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Jack Black’s Dinosaur Crashes UN Environment Summit

Greta Thunberg became the youngest environmental activist to make a global impression in recent years with her strident speeches in front of world leaders, and now the United Nations Development Pr

Jack Black’s Dinosaur Crashes UN Environment Summit

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Greta Thunberg became the youngest environmental activist to make a global impression in recent years with her strident speeches in front of world leaders, and now the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is promoting the oldest climate change fighter: Frankie The Dinosaur.


The organization has released a two-and-a-half-minute computer-generated image video of Frankie crashing through the doors of a United Nations General Assembly meeting and taking the podium to deliver an impassioned plea to shocked delegates: “Don’t choose extinction.”

The UNDP’s Don’t Choose Extinction campaign’s website says governments currently spend about $420 billion per year supporting fossil fuels, which are contributing to climate change and the more frequent and intense fires, floods, storms, hurricanes, droughts and heatwaves that result from it.

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It goes on to say that seven million people are killed each year by air pollution.

That’s where Frankie (voiced in English by American actor Jack Black) comes in… – Continue reading on the Samaritanmag website.

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The Unison Fund Welcomes New Chair and Additions to Board of Directors

The music charity welcomes Sarah Kilpatrick as the board's new chair, while Patrick Guay, Ali Slaight, Iain Taylor and Philip Vanden Brande all join as incoming directors, contributing to a vision that strives toward greater regional representation.

The Unison Fund has called on new names to begin its latest chapter.

The Toronto-based music charity announced its new board of directors for 2026 following its annual general meeting, welcoming a new chair on board, Sarah Kilpatrick, formerly the vice chair for five years and the vice president of corporate affairs at Music Canada. Additionally, the Unison Fund has welcomed Patrick Guay, Ali Slaight, Iain Taylor and Philip Vanden Brande as incoming directors on its board.

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