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Youth solutions to climate change 1st CliMates Regional Workshop:

Latin America

23-27 September 2013

Universidad de los Andes and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Bogotá, Colombia

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Youth solutions to climate change

This document comprises the work done by almost 40 leaders that

met at the CliMates Regional Workshop (CRW) for 5 days,

(September 23-27 of 2013, at Bogotá.

This document contains valuable information about the objectives

and the ambitions of the participants regarding the role of the

Latinamerican youth, its participation and organization in the fight

against climate change.

The results of the CRW were concretized in an agreement to work

around the mobilization of a unified Latinamerican youth, under

the name of ¡Clic!, bosed on previous initiatives from the continent

and the experience of several members of the movement.


General information

Sponsors

CliMates is a think-and-do-tank, focused on the research and the debate of innovative solutions

against climate change. Established 2011, CliMates is based in France and has an

interdisciplinary network of students from all around the world. Our main objective is to

influence international climate negotiations, which is why CliMates has taken the voice of the

youth and the students to international events like Rio+20 and the 18th Conference of the

Parties.

The 1st CliMates Regional Workshop (CRW) brought together members of CliMates

from several regions, youth latin american leaders and Colombian experts, with the

purpose of strengthening the sinergies and the collaboration between the youth

committed to the fight against climate change. With the support of its sponsors, CliMates

was able to host an event that gathered personalities like Manuel Guzmán-Hennessey and Paula

Caballero. The CRW provided an opportunity to learn from these latin american leaders

through knowledge-sharing workshops, simulations and skill-sharing sessions related to climate

change.

CliMates’ ambition is to train the next generation of international cooperation in climate change

negotiations. With this in mind, and having as a goal the UNFCCC next Conference of the

Parties (COP20) to be held in Perú on 2014, the event presented itself as an opportunity to

increase the visibility and the collaboration between youth-led environmental initiatives in Latin

America. It was also a chance to build together a strategy for youth action in COP20 and

beyond.


Participants


Activities of the CRW

The activities within the CRW were focused on two main purposes: strengthening the knowledge and

skills of the participants; and providing an opportunity for the participants and their organizations to

organize a strategy to face the future of climate change negotiations. Some of the sessions that were

carried out are shown below:

Tuesday, September 24th

Working From Home: Local Projects

8:00am-9:30am Educommunication

10:00am-10:30am Human World Map

10:30am-11:00am Q&A with Enrique Maurtua

10:30am-12:30am Climate reality project

(Sonia Preisser)

11:00am-12:30am Climate Change and poor

communities in Latin America

(María José Vásquez)

2:00pm-4:30pm Learning from the past, planning for the future

Timeline of major climate events in Latin America

SWOT: Lessons from past attempts

4:30pm -5:30pm Reflection time and video of the day

Monday, September 23th

Getting To Know Your Enemy: Climate Change

9:00am-11:00am Opening ceremony

Invited Speakers: Paula Caballero, Manuel Guzmán-Hennessey

11:00am-12:00pm CAR and climate change

2:00pm-3:30pm Green speed dating and project flash

presentations

3:30pm-5:30pm

Awareness raising

workshop (Manuela Tenaglia)

3:30pm-5:30pm Negotiation and

Diplomacy (Cindy García and Daniela Gutiérrez)

3:30pm-5:30pm Alternative ways to do research on

climate change (CliMates and

Climacleando)

5:30pm -6:30pm Reflection time and video of the day

Invited speaker: Pedro Medina


Climate change and poor communities in Latin America (María José Vázquez Vargas)

Description. Climate change turns Latin America and the

Caribbean into one of the most vulnerable areas of the world.

Besides this, Latin America is home to more than 50% of the

population in poverty, and the economic gap between “rich and

poor” countries is only getting bigger, as well as the gap between

social classes within each country. It must be taken into account:

(1) that development cannot survive in an atmosphere of decay;

(2) that climate change threatens already vulnerable areas; (3) the

importance of considering environmental management as an act

of commitment; (4) a global perspective regarding climate change.

Objectives. Increasing awareness in climates change and its

effects on vulnerized areas, so effective and prompt solutions can

be implemented to mitigate the effects of climate change in these

areas.

Metodology. (1) 40 minute presentation about the general

situation of the LAC region in terms of poverty and climate

change, including examples of initiatives that approach both

challenges simultaneously. (2) In small groups, building of

strategies to improve the quality of life of a fictional community,

which has poverty and climate change vulnerability issues.

Similarities

Gender inequality, poverty

Settlements in risk areas

Lack of urban planning

Lack of rural opportunities Financing

Local strategic planning and organization

Youth participation, motivation and ethics

Assertive outreach

Objective: building resilient communities and sustainable cities

Step I – Adaptation Step II – mitigation

Similarities

Corruption

Migration and displacement

Lack of basic services: water - sanitation - housing - energy - transport

Inequality, violence. Financing

Adaptation: El Nino phenomenon, frost and drought

Mitigation: Clean Development Mechanism

Wednesday, September 25th

Geography Makes Us Neighbors,

Necessity Makes Us Allies

8:00am – 9:30am

How can youth influence decision makers

(Verónica Cipolatti and Sébastien Burgess

10:00am-12:30pm

Mapping actors and initiatives of climate change

in Latin America

Power

mapping

(Lorena

Terrazas,)

Spectrum of

allies

(Carmen

Capriles)

The geopolitics

of climate change

(Verónica

Cipolatti)

2:00pm–

6:00pm

Visiting

Bogota

2:00pm-5:30pm

Este país es mío (Workshop for

highschool students)

2:00pm-3:15pm

Educación ambiental

(M. Eugenia Rinaudo)

3:20pm-4:30pm

La Ruta del Emprendedor

(Diego Padilla)

Reflection

time and

video of the

day on the

go

4:30pm-5:30pm

Presentation of results

Strategies to fight poverty and climate change at the same time, identified by the participants


SWOT analysis

(Nicolás Zambrano and Safira de la Sala)

Strengths

Taking risks

Openness and flexibility

Convening power

Innovation and creativity

Ability to diffse knowledge and ideas

Motivation and will

Strategic alliances

Networking and media management

Threats

Neoliberal political trends

Social inequality and marginalization

Lack of credbility

Social numbness

Administrative formalities

Globalization = loss of identity?

Lack of funding and financing

Disinformation

Political/institutional opportunism

Opportunities

COP 20: consolidation

Funding opportunities

Positioning of LAC youth as consolidated and consensual

Chance of turning international agenda to local projects

Chance to establish dialogue with regional alliances

YOUNGO: space within negotiations

Direct dialogue with diplomats

Chance to position LAC climate change negotiation agenda

Weaknesses

Communication problems

Corrupt systems

Lack of measurable indicators to assess our objectives

Little impact on the rest of the youth

Lack of governmental support and dialogue

Leadership voids

Lack of sustainability strategies within our own countries

Difficulty to Access funding

National boundaries

Youth solutions to climate change .

Thursday, September 26th

So Close, Yet So Far: Climate Negotiations and private sector

8:00am-9:30am UNFCCC process and issues of COP20 and COP21

(CliMates- Mathilde Imer) Invited Speaker: Adriana Valenzuela

10:00am-12:30pm

Entrepreneurship (MomoEffect )

10:00am-12:30pm UNFCCC

negotiations by the coffee

machine

10:00am-12:30pm

Water and climate change (Danaé

Espinoza and Aurélien

Bigo)

2:00pm-3:10pm Skill Lab:

Anti corruption (GWA)

2:00pm-3:10pm Skill

Lab: Fundraising

(GWA)

2:00pm-3:30pm The

colors of development

(Israel Maldonado)

3:20pm-4:30pm Basic Accounting for Change Makers

(Pierre Paul Audate)

3:40pm-4:30pm The role of the

Private Sector (Kevin

Ramírez)

4:30pm-5:30pm Reflection time and video of the day/

Preparation for strategy day

Example 1. Tunicondoriri (La Paz, Bolivia) Climate impacts

Glaciar meltdown

Water deficit Vulnerable groups

Women

Indigenous communities

Cities External elements

Very few tools to make the law effective

Inadequate governing and planning

Conflict between domestic demand and production

Example 2. Ecuador Climate impacts

Upriver water captation

Desertification

Vulnerable Groups

Rural communities

Animal and plant species

Biodiversity supported individuals and families

Inhabitants of high-risk areas

External elements

Intensive agriculture

Hydropower industry

Water and Climate Change

(Aurélien Bigo & Danaé Espinoza)

Description. Climate Change and water are deeply

related. This session was intended to clarify the diverse

impacts that climate change can have over the

availability and the quality of water, specifically over

Latin America and the Caribbean, and the possible

adaptation alternatives for us to face them. This session

used research results from a CliMates student-led

project, as well as methods from the “Pides Agua”

project.

Objectives. Improving the participants’ knowledge on

Climate Change and its effects over water sources,

empowering them on the initiatives that they can push

on their own levels to tackle this problem, which is

fundamental for the region.

Methodology. (1) 40 minutes general presentation on

the LAC situation regarding climate change impacts

over water sources, including adaptation alternatives (2)

In small groups, study of examples of climate change

effects on water – particularly physical impacts,

vulnerable groups, worsening conditions and possible

local, national and global solutions.


Colors of development

César Israel Maldonado

Description. Colorimetry is the science that studies colors and their characteristics, trying to

describe the perception of color in scientific, measurable ways, in order to find out which

colors should be mixed and how to get to a certain result. The point of this session is to

emulate this scientific process, based on the analysis of the colors that now exist in economy.

These colors represent a call for action to economy to solve the important task that remains

undone: our effect on the environment. Among them we can find Green Economy and Blue

Economy.

Objectives. (1) Acknowledging and analyzing the different and common characteristics of the

diverse approaches of the sustainable economy. (2) Considering the implications of the

different approaches to development in the search for innovative solutions against climate

change (3) Identifying opportunities and challenges on the implementation of these sustainable

development economic approaches.

Methodology. (1) 25 minute general presentation on thr colors of economy. (2) In smaller

groups, discussion of the different methods of implementation of the colors of development, ,

and their consequences. n rios de aplicación de cada enfoque y debate sobre las implicancias

de la aplicación de los enfoques. (3) Quedando los grupos, identificar oportunidades y desafíos

para la aplicación de prácticas basadas en los enfoques de la economía para los proyectos

locales de desarrollo sostenible

Green Blue

Advantages

Concern for the conservation of natural resources

Low carbon emissions

Possible path to achieve the goal of sustainable development

Has allowed certain companies to obtain benefits responsibly

Is inclusive, since it makes human beings the axis of all the efforts

Uses biomimicry to produce with limited resources

Has a higher potential to spread

Disadvantages

Copies the "brown" economy with a different name

It does not take into account the social and economic impacts of moving from fossil to renewable

Gives an economic “price” to everything, which could threaten species that “are not worthy enough”

Exclusive, and could allow "Greenwashing"

Lack of political and fiscal incentives to switch to that model

Lack of general and scientific knowledge

Its viability is not certain

Youth solutions to climate change Friday, September 27th

Warning: Youth at Work!

8:00am-9:30am Climate data in Latin America:

The IPCC reports (M. Eugenia Rinaudo)

10:00am-4:00pm Constructing a youth strategy for COP20

and beyond

4:00pm-6:00pm Closing ceremony / Cultural performance

Invited Speakers:: Jason García


¡Clic!

Estructura del Movimiento y metodología de trabajo

We are the youth movement of Latin American and Caribbean youth to face Climate

Change.

Vision

We aspire to be the most representative and inclusive Latin American and Caribbean

movement to address climate change, building the future that we really want,

influencing at a national and international level for a more harmonious relationship

with the environment.

Mission

We share skills, knowledge and projects in innovative ways, to give room for youth in

Latin America and the Caribbean to channel our energy into creative and innovative

solutions to Climate Change

The movement of Latin American and Caribbean youth to face Climate Change (¡Clic!)

works through a structure that facilitates the joint construction and sharing of ideas and

skills among its members. In this regard, ¡Click! has four thematic working groups

identified by the members as the central axes of ¡Clic!’s action. Each one of these

groups (listed below) has a Focal Point, who is responsible for the coordination of the

team so they can meet the goals set by the team itself.

At the same time, ¡Clic! has a Coordinating Team, which is responsible for monitoring

all the teams and ensuring that they all work together to move forward in developing an

integrated strateguy to face climate change. Currently, this team has three members

available to advise, build and push the agendas of the movement.

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Skill and knowledge sharing

Identifies the training needs of ¡Clic!

members and the knowledge can be shared.

Exchanges knowledge and multidisciplinary

tools in order to achieve the empowerment

of young people against climate change.

Replicable Projects

Shares local projects that meet the

necessary features to be replicated in

other countries and cities. Collects

information from the projects being

carried out by ¡Clic! young members and

shares this information with the

movement, so they can be replicated in

other countries. Thus, ¡Clic! works locally

in concrete actions against Climate

Change

Climate negotiations (COP)

Promotes the awareness, participation and

incidence of the youth in the process of COP

and international negotiations.internacionales.

Communication

Provides the communication tools for participants and actors,

and helps them spread their projects. Creates media tools that

can become reference to climate change movements and

individuals in the LAC region.


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