UN kicks off “Seal the Deal” campaign on World Environment Day

Thursday, 04 June 2009 10:40

World Environment Day, observed globally on 5 June, comes at a pivotal moment this year, as the UN system is gearing up for its "Seal the Deal" campaign aimed at promoting a successful outcome for the Copenhagen climate change conference this December.  

“Together, we must press governments to “Seal the Deal” for a new climate agreement,” says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World Environment Day.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Tarja Halonen, President of Finland wearing the Seal-the-Deal pin at a Press conference in Helsinki 25 May.

The Seal the Deal campaign seeks to encourage governments to successfully conclude a fair, balanced and effective agreement on climate change when they meet at COP 15 in Copenhagen from 7-18 December.

In Brussels, the CoolPlanet2009 initiative of UNRIC– the European branch of the global Seal the Deal campaign- and UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme, mark World Environment Day with a series of initiatives.

• UNRIC presents a new Wear-Seal-the-Deal concept in partnership with the Belgian designer Jean-Paul Knott, featuring downloadable Seal the Deal campaign tools based on a do-it-yourself philosophy.  It includes Seal the Deal postcards, pins and t-shirts.  Jean-Paul Knott explains every step of the production  in a 3 minute Wear-Seal-the-Deal video clip. (see http://www.vimeo.com/coolplanet2009/videos)

• Opinion makers, environmentalists, artists and individuals throughout Europe will wear Seal the Deal pins on World Environment Day.

• A new 30 second video Seal-the-deal-for-CoolPlanet promoting the Seal the Deal campaign features on www.CoolPlanet2009.org. The video can be used by anyone wanting to help spread the word about the campaign.

• Newspapers are encouraged to post a link to both videos on their websites. http://www.vimeo.com/coolplanet2009/videos

• If you would like to download the videos for broadcasting please contact Gregory Cornwell ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).