
Geneva, 27 October 2017 The WRF Social Media Team has just published its “Tweeting Report”. Ahead of the official meeting report this is an overview of what participants and team tweeted during the “sizzling” two-day WRF 2017 conference, which came to a close on October 25 in UN capital Geneva, with an audience of over 400 participants from 50 countries.
Over 200 participants – from Geneva or elsewhere in the world – contributed with almost 1,000 tweets, which got far over 2 million impressions (2,294,054, counted one day after the conference).
Most active tweeter was Legacy17, a not-for-profit cooperative of consultants, practitioners and educators focused on supporting the realization of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Lorena Muñoz del Campo, Senior Consultant Green Economy and Sustainable Finance from Chile, and the EC H2020 project REProMag colleagues helped to instantly spread the word about the conference as well.
Most popular contributors included Debra Ruh from Virginia, the World Resources Institute, the Carbon Trust and UNECE.
Ranking of the following top tweets is based on the official Twitter algorithm for likes and retweets.
10 Top WRF2017 Tweets
What does investment look like in a circular world? Learning by doing @WRFSwitzerland hosted by @VITObelgium. #circulareconomy #WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/3MhMiTuVBU
— Katherine Whalen (@whalenka) October 24, 2017
“Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information” launch with @UNEP @Consumers_Int @international ITC & @ISEALalliance #WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/ZFs08HjWDs
— WorldResourcesForum (@WRFSwitzerland) October 25, 2017
Resource revolution will be founded on solid science. #wrf2017 scientific posters this year are better than ever! Don’t forget to vote! pic.twitter.com/Ke8BOwTLTs
— WorldResourcesForum (@WRFSwitzerland) October 24, 2017
Harald Sverdrup presents his poster to Mathis Wackernagel #WRF2017 #ecologicalfootprint pic.twitter.com/DxSOFdDLbH
— Kristin Vala Ragnars (@kristinvala) October 25, 2017
Answer: no. Co-author of Limits to Growth urges us at #wrf2017 to focus not on scarcity but on solutions to poverty and #climate change pic.twitter.com/t5czYm7DWN
— Eliot Metzger (@EliotMetzger) October 24, 2017
2yrs in the making w/125+ orgs’ input, Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information LAUNCHED #WRF2017 https://t.co/ywbBM9gy6p pic.twitter.com/LwUcplpuDq
— 10YFP (@10YFP) October 25, 2017
Nice idea! Workshop parade #WRF2017 @WRFSwitzerland convincing audience to attend the WS pic.twitter.com/7AMeRQH1YI
— Maëva Pratlong (@MaevaPratlong) October 24, 2017
“Achieving sustainable development goals will require #rawmaterials change supply & demand” Luis Tercero at #WRF2017 @WRFSwitzerland pic.twitter.com/VvVuMFa4pa
— FORAM Project (@FORAM_project) October 24, 2017
A very interesting first day at #wrf2017. Urgency to decouple growth from resources. Focus on climate change and social inequalities. pic.twitter.com/HzoVyfqUez
— Bernard Mathieu (@bernardmathieu_) October 24, 2017
Jørgen Randers, giant of sustainability, speaking about our resource future #WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/Rvw2Ol6Aps
— AleynSmith-Gillespie (@aleyn) October 24, 2017
Find all #WRF2017 tweets on WRF Twitter
Tweeting Report: Some More #WRF2017 Tweets:
Is your business fit for #tomorrowsmarkets? How to do the math https://t.co/isdOwlUDNJ #wrf2017 pic.twitter.com/zJs7n9shyX
— World Resources Inst (@WorldResources) October 25, 2017
Saskia @VITObelgium introduces the @EITRawMaterials #circulareconomy game @WRFSwitzerland. Come to room 23 at 11:00 today to play! #WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/2uc03lhJVT
— Katherine Whalen (@whalenka) October 24, 2017
#WRF2017 panel in workshop: Do we need an #SDG on “raw materials”? Water, food, health, energy are covered…
— Steven B Young (@stvnyng) October 24, 2017
Thanks to all of you for participating in our discussions on #rareearth magnets @ #WRF2017 and ???????? for the WRF team support @WRFSwitzerland pic.twitter.com/oMPOxgxfuK
— Repromag (@repromagproject) October 25, 2017
Doaa Abdel- Mataal ( Rockefeller Foundation) “Poverty creates Circularity and Wealth creates Waste” – spot on ! #WRF2017
— Susanne Karcher (@envirostweet) October 25, 2017
Want to play our game at #WRF2017 ? Look for people with REProMag badges and guess! pic.twitter.com/FSMSZDXDn0
— Repromag (@repromagproject) October 24, 2017
@WRFSwitzerland team is totally dedicated to the cause: we make new boxes from old boxes! ???????????? #wrf2017 pic.twitter.com/y3Z0a5sPNt
— killesberg hat augen (@giantific) October 26, 2017
Fantastic couple of days at #WRF2017 in Geneva. Let’s accelerate this resource revolution, together! #CircularEconomy #Sustainability pic.twitter.com/HDKS2x3uKc
— WholeEarthFutures (@WholeEarthFut) October 26, 2017
#WRF2017 last moments pic.twitter.com/OugeWk6ALk
— Lorena Muñoz del C (@lightlorena) October 25, 2017
P. Wall at @WRFSwitzerland #WRF2017 discussing future perspectives for EU #rawmaterials research & innovation @EUScienceInnov @veram2050 pic.twitter.com/70fW2c4F8Z
— EuroGeoSurveys (@EuroGeoSurveys) October 25, 2017
Thanks to the @WRFSwitzerland #WRF2017 team for the warm welcome and the opportunity to reiterate the importance of #circulareconomy
— Jocelyn Blériot (@jossbleriot) October 25, 2017
#NRP73 on Sustainable Economy will sizzling contribute to #WRF2017 key messages such as Nr. 8 and 9 pic.twitter.com/QPsDQQLl73
— Pascal Walther (@PascalWalther2) October 25, 2017
#WRF2017 Blériot: “98% of plastics is not recycled to same quality of product”. ???? https://t.co/uOqdHKaHnY
— Pascal Leroy (@PascalNJLeroy) October 25, 2017
Voice is change!
[After complaining about using plastic packages in a sustainability conference!]#WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/gfGjRzG9S7— Amin Dehdarian (@amindehdarian) October 25, 2017
Big thanks to fantastic @WRFSwitzerland team for a fantastic #WRF2017.
So grateful to Maria Lucia and Cecilia and team for all their help! pic.twitter.com/hP1yFpRQ3l
— Eliot Metzger (@EliotMetzger) October 25, 2017
Closing workshop parade at #WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/0RtmgMUvIS
— Steven B Young (@stvnyng) October 25, 2017
Meenakshi Piplani #WRF2017 Stepwells as way forward to reviving Indias water storage system @bafuCH pic.twitter.com/lzOinsMhEE
— Andreas Goessnitzer (@goessnitzerandr) October 25, 2017
For those at #WRF2017 who asked about The Happy Hero. It’s available on Kindle worldwide and paperback https://t.co/mQRmLWt7zX
— Solitaire Townsend (@GreenSolitaire) October 25, 2017
Alodia William (Safi Ghana) #WRF2017 reminds us drastically on the importance of the waste management hierarchy @bafuCH pic.twitter.com/of0xt3TNfl
— Andreas Goessnitzer (@goessnitzerandr) October 25, 2017
First outputs on #circulareconomy barriers and enablers at #WRF2017 workshop with @thecarbontrust @scp_centre @WholeEarthFut pic.twitter.com/wClXLyJWmT
— AleynSmith-Gillespie (@aleyn) October 25, 2017
#WRF2017: Our #SustainableConsumption Manager Ian Fenn is at @WRFSwitzerland this week for launch of new @10YFP research #ProductLifetime https://t.co/bEsbrjE7QB
— Consumers Int (@Consumers_Int) October 25, 2017
@JanezPotocnik22 Falta de pensamiento sintético: Formulación de políticas orientada al corto plazo” #WRF2017 @WRFSwitzerland @UNEPIRP pic.twitter.com/tmuhvMY8Ty
— Mariano Castro SM (@marianocastro) October 25, 2017
Bas de Leeuw opens the workshop on International Cooperation on #rawmaterials at the #WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/YC0VTDyqXr
— MinFuture (@EUResources) October 25, 2017
.@wbcsd Andrea Brown working w/ companies to take #circulareconomy from early adopters to early majority #wrf2017 #Tomorrows Markets pic.twitter.com/9AwnrSmMZm
— Eliot Metzger (@EliotMetzger) October 25, 2017
“Building trust is essential. And repeated communication. Repeat, repeat, repeat.” #WRF2017 https://t.co/WIo3S2UAKo
— Legacy17 (@Legacy17org) October 25, 2017
Quite interesting and surpring practitioners & officials ask whether we #trust in #science & scientists? What about the reverse?#WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/PWS9JQc9wA
— Amin Dehdarian (@amindehdarian) October 25, 2017
Randers reminded https://t.co/yS8ofk4cuM #resources crisis at #WRF2017 .As @JanezPotocnik22 stresses, there’s a lack of systems thinking pic.twitter.com/gXzqUkYpyh
— Fátima Azevedo (@azevedofatima) October 25, 2017
Solitaire Townsend on science communication: ‘Sell the sizzle, not the sausage’ #WRF2017
— Saskia Manshoven (@SManshoven) October 25, 2017
“Democracy is not run by #science. It’s run by opinions/emotions on voting day.” @MaWackernagel at #WRF2017
— Legacy17 (@Legacy17org) October 25, 2017
.@JanezPotocnik22 notes “there is no guarantee good science will get uptake from policymakers…you need to create your own demand” #WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/12dyiF4DWZ
— Eliot Metzger (@EliotMetzger) October 25, 2017
Dopa Abdel #rockefeller foundation #WRF2017 Science has to help to find a way to grow without waste pic.twitter.com/z7A5WO2Yps
— Andreas Goessnitzer (@goessnitzerandr) October 25, 2017
Second day #WRF2017 starts off with science and society session. Why don’t they listen to us? @kochoav pic.twitter.com/N2zVtTw7MW
— WorldResourcesForum (@WRFSwitzerland) October 25, 2017
Quality time with Jorgen Randers during the coffee break #WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/I3iUhXdeoD
— WorldResourcesForum (@WRFSwitzerland) October 24, 2017
Great insight from @VdM108 on the importance of resource efficiency at #WRF2017 https://t.co/pu3Qa0nFiq
— vitor correia (@Vitor_EurGeol) October 24, 2017
Can better resource mgmt lead to > biodiversity conservation? Yes says @IUCN‘s @carbone_giulia at #wrf2017 Bring on the Resource Revolution! https://t.co/ELSAf7eqm1
— IUCN Business (@IUCN_business) October 24, 2017
A very interesting first day at #wrf2017. Urgency to decouple growth from resources. Focus on climate change and social inequalities. pic.twitter.com/HzoVyfqUez
— Bernard Mathieu (@bernardmathieu_) October 24, 2017
Representing #WipoGREEN at #WRF2017 at #CICG #Geneva pic.twitter.com/h9D2YhPXc3
— Hitesh S. Jalgaonkar (@h_jalgaonkar) October 24, 2017
#WRF2017 @Fairphone is successful: it’s reparable & upgradable “the Easy Jet of smartphones “ Victoire de Margerie @WMaterialsForum pic.twitter.com/RnGGaQgIX4
— WorldResourcesForum (@WRFSwitzerland) October 24, 2017
Will speak @WRFSwitzerland at 16:30 today on #Sustainability #Benchmarking for #Smart #Cities launching https://t.co/e5d0eMqAr8 #WRF2017 RT pic.twitter.com/mmteA6jGQw
— Dr Stanislav Edward (@Environment_Art) October 24, 2017
There’s hope:
One of the biggest #cement producers: “Much too much cement is used in the world.”@bernardmathieu_ @LafargeHolcim #wrf2017— Michael Lettenmeier (@lettenmeier) October 24, 2017
“It’s time to do something different.” #impact #scale #SDGs https://t.co/dG1TlS5BIG by Marilyn Mehlmann on @LinkedIn – enjoyed #WRF2017
— Legacy17 (@Legacy17org) October 24, 2017
Climate change and poverty reduction (not resources constraints) are the two big challenges of our time #WRF2017 #JorgenRanders
— Nadja Kunz (@nadjackunz) October 24, 2017
UN convention on raw material resource efficiency — agreements and global rules needed says Chardonnens of Swiss Fed Office of Env #WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/dI6Bq6L7Td
— Steven B Young (@stvnyng) October 24, 2017
#WRF2017 even noticed on Geneva bus pic.twitter.com/ScKj21LNeN
— hermanowicz (@hermanowicz) October 24, 2017
#Recycling faces huge challenges before it makes a significant contribution to the #SDGs. – @AndersWijkman @ #wrf2017
— Legacy17 (@Legacy17org) October 24, 2017
72 years ago,on this date, @UN came to existence! #WRF2017 #FORAMproject @WRFSwitzerland pic.twitter.com/Zy7acdmeKt
— FORAM Project (@FORAM_project) October 24, 2017
¿El mundo se quedará sin recursos?
Jorgen Randers presentación en #WRF2017@WRFSwitzerland https://t.co/S78wPrrzGA— Mariano Castro SM (@marianocastro) October 24, 2017
Attending a very interesting session on how achieving the #SDGs will require raw materials. #WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/YmRHq0Q9DB
— Bettercoal (@Bettercoal) October 24, 2017
A breakneck gallop through the next 50 or so years by a consummate speaker. What an intro to #WRF2017 ! https://t.co/NnCjJVxk0G
— Legacy17 (@Legacy17org) October 24, 2017
Great presentation by #limitstogrowth coauthor Jorgen Randers @WRFSwitzerland. Ending with 3 actions for us to focus on. #WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/UsjE4Dhc0T
— Katherine Whalen (@whalenka) October 24, 2017
Jørgen Randers, co-author of the #Limits to #Growth report to @ClubofRomeEU, is giving a historic keynote at @WRFSwitzerland #WRF2017 RT pic.twitter.com/OnCOzTu1mA
— Dr Stanislav Edward (@Environment_Art) October 24, 2017
Looking for María Lucía Hijar from @WRFSwitzerland & Shahrzad Manoochehri @FORAM_project such great support for helping us prepare #WRF2017
— Repromag (@repromagproject) October 24, 2017
A call from Cornis vdLugt to find ways to reach #scale w/o giantism: medium size, wide scale. #WRF2017 #SDGs pic.twitter.com/AZxclirkyf
— Legacy17 (@Legacy17org) October 24, 2017
Workshop Parade: a feature of World Resources Forum. What a smörgåsbord. #wrf2017 pic.twitter.com/vGoXpM5LjK
— Legacy17 (@Legacy17org) October 24, 2017
#Switzerland is happy to host the #WRF2017 in #geneva https://t.co/2Tr07FlOkP
— SwitzerlandUN (@swiss_un) October 24, 2017
Over 60 workshop proposals received for #wrf2017. 16 were selected for the event. Now the workshop leaders make their pitch! pic.twitter.com/PYeSVKBEIE
— WorldResourcesForum (@WRFSwitzerland) October 24, 2017
Workshop summaries kicking off #wrf2017! pic.twitter.com/GlsbrKrMjh
— Katherine Whalen (@whalenka) October 24, 2017
#wrf2017 Programme is a dense mix of topics/formats. 16 workshops, 11 scientific sessions, over 140 posters, nearly 500 participants. pic.twitter.com/afZpudLWR9
— WorldResourcesForum (@WRFSwitzerland) October 24, 2017
#WRF2017 opening: emphasis on #SDGs, planetary boundaries, the interconnectedness of all topics. ‘Accelerating the #resource revolution.’
— Legacy17 (@Legacy17org) October 24, 2017
Happy #UNDay. “Today, more than ever, we need the @UN” @Bas__deLeeuw @WRFSwitzerland @UNGeneva #WRF2017 pic.twitter.com/dGMfEd8Frw
— Kenneth Ochoa (@kochoav) October 24, 2017
Ambassador Zellweger opens #WRF2017 @bafuCH pic.twitter.com/2gMBMKZCNI
— Andreas Goessnitzer (@goessnitzerandr) October 24, 2017
At #WRF2017, in a gorgeous brutalist concrete building ! Let’s thus talk about concrete and its responsible sourcing certification. pic.twitter.com/FDLpCHGpFL
— Bernard Mathieu (@bernardmathieu_) October 24, 2017
Today in #GENeva: #WRF2017 conference, @DDisplacement Advisory Committee workshop, @UNECE EPR meeting, #ILPPW2017https://t.co/sSEPfg2z1v pic.twitter.com/dkwT2SNGMF
— GENeva Environment (@GENetwork) October 24, 2017
Murmi the Marmot has arrived in Geneva too! #wrf2017 See you tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/muOyhszGM6
— WorldResourcesForum (@WRFSwitzerland) October 23, 2017