Youth in action on on climate climate change:
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14 <str<strong>on</strong>g>Youth</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>acti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>climate</strong> <strong>change</strong>: <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>spirati<strong>on</strong>s from around the world<br />
C<strong>on</strong>stituency of <str<strong>on</strong>g>Youth</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
N<strong>on</strong>-Governmental<br />
Organizati<strong>on</strong>s to UNFCCC<br />
In resp<strong>on</strong>se to the grow<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g number of youth organizati<strong>on</strong>s engaged <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>tergovernmental <strong>climate</strong> <strong>change</strong> process, <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2009 the UNFCCC secretariat<br />
extended c<strong>on</strong>stituency status to admitted youth n<strong>on</strong>-governmental<br />
organizati<strong>on</strong>s (NGOs) allow<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g them to receive official <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>formati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
participate <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> meet<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gs, request speak<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g slots and receive logistical support<br />
at UNFCCC c<strong>on</strong>ferences.<br />
In <strong>on</strong>ly four years, UNFCCC C<strong>on</strong>stituency<br />
of <str<strong>on</strong>g>Youth</str<strong>on</strong>g> N<strong>on</strong>-Governmental Organizati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
(YOUNGO) has developed <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>to a vibrant<br />
network of youth activists, through which<br />
youth make their voices heard and actively<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tribute to shap<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g the <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>tergovernmental<br />
<strong>climate</strong> <strong>change</strong> policies. At the UNFCCC<br />
c<strong>on</strong>ferences, YOUNGO makes official<br />
statements, provides technical and policy<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>puts to negotiati<strong>on</strong> groups, engages<br />
with decisi<strong>on</strong>-makers through high-level<br />
meet<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gs and <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>formal sett<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gs and<br />
raises awareness through various advocacy<br />
activities. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Youth</str<strong>on</strong>g> participati<strong>on</strong> has brought<br />
moral, <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>tergenerati<strong>on</strong>al and equity-based<br />
values as well as c<strong>on</strong>structive technical and<br />
policy <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>puts to the negotiati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Currently, YOUNGO <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>cludes over 2,000<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>dividual members and many youth<br />
organizati<strong>on</strong>s around the world. Its overall<br />
goal is to empower young people so that<br />
they may have a say at the UNFCCC<br />
c<strong>on</strong>ferences, as well as to promote youth<br />
participati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> specific projects at the<br />
local and nati<strong>on</strong>al levels <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> areas such as<br />
educati<strong>on</strong>, public awareness, mitigati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
adaptati<strong>on</strong>, women and gender, and<br />
technology transfer.<br />
Name of c<strong>on</strong>stituency:<br />
C<strong>on</strong>stituency of <str<strong>on</strong>g>Youth</str<strong>on</strong>g> N<strong>on</strong>-Governmental<br />
Organizati<strong>on</strong>s (YOUNGO)<br />
Names of c<strong>on</strong>tact pers<strong>on</strong>s:<br />
Jamie Peters, Liangyi Chang<br />
E-mail:<br />
jamie.peters@ukycc.org,<br />
ian0301s@gmail.com<br />
Website:<br />
www.youth<strong>climate</strong>.org
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