Climate Action name top 50 twitter accounts to follow in run up to COP21

Climate Action, working in partnership with UNEP to organise the Sustainable Innovation Forum, has released their ‘Top 50 COP21 Twitter Accounts’.

The list has been selected based on tweeters’ level of activity, quality of content and relevance to COP21 proceedings, and comprises ministers, city leaders, business leaders, UN accounts, NGOs and news outlets.

Head of Conference Production at Climate Action, Anna Watson, commented: “We are very excited to present our Top 50 COP21 Twitter Accounts, as it highlights the leading organisations and individuals involved in COP21.

“Twitter is contributing heavily to momentum behind COP21, and is an unparalleled source of news and up-to-date information. We hope this list will provide users with a useful guide of who best to follow on Twitter before and during the COP21 event.”

Given the importance of public- private sector coordination to make the COP21 outcomes a success, the list includes sustainable business leaders and influencers including Chief sustainability officer at Coca Cola, Bea Perez (@BeaperezBea), business leader and philanthropist Tom Seyer (@TomSteyer) and Chairman of Unilever and climate campaigner Paul Polman (@PaulPolman).

The list also includes high-level government officials involved in COP, such as US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz (@ErnestMoniz), French Minister for the Environment Ségolène Royal (@RoyalSegolene), and leading UN figures such as Executive Director of UNEP Achim Steiner (@ASteiner) and Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Christina Figueres (@CFigueres).

Personalities and influencers with key involvement in COP are also on the list, with appearances from Mark Tercek (@MarkTercek), CEO of The Nature Conservancy, Bill Mckibben (@billmckibben), founder of 350.org and Naoimi Klein (@NaomiAKlein), author, social activist and filmmaker.

The Twitter list is available here.

Many of the leaders on the list will be present at the Sustainable Innovation Forum 2015! Find more information on the event here.