for the celebration of the
International Day through COPAC, a multi-stakeholder partnership of global
public and private institutions, the ICA being a founding member, that
champions and supports people-centred and self-sustaining cooperative
enterprises as leaders in sustainable development.
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