Want to help draft policy demands for #COP28 ? We're still accepting applications! This year, LCOY USA is both in-person in Washington D.C, and virtual, and free for delegates.
4 core elements of the consensus for a #NewGlobalFinancingPact:
1⃣ Reduce inequality and poverty while combating climate change and its consequences
2⃣ Develop a country-by-country approach that takes specific situations into account
3⃣ Encourage a substantial public funding shock
4⃣ Mobilize much more private funding
Start a climate conversation with friends, family, or colleagues and talk about the risks we face, the choices we can make, and the solutions we can adopt.
If warming stripes are useful for that conversation then download them here: https://t.co/LW5Kgrr8w3
#ShowYourStripes
Today is #ShowYourStripes day where folks from around the world use the Climate Stripes image to show how the climate is changing where they live.
Find your own Climate Stripes for every state and county in the US at https://t.co/OBr0sjrZ3l, and share.
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We're thrilled to have been joined by young people from all across the country who will be working together to organize the 2nd edition of @IYCM endorsed Local Conference of Youth in the U.S. where youth climate actors will draft demands on the road to @COP28_UAE!
@POTUS@ClimateEnvoy
There is no Climate Justice without a Loss and Damage finance mechanism at THIS #COP27 . We have no time to waste. Youth call on you today to take action, now.
We did this and more! We secured support for:
✅ financial resources for young people to attend climate events
✅ youth as responsible parties for action
✅ creation of national strategies focused on educating, raising awareness, and empowering climate action at home & abroad
The #youthpower of @COP27P!! After 20+ hours of negotiations and 10+ hours of bilateral discussions, my team @IYCM secured official recognition of youth as stakeholders in “designing and implementing climate policies” in the ACE Action Plan (Article 12 of the Paris Agreement)!!
A thread about #COP27 and youth engagement:
If you're following COP, by now you've seen youth give speeches, press conferences, and you've seen pictures of meetings. But there's youth at COP you're not seeing, and I want to talk about it here 🧵
Incredibly encouraging to see this, and well done @imkevinjpatel 👏
Creation of YCCs (Youth Climate Commissions) was one of the key demands to come out of LCOY USA's national youth statement.
Hoping to see other regions follow suit, leads in replies welcome✍️
In 2019, I saw in LA County that young people still didn’t have a voice and I made it my mission to make sure they did. That idea turned into the Youth Climate Commission, and TODAY I get to say I will be apart of said Commission with 24 other amazing young people.