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Welcome to the CC:iNet Youth Portal! The Portal offers a broad range of information on climate change
initiatives, projects, campaigns, educational tools, websites and publications, produced by and for young
people. Furthermore it highlights activities undertaken by members of the United Nations Joint Framework
Initiative on Children, Youth and Climate Change and provides space for the UNFCCC observer constituency of
youth organizations (YOUNGO) to showcase their work. Please share information on your activities by
uploading it directly to the CC:iNet
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| YOUNGO: UNFCCC constituency of youth non-governmental organizations | |||||||||||||
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Since 2009 youth non-governmental organizations have been enjoying constituency status. This provides YOUNGO with the opportunity to address the plenary, High Level Segment of a COP/CMP, make submissions (individual youth organizations also), attend workshops, meet with officials of the Convention such as SB/AWG Chairs and COP President. They also organize Young and Future Generation's Day during the COP/CMP featuring a series of side events, exhibits, interviews, media stunts and other activities.
For more information about YOUNGO and its current activities, please visit http://www.youthclimate.org or e-mail the YOUNGO focal points
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| United Nations Joint Framework Initiative on Children, Youth and Climate Change | |||||||||||||
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The work of the Initiative is closely linked to the implementation of Article 6 of the UNFCCC and in particular the implementation of amended New Delhi work programme on Article 6. It also draws guidance from the following policy instruments:
Its main areas of work are:
For more information please e-mail us at youth@unfccc.int |
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“Youth as Agents of Change” is the motto of this
year’s Young and Future Generations Day on 4 December, which will feature a series of youth-led
events, interviews and various activities throughout the day with a continuous stream of creative
actions that prove that young people are key players in reaching innovative, inspiring and ambitious
climate change solutions. The day is organized jointly by the UNFCCC observer constituency of youth
NGOs (YOUNGO), the UNFCCC secretariat and the COP 20/CMP 10 Presidency’s Stakeholder Engagement
Team.
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For the
seventh year running, the 'Intergenerational Inquiry' will be the highlight of COP 20/CMP
20’s Young and Future Generations Day on 4 December 2014, giving youth delegates from around
the world the opportunity to engage with key figures in the UNFCCC process. This year’s edition
will focus on “Youth as agents of change”. The event will showcase the work undertaken
with and by youth at the local, national and international levels and highlight the role they play in
pursuit of an ambitious climate agreement in 2015.
A series of
intimate and interactive briefings geared specifically towards youth will take place throughout COP
20/CMP 10. Each briefing lasts 30 minutes with most of the time devoted to candid questions from
young people.
This exhibition booth is hosted by the
Youth-led and youth focused
organizations are hosting a number of side events throughout the conference. View the official
During Young and Future
Generations Day on 4 December a series of Mini-Side Events will take place at the Climate Change
Studio. These events give young people access to a stage, a microphone and a captive audience. Young
people can use the Mini-Side Events to showcase a project they have implemented, present a report
they have written, sing a song or tell the world about an issue close to their hearts.
Every year YOUNGO with local partners organizes the
Conference of Youth (COY) on the weekend prior to the sessions of the UNFCCC COP/CMP. The COY brings
together young people from around the world who are passionate about addressing climate change and
promoting sustainable lifestyles. It aims to enhance the exchange of experiences, knowledge and good
practices to strengthen the international youth climate movement and involve next generations in
developing climate solutions and actions. The main objective of this year's COY is to establish a
space of coordination and organization for the world’s youth in order to develop the youth
climate agenda towards COP 20/CMP 10 and COP 21/CMP 11.
YOUNGO meets daily from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. in
room Machu Picchu for its Spokescouncil during which all constituents, organizations and working
groups get together to plan their schedule for the day and week and organize actions and policy areas
to work on.
Children and
young people have been participating in the UNFCCC intergovernmental process since COP 5 in Bonn. Starting in
COP 11/CMP 1, youth have also organized preparatory meetings called "Conferences of Youth," which
help build their capacity to participate in the UNFCCC negotiation process.
Since September 2008, the UNFCCC secretariat has been working together with United Nations
agencies and youth non-governmental organizations to empower children and young people to take action on
climate change through the United Nations Joint Framework Initiative on Children, Youth and Climate Change.
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