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Cortada at COP26

November 1, 2021 - November 12, 2021

Xavier Cortada implemented the HELLO participatory art project with attendees of COP26 from November 1st – Nov 12th. This gallery showcases the project through images and videos, connecting those on-site with the global community online. Thousands of people from across the world who attended COP26 wore HELLO stickers in a collective effort to catalyze conversations around climate action, urge world leaders to meaningfully address the climate crisis, and ultimately turn it around.

LAUNCH – OCTOBER 27, 2021

  • Cortada launches “HELLO” with Miami-Dade County Mayor Levine Cava
    • Remarks by Jane Gilbert, Chief Heat Officer, Miami-Dade County
    • Remarks by Irela Bague, Chief Bay Officer, Miami-Dade County
    • Remarks by Yoca Arditi-Rocha, Executive Director, The CLEO Institute
    • Remarks by Luisa Santos, Miami Dade School Board Member, District 9

SEND OFF – OCTOBER 28, 2021

  • Cortada presents “HELLO” with Her Majesty’s trade minister and consul general

DAY ONE – NOVEMBER 1, 2021

  • Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Artist Xavier Cortada discuss Miami & climate

DAY TWO – NOVEMBER 2, 2021

DAY THREE – NOVEMBER 3, 2021

  • Cortada shares Miami perspectives at COP26 session
  • HELLO gains momentum at COP26

DAY FOUR – NOVEMBER 4, 2021

  • HELLO participatory installation at COP26
  • Cortada participates in the Pacific Island Delegation’s side event “Amplifying Pacific Voices”
  • HELLO participants
  • Blue Zone Pavilions

DAY FIVE – NOVEMBER 5, 2021

  • Environmental Law Institute Reception for Global Leaders
    • Presentation by Sir David King, founder and chair of Cambridge University’s Center for Climate Repair
    • Presentation by Justice António Benjamin of the National High Court of Brazil
    • Conversation with Dr. Myles Allen, head of the Climate Dynamics group at the University of Oxford’s Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Department
  • Youth Climate March
  • Greta Thunberg speaks at youth climate rally

DAY SIX – NOVEMBER 6, 2021

  • Global Day of Action for Climate Justice
  • Conversation with Joe-Silem Enlet, General Consul, Micronesia

DAY SEVEN – NOVEMBER 7, 2021

DAY EIGHT – NOVEMBER 8, 2021

  • Adaptation and collaboration
  • Extinction Rebellion Die-In
  • Conversation with Chris Fremantle, Gray’s School of Art
  • Conversation with Madeleine Thomson PhD, Wellcome Trust
  • Updating the tree

DAY NINE – NOVEMBER 9, 2021

  • HELLO convenes conference participants
  • HELLO installation
  • Conversation with Dr. Robert Howarth, Cornell University

DAY TEN – NOVEMBER 10, 2021

  • Meeting Amal
  • HELLO distribution at COP26 entrance
  • One Climate
  • Conversation with Joanna Sulich, Polar Bears International
  • Watering the tree

DAY ELEVEN – NOVEMBER 11, 2021

  • Greeting the world
  • Cortada distributing HELLO tags to COP26 attendees
  • COP26 pavilions
  • Conversation with Peter Exley, President, American Institute of Architects
  • Conversation with Atle Solberg, Platform on Disaster Displacement

DAY ELEVEN – NOVEMBER 11, 2021

  • Greeting the world
  • Cortada distributing HELLO tags to COP26 attendees
  • COP26 pavilions
  • Conversation with Peter Exley, President, American Institute of Architects
  • Conversation with Atle Solberg, Platform on Disaster Displacement

DAY TWELVE – NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Details

Start:
November 1, 2021
End:
November 12, 2021

Organizer

United Nations
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Venue

Glagow Science Centre
50 Pacific Quay
Glagow, United Kingdom
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