A Future We Deserve
The following was part of a press briefing at the US Climate Action Network Organized press conference in Pittsburgh, USA coinciding with the G-20 Summit. International youth gathered together to voice concerns over the need to “green” the economic recovery of the planet–high on the agenda of the world leaders gathered there. Youth Press Advisory
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Arise Youth of Africa!
Youth Statement to the 3rd Special Session of AMCEN on Climate Change (Nairobi, Kenya. 25 – 29 May 2009). Click here for more on the African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC).
We the African youth, under the auspices of the Africa Youth Initiative on Climate Change, present this statement to the 3rd Special Session of [...]
Chinese, Indian, and United States Youth United for a Strong Climate Agreement
The following was a joint statement made by youth from China, India, and the United States and presented to the government negotiators present at the UNFCCC Intersessional in Bonn in June 2009.
Protecting Our Future:
Chinese, Indian, and United States Youth United for a Strong Climate Agreement
We stand at a historic moment in our [...]
After Bonn, a safe future for youth still in doubt
By Kyle Gracey, Chair for SustainUS and a graduate student in public policy and geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago.
In 2050, I’ll be 77, and given the pace of the climate talks in Bonn these two weeks, I’ll likely spend most of my retirement either under water or on fire.
If finalized [...]
UN Climate Talks 09, Youth Rap
Badlaav 2009 – Be the Change
Badlaav 2009 – Be the Change!
“Be the change you want to see in the world” – Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
What?
Badlav 2009: Be the Change! is a week-long climate camp to be held in the nation’s capital, Delhi. We aim to have hundreds of young people come from across the country to:
Be trained on skills of [...]
Det Norske Veritas is Back!
The UN has reinstated Det Norske Veritas (DNV) as an authorised verifier of emission reduction projects within the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) offset scheme, after the company moved to improve its processes for validating and verifying projects.
In a shock move late last year, the executive board of the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) suspended DNV [...]
How the EU’s Position may Affect India
By Rohit Gupta
The European Union (EU) recently came up with a dramatic statement suggesting the road map to Copenhagen. It was preceded by a ‘leak’ of a draft version of the statement in the media. Noticeably the leaked version was dramatically different from the final one.
The final statement is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/pdf/future_action/communication.pdf
European Union Position On [...]
COP 14 Reflection
Nearly two months after the end of the Conference of Parties 14, youth in India are beginning to unite. They are beginning to recall the “tryst with destiny” that India had made long ago. The time has come to take action, the freedoms which generations before fought for are again at risk. This time, a [...]
TERI: Low Carbon Pathways for India
Recently at the fourteenth session of the conference of parties to the Unites Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held at Poznan’ to discuss the future global strategies on CDM, came across a saviour for India’s reputation at the conference after cancellation of the Government of India (GoI) side event. The discussion involved a presentation [...]
IYCN Agents of Change Applications now Available!
Are you passionate about the global debate on climate change? Do you want to learn about and help influence international policy on the matter?
The IYCN Agents of Change (AoC) program is now accepting applications for its delegation to the UN Climate Negotiations, COP14, happening in Poznan, Poland this December (http://www.mtp.pl/en). COP14 will determine the future [...]
Who will Arise to the Climate Challenge?
Youth: comprising 48% of the global population, or roughly 3 billion people. It is our future that was at the negotiating table in Bali last December at the UN Climate Change Conference. Yet we the youth had no say about our very own future that according to some has already been burned away by the [...]
Siam makes way for Bali Action Plan
You would expect the climate change talks to have taken off with a “Bang” here in the capital of Thailand. Yet the sense amongst most observer groups is that there are no negotiations really taking place. The biggest challenge is carrying forward the energy of the Bali Action Plan which came out of intense final [...]
