Youth Mobilization & Global Climate Politics

YOUTH MOBILIZATION & GLOBAL CLIMATE POLITICS

Pre-World Leadership Conference Online Conference: Webinar Sessions

JUNE 5, 2011

AGENDA

Global Youth Mobilization: International Youth Council & International Youth Climate Movement

Youth engagement & Global Climate Politics

Local Youth mobilization: Philippine Youth Climate Movement

BOTTOMLINE IS…

THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD

There are 800 million starving24000 children die/day in poverty1.4 M die/year from lack of safe drinking water121 M are out of education worldwide. One billion lack clean drinking water Three Billion people live on less than $2/day Several billion people affected by climate change

IN AN IDEAL WORLD WE SOLVE THEM ALL

UN Millenium Campaign & YouthThe contributions of youth to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are fundamental for success in achieving development. Youth are the future of the UN, and the future of all development.

Annual Youth Assembly at the UN

The Youth Assembly is an annual gathering of hundreds of young people from around the world who seek practical ways to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, global networking and social entrepreneurship skills as well as meeting with and contributing to civil society formally affiliated with the United Nations. The Youth Assembly is about showing how one person can make a difference by engaging with the challenges of the present and being an educated and active citizen.

“Young people are the most important capital in the world’s history to change the future of humanity.”

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL

The International Youth Council (IYC) is a non-profit, nongovernmental organization founded at the UN Youth Assembly in 2007 dedicated to giving young people across the world both collective voice and a mechanism to support global sustainable development.

Our mission is to provide youth with project support, leadership opportunities, and a broad networking base. We advocate for greater youth representation in international policy-making, including official representation within the United Nations. Our belief is that our generation and our interests are not adequately represented. As capable advocates of the future, we wish to ensure that the leaders of today leave a world worthy of our inheritance tomorrow.

IYC CHAPTERwww.internationalyouthcouncil.com

August 4, 2010 Moderating a panel on Climate Change for the 7th Annual Youth Assembly at UN Headquarters with David Novack, producer/director of Climate Chess (to my right), Janos Pasztor (to my left), the top climate adviser to the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, and Richard Jordan, former Chairman for the 60th Annual UNDPI Conference on Climate Change.

Moderating a panel with Ambassador Baso Sangqu of South Africa - telling his story as a youth leader and student activist when he was in jail during the apartheid.

Poverty

Food Security

Water Availability

Peace and Order

CLIMATE CHANGE IS AN MDG ISSUE

UN Climate Change Conference

COP16 Opening Ceremony (source: cc2010.mx)

YOUTH & FUTURE GENERATIONS

WHAT WE NEED

WHAT WE WANT

WHAT WE HAVE

WHAT WE NEED350 PARTS PER MILLION

NEGOTIATING OUR SURVIVAL

350 PARTS PER MILLION

NEGOTIATING OUR SURVIVAL

WHAT WE WANT

350 PARTS PER MILLION

GREEN JOBS!

WHAT WE HAVE

Official Delegate at COP

Youth lobbying(in their mailbox)

Telling the negotiators not to hide emissions in the forest.

Youth trying to save the Kyoto Protocol!

Counting the deaths due to climate change impacts

Youth and Future Generations Day (YuFuGe) celebrates the role of youth in the UNFCCC process, particularly as this is the first time youth have an official constituency within the UNFCCC.

YOUTH IN INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS

ARTICLE 6

Official Youth Delegate Declaration

The UN Progamme on Youth declares that, “youth participation in decision making […] leads to better policy formulation, implementation and evaluation.” Moreover, as highlighted in the Synthesis Report (SR) on Article 6 of the Convention, young people are potent agents for change. This has been demonstrated time and time again at past UNFCCC meetings, where young people proved to be constructive partners in the negotiations. As stakeholders, it is important for governments to fully consider the concerns of youth in negotiations that concerns our future.

OFFICIAL YOUTH DELEGATE DECLARATIONNo decision about us, without us

“Climate Hero” Forum launched in Bohol State University with 5,000 students in audience

2010 Accomplishments •Visit of Schools & Universities in Luzon, Visayas & Mindanao•Engaged 40,000+ students•2,000 members•Awarding of 30 Climate Hero’s •100,000 trees commitment to join our ‘1-Million Tree Youth Challenge’

WHAT is PhilYCM?

Philippine Youth Climate Movement is an environmental youth network that unites

and mobilizes Filipino youth towards environmental activism and responsiveness.

Our goal is to mobilize youth all over the Philippines to take action on Climate Change.

MISSION •Build and strengthen local and international youth alliances working towards environmental conservation•Promote environmental education and information among the Filipino youth and communities•Acknowledge Climate Heroes across the region•Mobilize the Philippine Youth to take action on Climate Change

OFFICIAL YOUTH DELEGATES AT COP16

Saving the Philippine SeasAn intergenerational Responsibility

Mentor, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel laureate and IPCC Chairman

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs

President Calderon of Mexico

Interviewing Thom Yorked of Radiohead COP15

"For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever." - Henry David Thoreau