{"id":25199,"date":"2019-05-29T15:59:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T15:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/news\/kirsten-dunlop-we-need-to-build-the-narrative-of-hope-to-reach-the-dsgs\/"},"modified":"2019-05-29T16:34:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T16:34:18","slug":"kirsten-dunlop-we-need-to-build-the-narrative-of-hope-to-reach-the-dsgs","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/spain.climate-kic.org\/en\/news\/kirsten-dunlop-we-need-to-build-the-narrative-of-hope-to-reach-the-dsgs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsten Dunlop: “We need to build the narrative of hope to reach the DSGs.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kirsten Dunlop, CEO Climate KIC, participated in Madrid in the conference “The unavoidable Transformation: Research and Innovation to accelerate the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda”<\/strong> which aimed to put the best knowledge and innovation at the service of the change we need to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Objectives.<\/p>\n

The conference, organised by Iberdrola<\/a>, ISGlobal<\/a>, itdUPM<\/a> and the Spanish Network for Sustainable Development (REDS)<\/a>, began with a round table composed of Teresa Ribera, Acting Minister for the Ecological Transition of the Government of Spain<\/a>, Jeffrey Sachs, director of Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)<\/a> and director of the Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University,<\/a> Ignacio Gal\u00e1n, President and CEO of Iberdrola<\/a>, and Kirsten Dunlop, CEO of Climate KIC.<\/a> The table was moderated by Leire Paj\u00edn, President of the Spanish Network for Sustainable Development (REDS).<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kirsten Dunlop<\/strong><\/p>\n

In her speech, Dunlop spoke to an audience of more than 300 experts about the need to take a systemic view in order to fulfill the UN’s environmental goals<\/em>. And in this task, we must keep our eyes on the long term while implementing short term actions<\/em>, she added.<\/p>\n

The CEO of Climate KIC highlighted the role of narratives in achieving the goals set by the 2030 Agenda. For this reason, she remarked, “we need to feed the narrative of hope to reach the ODS because if we promote the narrative of hopelessness, we have the risk that it will win<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\t\t