DAVOS – The focus: Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World
7 themes: ♦ Society and the Future of work ♦ Tech for Good ♦ Beyond Geopolitics ♦ Healthy Futures ♦ Better Business ♦ Fair Economics ♦ How to save the planet
◊ 829 public speakers ◊ 223 webcast sessions ◊ approximately 3,000 attendees (business and political leaders)
DAVOS – The feedback: twitter network #DAVOS2020 comprised
◊ 16,834 tweeters ◊ 34,783 tweets, including: ◊ 840 Replies to ◊ 6330 Retwees ◊ 1944 Tweets ◊ 5741 Mentions ◊ 3,751 unique hastags (56,128 in total)
The Insights: The top liked and retweeted tweets in the #DAVOS2020 network.
| Donald Trump and GOP – climate change deniers | ♥ | retweets |
| 14090 | 4157 |
| 15331 | 4591 |
| 6234 | 2028 |
| GretaThunberg – climate change advocate | ♥ | retweets |
| 23600 | 6113 |
| 8113 | 458 |
| 4488 | 2642 |
The outcomes: Did Davos2020 make progress?
The tweets illustrate the dichotomy within the “sustainability climateaction” space – no problem versus urgent action.
Although cbsnews’ tweet about Gretathunberg’s presentation was the most liked and retweeted in the network – the influence of @realdonaldtrump and @POTUS amplified by @scavino45 and @varneyco (foxnews presenter) showed that many tweeters support the policies of the @realdonaldtrump @POTUS.
The hope: Davos took place against the backdrop of environmental disasters such as fires and drought in Australia, floods in Indonesia and extreme threats to the planets biodiversity and ecosystems across the planet.
Does the #Davos2020 network show a glimmer of hope?
A tweet to @GretaThunberg succinctly stated the enormous challenge:
Did you know? 1. Global crop failures hit at 1.5- 2°C. 2. Billions die at 3°C. 3. Most humans dead at 4°C. 4. Earth uninhabitable at 6°C.
- We’re heading for 1.5°C by 2025.
- We’re heading for 2°C by 2035.
- We’re heading for 4- 6°C by 2075. Business as usual #Davos2020 ?? ♥ 200 retweeted by 53
2 weeks on from Davos – prehaps the voice of those championing climateaction at Davos2020 is being heard #climatechange #sustainability #equality #genderequity #futureofwork, but is that progress?
The reality
Climate action requires global action, cooperation, agreement to goals and commitment to the Paris Agreement. If assisting governments and institutions in the tracking progress towards the Paris Agreement was a important objective of DAVOS – it was barely mentioned by the 16,834 tweeters.
Only 0.002% of tweets at #Davos2020 mentioned anything relating to the Paris Agreement- the planet’s only global forum with the potential to significantly reduce CO2 emissions.
Tweets relating to the Paris Agreement
From @assaadrazzouk
Top 10 Davos Banks Pumping Billions to Accelerate #ClimateEmergency ($bn since Paris agreement signed):
1 JP Morgan $196
2 Citi $130
3 BofA $107
4 RBC $101
5 Barclays $85
6 MUFG $80
7 TD Bank $74
8 Scotiabank $70
9 Mizuho $68
10 Morgan Stanley $67 #Davos2020 ♥ 60 retweet 65
From @dw_deutsch
- Bundeskanzlerin #Merkel hat auf dem Weltwirtschaftsforum #Davos2020 einen stärkeren Klimaschutz angemahnt. . Die Frage, ob die Ziele des Pariser Klimaschutzabkommens erreicht werden, könne eine Frage des Überlebens werden. https://t.co/lBRdXt2feG ♥9 retweeted 9
- Chancellor #Merkel urged greater climate protection at the World Economic Forum # Davos2020. , The question of whether the goals of the Paris climate protection agreement can be achieved could become a question of survival.
- Sollte das Pariser Klimaabkommen scheitern, sei das eine “existenzielle Bedrohung”, sagte Bundeskanzlerin Angela ♥ 18 retweeted 13
- Should the Paris climate agreement fail, it would be an “existential threat,” said Chancellor Angela #Merkel at the World Economic Forum
From @comsats_en
#Global initiative (@1t_org) for the conservation of 1⃣ #trilliontrees🌳 launched at #WEF2020. 👉https://t.co/92sto1AB2Q @Benioff @salesforce @wef #WEF20 #ClimateAction #SDG13 #biodiversity #reforestation #ClimateChange #ParisAgreement @ClimateChangePK @WWF #Davos #Davos2020 ♥ 2 retweeted 1
Some of the initiatives presented at WEF20 to reduce CO2 emissions and protect earth's biodiversity
Meet the 10 teenage change-makers making waves at Davos 2020
Stop the ‘billionaire bonanza’ – and tackle wage inequality at the same time #wef20 #davos2020 https://t.co/j1nHzGsQ7u
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/ocean-plastic-pollution-magnetic-liquid-irish-scientist
