An Overwhelming Experience: First Day at the COP14 (1st Dec’04)
1st Dec, I took the tram number 9 to get to the venue at 8:45 am. The very idea of my first United Nations conference as a youth delegate made me nervous. Just outside the venue I was greeted by the Youth Welcome Banner, “Join us in saving our future” plus the word ‘welcome’ in [...]
Malawi talks of Poor Developing Country Strategy
A casual conversation with an official from Malawi reveals insights on youth engagement on climate issues at the country level and strategies for Least Developing Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at the Conference of Parties.
Indian Youth teach “Hindi” Climate Cheer to Conference of International Youth
Arising from the Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change (IYSoCC) 2008, hosted on Infosys Campus in Hyderabad, the “Dekho! Dekho!” cheer is an Indianized version of the international youth rallying chant around climate change, “It’s Getting Hot in Here!” The brain-child of two TERI University students, Amulya and Roslyn, the cheer has caught on in [...]
Youth Have Their Voices Heard at the UN Climate Negotiations
This year in Poznan, the youth from around the world set out to make change. We set out to support the voices of the most vulnerable countries, the voices that are least heard. Our voices echoed the halls of the UN Climate Conference as we shouted “survival is not negotiable” for countries and people for [...]