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P.J. Partington
Alaturat: Sep 29, 2006
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Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
February 7, 2008 - 04:40 PM
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Hi everyone!
This coming Monday and Tuesday I will be attending a UN General Assembly debate on "climate change and the UN" in New York (don't worry, I'm not flying, I'm taking the bus!). Scott Moore (SustainUS) and I will be representing the international youth movement and will hopefully get a chance to engage in the discussions.
WE WANT YOUR VOICE!
What would you tell the UN? How can the UN system be more supportive of the youth movement? How can we work better together?
Please post your thoughts here and I will be sure to share them! Thanks everyone!!!
(also, a little plug for the climate page. It's awesome now, so check it out! climate.takingitglobal.org, now with TV!!! )
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adewole taiwo
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
February 8, 2008 - 05:37 AM
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Thank you for the information, I think more need to be done with the youth in developing countries, we have a plan to host a conference here in Nigeria tagged" National Youth Conference on Climate Change 2008" and this is: WHAT THE YOUTH WILL LEAVE THE CONFERENCE WITH
1. A road map for action- a clear idea on what need to be done, and when
2. practical and in depth solutions that can be used to better communication on climate change
3. a full networking book, an opportunity to make contact with other youths out there and know how in dealing with climate change strategies
4. A bench mark of what is been done by other youth from other countries and what you need to do to get among these youths.
But the major challenges is getting s sponsorship!
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
February 8, 2008 - 11:24 AM
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I'd like to see the UN push member countries to establish core environmental education curricula.
PROBLEM: New study cites best educated Canadians have worst impact on environment
SOLUTION: core environmental education
High school kids in Ontario, Canada, this very week, are starting a course dedicated to environmental education.
It’s taken a long time for an important subject like environmental education to be taught on its own. We don't have it here in Nova Scotia.
Our education department experts say they are bombarded by many curriculum requests. Perhaps this was a problem in Ontario too, but they straightened it out. Retired astronaut Roberta Bondar chaired the working group there – she’s had a unique perspective on our planet, having seen it from space.
Until very recently, most provincial curriculums have had no perspective on Earth Education at all. (We need to start capitalizing the word. It deserves more respect.) Most curricula have completely ignored environmental education, or have treated it as an incremental afterthought. It’s only very recently, and grudgingly, that we have come to acknowledge the concrete consequences of our environmental inaction.
Even if some of our children, and certainly not all, received some piecemeal environmental education, the statistics are now staring us in the face: that minimal exposure has been supremely ineffective.
Even where it’s been used, the “diffusion” approach of smattering environmental “issues” throughout the curriculum has not been significant enough to effect a real understanding of the relationships in nature, of which we human beings are an intrinsic part. Otherwise, we would have university graduates who better understood the impacts of population, development and consumption.
But even the “diffusion” model would be something compared to the annual spring litter pick-up which most schools turn to for “environmental education.” To quote Steve Van Matre, the litter pick-up is like someone coming to you with two cups of water when your house is on fire.
Gestures aren’t enough. We need lifestyle change, and that requires a much deeper understanding of relationship dynamics. We also need passion, because science alone won’t solve these problems either. Science is an indispensable tool, but only a tool. We must model care for the world we live in, if future generations are to have a world.
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Jonathan-Frank
Alaturat: Feb 27, 2008
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
March 6, 2008 - 10:51 AM
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The best way for the UN to be supportive of the youth movement is to start laying the foundations of the environmental revolution that we as youth believe is necessary to avert future peril. There has been too much talk, and not enough action from the UN; meanwhile, the forces of globalization and capitalization are getting far ahead. Whenever I speak to people from the generation or two ahead of us, they often say that it is our generation (the youth movement) that will solve the problems that theirs has created. Well, the problem with that is when our generation has the power to do so, it may be to late.
Take water for example, an often-overlooked issue, and one of great importance to Canada. Under current NAFTA regulations, in particular Article 315's "proportionality clause", once the flow of an export like water has been established, a member government cannot reduce or restrict that export. If they do, the corporation whose investments have been undermined can actually sue that government for contravening international trade rules.
If regulations do not become enacted in the very near future, or if current regulations such as the one previously mentioned are not altered, it may be to late to introduce sustainable water practices and prevent dire water shortages in the future. This example can be applied of course to all resources. Similar free trade regulations exist all over the world.
If the UN wants to be more supportive of the youth movement, then they can do us a favour by giving us a fighting chance in the future. If our generation is going to be able to make a difference, it must be with the help of the generations who are currently in positions of power. All I seem to see is environmental deregulation in order to promote economic growth. Drastic changes need to begin before it’s to late. To do this, more aggressive environmental protection policies need to be developed and implemented now and the youth movement needs the assistance of people in the UN today in order to accomplish this.
I know that this is very broad, but this point needs to be driven home!
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ISAAC WANASOLO
Alaturat: Mar 7, 2008
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
March 15, 2008 - 11:37 AM
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Its with pleasure that i post this contribution.
Iam hope you are aware of the current trend of events in african countries especially as far as physical planning is concerned!
In uganda, over the last two decades, the environment has suffered at the hands of lack of effective phyiscal planning practices. where plans have been prepared, they have been shelved to the detrement of the evironment especially the wetlands and forests which have to a very great extent been encroached upon and the responsible authorities have kept their heads down becauset they have eaten bribes.
I would like you the re-echo the importance of physical planning in develping countries if we are to revert the current trend of environmental chanbge.
Go say it with great "marination" and "spicing"!!!! 
Best Regards
WANASOLO ISAAC
Executive Director
YOUTH COALITION FOR DEVELOPMENT
email: youthco_ug@hotmail.com
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Marco Bertoli
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
March 20, 2008 - 07:10 PM
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Please Cydnairobi, could you post here a minute of the meeting?
It would be interesting that everyone knows how the debate went on.
UN is a organization paid with taxation to nearly every State in the World. So its our right to control them.
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PRINCE C.J. BENJAMIN
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
April 12, 2008 - 10:53 AM
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MOST NIGERIAN youths do not know what climate change is, just like MDGs. We need to organize seminars to educate them first. i believe some of them can come up with good ideas. what do you think?
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SMJN
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
April 22, 2008 - 05:32 PM
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ya.. in most parts of the world, there are scientists panicking, and general public know nothing about it! we need more awareness campaigns and political advocacy in this issue.
in Nepal, we have more than 10 of the highest mountains of the world, one of them being Mt. Everest, which are rapidly melting because of global warming and climate change. we need to make people aware of how urgent this issue is. we need to take responsibility NOW to save our mountains, rainforests, and all those beautiful gifts of nature..
Having sessions on the issue in schools/colleges for students can help.
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PRINCE C.J. BENJAMIN
Alaturat: Nov 23, 2007
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
April 23, 2008 - 07:05 AM
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I an still expecting the invitation.
PRINCE C.J BENJAMIN from ABA
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pavanaja
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
May 8, 2008 - 03:44 AM
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Hi!
Its a nice thing to see so many responses about this.
We all have a collective responsibility towards this change....we as individuals may contribute only little percent to this...along with this I feel we need to pressurize the organisations that were formed for this purpose n governments to take proper steps to reduce the effects.as big organisations only be able to fund n conduct research n development in this field n encourage the freelancers.
It is not enough n raise our shoulders showing some spaceships n fighting terrorism...environmental change is even more a big issue to be dealt by everyone.Its not enough if we clean our house.We should create responsibility noyonly for children who go to school but to every individual on this earth as this cannot be done by the organisations alone we need to help make people aware of what we r aware of...spread the knowledge u have n see the difference...when everyone works towards this it'll take much lesser time to save our mother earth....I feel this is the need for the day
It is a known truth that once luxury items now became necessity.For Eg Refrigirators,Air conditioners etc.....But if we see out fore fathers n their fathers did'nt feel the necessity for these....
Development should'nt break the laws of nature...other wise the nature will break its laws in the form of Tsunamis,Draught,Melting of ice mountains,ozone layer depletion etc...
Lets( all organisations,institutions,individuals) take a collective oath for the maintainance of this precious thing...THE EARTH.
This post was edited on: 2008-05-08 at 03:46 AM by: pavanaja
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EZEH THERESA
Alaturat: May 8, 2008
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
May 8, 2008 - 08:28 AM
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Good day,l thinkb that UN should take it as a chalenge to create the awareness in all the youths on the issue of climate
This can be done by making climate changeone of the compulsory course in schools
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PRINCE C.J. BENJAMIN
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
May 8, 2008 - 09:04 AM
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I suggest that UN should employ youths from all parts of the world, train them and send them into the field.
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CanadianKate
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
May 28, 2008 - 11:51 AM
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Renew the Kyoto Protocal in 2011 (I think that's when it expires) and get China signed on.
Also, change China's official status to developed country so they are forced to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
And, more nuclear generating stations need to be built in developing countries. If we start them out right with something like nuclear we won't have to go back 20 years down the road and change the coal or other pollutant power plants to something clean.
But that's just my thought.
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washosy
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
June 2, 2008 - 08:08 AM
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[quote]We can together jointly do it for in the words of Peter not the Apostle but Peter the world Novel tittled pole when life have dealt so bitterly blow on him said "Is not life that matters but the courage you bring into it. Blessed are all trails out of it make th a man
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Rhiya Trivedi
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Re: Climate Change and Youth: What would YOU tell the UN?
July 1, 2008 - 05:19 PM
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CanadianKate wrote:
Renew the Kyoto Protocal in 2011 (I think that's when it expires) and get China signed on.
Also, change China's official status to developed country so they are forced to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
And, more nuclear generating stations need to be built in developing countries. If we start them out right with something like nuclear we won't have to go back 20 years down the road and change the coal or other pollutant power plants to something clean.
But that's just my thought.
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in response to changing china's status to developed country:
considering they currently still build 1 coal plant every week (roughly) don't you considering china a developing country? with such dynamic growth (as a result of the immeasurable rift between the rural and urban dimensions of the country) i think its hard at this point to already see them as developed.
one must also consider that during the US' industrial revolution, climate change didn't exist and growth was never stymied. i think its time for the west to assume all responsibility until the east is truly in a position to care.
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