Sentences with phrase «youth climate action»

Partnering with China Youth Climate Action Network (CYCAN), we launched the «A Billion Acts of Green» campaign in China in honor of Earth Day 2016, aiming to collect one billion of green acts by Earth Day 2020.

Her courage and passion for equitable climate solutions have positioned her as a driving force for youth climate action in Paris.

YouCAN (Youth Climate Action Now) is a program developed by Our Children's Trust that trains and supports youth, their families, and other supporters to engage in civic participation with local government.

For example, Youth Climate Action Now is a civic engagement project in which students advocate for local environmental policies, such as reducing carbon emissions at the city level.

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From a joint letter to the Telegraph opposing plans for a new airport in the Thames Estuary, signed by Christian Aid, Cafod, RSPB, Friends of the Earth, Tearfund, WWF, Greenpeace UK, World Development Movement, Portsmouth Climate Action Network, Airport Watch, Swindon Climate Action Network, Plantlife, Artists Project Earth, UK Youth Climate Coalition, Surfers Against Sewage, Climate Alliance — January 2012

Billy Parish cofounded the Energy Action Coalition, the world's largest youth climate - advocacy organization.

The AOCC kicked off on Friday, March 3, and featured several panel discussions, as well as the Youth Action Research where Boston Public School students presented information, including survey data, about their schools» racial and social climate.

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My 20 - city European climate change art show — which was to inspire youth to take action to reduce their CO2 footprint — was canceled due to government interference and badmouthing.

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They are among a growing group of youth suing their governments for putting their futures at risk by failing to take serious action on climate change.

These award - winning video portraits showcase how our youth are bravely taking legal action against our governments» collective failure to take serious climate action.

Our youth understand that solving the climate crisis will require extraordinary action on our part.

From November 1st to 17th 2017, Plant - for - the - Planet will be in Bonn to be in the heart of climate actions with our 3rd Youth Summit.

It is also recommended that the simulation exercise be used to engender climate action among youth.

This guidance document illustrates the steps to set up a Youth Climate Dialogue (YCD), which is an event that features a video - conference dialogue between schools in different parts of the world about how youth perceive climate change, how it affects their lives, and what actions they consider most imporYouth Climate Dialogue (YCD), which is an event that features a video - conference dialogue between schools in different parts of the world about how youth perceive climate change, how it affects their lives, and what actions they consider most impClimate Dialogue (YCD), which is an event that features a video - conference dialogue between schools in different parts of the world about how youth perceive climate change, how it affects their lives, and what actions they consider most imporyouth perceive climate change, how it affects their lives, and what actions they consider most impclimate change, how it affects their lives, and what actions they consider most important.

With that said, the increased diversification of support and effort towards other sectors in the EU and its neighbourhood — namely towards youth, research and innovation, cities and a fair transition — is an important signal for future work on climate action in Europe and its partner countries.

«We, youth climate activists at the University of Montana, are calling for a regional weekend of action to protect the greater Northwest from coal exports.

These actions are a part of the global TRUST campaign to empower youth and adults to stand up for climate action that is consistent with scientific prescriptions for a sustainable and livable future.

The U.S People's Delegation is a platform to show the force of U.S - based communities and everyday Americans, including frontline communities, indigenous communities, communities of color, youth, advocates, and policymakers who are pushing for climate action on the city and state level.

She has attended key climate events with world leaders, participated in youth activism actions, met one - on - one with the Minister of Environment and Energy of the Maldives and participated in launching a global youth climate initiative.

With many of the bird - dogging actions being led by youth and students, a group of students and youth leading the organizing of a mass act of civil disobedience planned for October 24th, called Climate 101, are hoping the actions build momentum towards the mobilization.

WHAT: Climate Day of Action: DC Youth Rally for a Carbon Price WHERE: Front steps of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC) WHEN: Friday, April 13, 12:30 pm SPEAKERS: — Three D.C. middle school students — Payal Shah, Moms Clean Air Force — Riley Place, Generation E PAC — Kymone Freeman, founder of We Act Radio - Camila Thorndike, CCAN Action Fund

The letter calls on youth to show up and join the action because of the risks presented by the Kinder Morgan pipeline, the need for urgent climate action, and because of the role youth and young people played in winning Justin Trudeau his mandate in 2015.

At COP23 a delegation of frontline communities, indigenous communities, communities of color, youth, advocates, and policymakers, pushed for climate action on the city and state level despite the U.S withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and recent rollbacks on climate proteclimate action on the city and state level despite the U.S withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and recent rollbacks on climate proteClimate Agreement and recent rollbacks on climate proteclimate protections.

This manual is a guide on how facilitators, peer educators, project officers, teachers or youth workers can support young people in non-formal learning settings, both in and out of school, to take action in addressing the challenges of climate change.

It is designed to get groups of children and youth thinking about and taking action on climate change.

Specifically, I'm talking to them about Climate 101, a plan that I, along with a 100 other students and youth, have to risk arrest on October 24th calling on Prime Minister Trudeau to take real climate action and reject the Kinder Morgan piClimate 101, a plan that I, along with a 100 other students and youth, have to risk arrest on October 24th calling on Prime Minister Trudeau to take real climate action and reject the Kinder Morgan piclimate action and reject the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

Ottawa, ON — Today, leaders from the environmental and Indigenous rights movements, including Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, David Suzuki, Union of BC Indian Chiefs President Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and six others, released a letter supporting Climate 101, a youth and student - led civil disobedience action planned for October 24th in Ottawa.

Global Green would like to thank our partners who helped promote the Green School Competition including: Alliance for Climate Education, Center for Ecoliteracy, Environmental Charter Schools, Facing the Future, Global Youth Action Network, Green Education Foundation, Healthy Child Healthy World, Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, NAACP, Roots and Shoots, Project Learning Tree, Dream in Green, Green schools Initiative, National Beta Club.

The delegation included members from frontline communities, Indigenous communities, communities of color, youth, advocates, and policymakers who are pushing for climate action on the city and state level despite the U.S withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and recent rollbacks on climate proteclimate action on the city and state level despite the U.S withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and recent rollbacks on climate proteClimate Agreement and recent rollbacks on climate proteclimate protections.

Indigenous groups, labor, youth, scientists, food justice and clean water activists, religious groups, and civil rights organizations joined environmental groups in calling on world leaders attending the UN Climate Summit in New York this Tuesday to start taking real action to halt climate disrClimate Summit in New York this Tuesday to start taking real action to halt climate disrclimate disruption.

In the midst of it all, I sat down with Jessy Tolkan, who, as one of the founders of the Energy Action Coalition, the coalition of 50 youth - led environmental and social justice organizations behind Power Shift, has had a front - row seat to the evolution of the event — and the youth climate movement.

The young activists, representing a number of youth action groups including SustainUS, the Sierra Student Coalition, the Cascade Climate Network, and other American youth NGOs, kicked off the protest by holding banners in front of the cameras reading «Climate Disaster Ahead» and «Clean Energy Now.»

Activists and campaigners from the European, International and youth networks of Friends of the Earth participated in a day of action against coal — telling decision - makers to kick coal and other dirty energy out of the climate talks in Warsaw.

Youth from the Push Europe campaign took action at the Bonn climate talks by «lining up» to apply for green jobs, only to be «rejected» by an EU official.

Prior to that, Billy co-founded and grew the Energy Action Coalition into the largest youth organization in the world focused on clean energy and climate solutions.

In Response to Supreme Court Denial, Youth Climate Advocates Continue Quest For Effective Federal Climate Action

Film festivals have been a major part of WITNESS's parallel online and offline distribution strategy forStories of TRUST: Calling for Climate Recovery — a series short films co-produced with Our Children's Trust that profile U.S youth who are taking legal action for climate jClimate Recovery — a series short films co-produced with Our Children's Trust that profile U.S youth who are taking legal action for climate jclimate justice.

Action Teams are youth - led school clubs committed to cutting carbon, pushing for policy changes, and raising climate awareness.

So, when national representatives, civil society and youth gathered for the 6th Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) this week the discussion was all about solutions.

Push Europe, a campaign run jointly with other European youth organisations and activists, calling for increased action from European governments to take adequate action to stop climate change.

Young Friends of the Earth Europe unites and inspires youth from across Europe to take positive action and to work together to create just solutions to the climate crisis.

Climate Spring, a 2014 campaign run with other youth organisations and activists, with decentralised actions across Europe.

3:30 pm — 4:45 pm PDT: To get young people interested in environmental activism, two of the Prize recipients will be sharing their stories with kids from local groups such as the City Arts & Tech High School, Youth United for Community Action and the Alliance for Climate Education.

The Get Loud Challenge, also launching in January 2016, will engage and activate more than 500,000 youth to take immediate climate action.

The Challenge will run from January through May and will leverage gamification to motivate youth competitors to take actions like: having a climate conversation with a parent, generating and sharing viral content on social media, or showing up with friends to local legislative offices to demand climate action from elected leadership.

In a show of force today, individuals from diverse organizations representing youth, advocates, Indigenous peoples & frontlines communities, policy makers and more announced their platform — «The U.S. People's Delegation» to counter the Trump Administration's fossil fuel agenda and to hold US states, cities, businesses, and the public accountable to commitments to climate action.

Climate justice was on the agenda at the Young Friends of the Earth Europe summer camp 2015 in Brittany, north - west France, as 100 European youth gathered to discuss action plans and environmental justice in the run - up to this December's UN climate talks in Paris — theClimate justice was on the agenda at the Young Friends of the Earth Europe summer camp 2015 in Brittany, north - west France, as 100 European youth gathered to discuss action plans and environmental justice in the run - up to this December's UN climate talks in Paris — theclimate talks in Paris — the COP21.

They are already demanding ambitious action on climate change and leading a youth climate movement.