{"id":68372,"date":"2019-07-10T15:12:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T19:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=68372"},"modified":"2019-07-12T17:06:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T21:06:00","slug":"act-now-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2019\/07\/act-now-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"The Â鶹APP and Talent From the Angry Birds Movie 2 Join Forces on the ActNow Climate Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\" id=\"newslead\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The Â鶹APP Department of Global Communications (DGC) is collaborating with Sony Pictures Entertainment and the UN Foundation in support of the UN ActNow climate campaign, a global call for citizen action on climate change.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>New York, NY \u2013 10 July 2019 | After the successful 2016 #AngryBirdsHappyPlanet campaign, the Angry Birds are joined this time around by their longtime enemies (turned \u201cfrenemies\u201d) the pigs and are looking to spread awareness about individual actions we can all take to combat climate change.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 1280px; max-height: 720px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\" src=\"\/\/www.un.org\/webcast\/1362235914001\/B1J3DDQJf_default\/index.html?videoId=6058024533001\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<p>As part of the campaign, a public service announcement is launching today starring the Angry Birds, the green piggies and the English-speaking voice cast behind the film <em>The Angry Birds Movie 2<\/em>. Together, they are encouraging citizens to discover and track simple everyday actions that can make a difference by using the UN\u2019s innovative new online climate action tool, the ActNow Bot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClimate change is already impacting our world today regardless of where we live,\u201d said Maher Nasser, Director, Outreach Division, UN Department of Global Communications. \u201cIt is through climate action \u2013 built on cooperation and collaboration within and across communities \u2013 that we can confront the climate crisis. We see many people around the world sounding the alarm and demanding action by world leaders. We are grateful to the Angry Birds for adding their voice again to the call for each of us to lead by example and demonstrate that every action counts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harnessing advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), the ActNow Bot is a fully interactive chatbot located on the UN\u2019s website (un.org\/ActNow) that connects with users and suggests everyday actions that can be taken to preserve the environment. Every action completed is counted to encourage others to join the campaign as well as to send a message to leaders in government and business that citizens want climate action and are willing to take it. The collective actions will be presented during the Â鶹APP Secretary-General\u2019s Climate Summit in New York in September 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Angry Birds and pigs themselves will be on hand for the\u00a0first ever\u00a0takeover of the ActNow Bot website from July 23-30, encouraging users with individualized suggestions \u2013 like traveling more sustainably, saving energy or eating less meat \u2013 in a campaign to highlight the impact that collective action can have at this critical moment in our planet\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>The new frenemies, the birds and the pigs, will come together at the Â鶹APP in New York to celebrate the launch of the campaign <strong>on Wednesday, 10 July at 2:30 pm<\/strong> at the SDG Media Zone in the Visitor\u2019s Lobby. The campaign launch will be live streamed on un.org\/SDGMediaZone where the video PSA will be premiered, featuring actors Rachel Bloom, Sterling K. Brown, Eugenio Derbez, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, Leslie Jones and Jason Sudeikis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are really proud that the Â鶹APP and the Angry Birds continue to work on climate issues together through the #AngryBirdsHappyPlanet campaign,\u201d said <em>The Angry Birds Movie 2<\/em> producer John Cohen. \u201cEven our beloved birds and pigs are putting their differences aside and coming together for this great cause. We all need to come together to\u00a0help create a more\u00a0sustainable world and I\u2019m so happy that the Angry Birds will have a chance to help\u00a0spread\u00a0this universal message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For media inquiries or requests for press interviews, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Esra Sergi<br \/>\nAssociate Public Information Officer<br \/>\nDepartment of Global Communications<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:sergie@un.org\">sergie@un.org<\/a><br \/>\n+1 917 367 8304<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Islam<br \/>\nManager, Special Events<br \/>\nDepartment of Global Communications<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:islamc@un.org\">islamc@un.org<\/a><br \/>\n+1 212 963 2985<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR CAMPAIGN ASSETS (INCLUDING PSA): <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AngryBirdsActNow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/AngryBirdsActNow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE ACTNOW CAMPAIGN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/actnow\">ActNow<\/a> is the Â鶹APP\u2019 global call to individual action on climate change. The campaign is a critical part of the UN\u2019s coordinated effort to raise awareness, ambition, and action for climate change and accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement. Primarily an online and social media campaign, ActNow uses advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to spur behaviour change. The ActNow Bot recommends daily actions to reduce our carbon footprints \u2013 like traveling more sustainably, saving energy or eating less meat. For more information, visit www.un.org\/ActNow<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the<\/strong><strong> UNITED NATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Â鶹APP is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War and is committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. It is currently made up of 193 Member States who in 2015 unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\">www.un.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Â鶹APP Department of Global Communications (DGC) is collaborating with Sony Pictures Entertainment and the UN Foundation in support of the UN ActNow climate campaign, a global call for citizen action on climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":68402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7511,20,5270],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-climate-change","category-press-material"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}