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Environment Day 2009

World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The theme for WED 2009 is 'Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change'. It reflects the urgency for nations to agree on a new deal at the crucial climate convention meeting in Copenhagen. Find out more at:

http://www.unep.org/wed/2009/english/

See what our partners are doing to promote the world environment day:

  • United Nations Climate Change Conference - Copenhagen Seal the Deal
  • The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
  • The World Organization of the Scout Movement

  • Scouting's environment programmes and projects

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    “SEAL the DEAL’’  Youth Action on Climate Change

    In September 2009, UNEP with the support of UNICEF and several other UN agencies hope to bring together over one million young people to march across one hundred capitals to deliver to global leaders a petition on behalf of the world’s three billion young people. The petition will be developed online and finally agreed to in Daejeon, South Korea at a Global Townhall for young people on climate change.

    Organized against the backdrop of the world wide campaign on climate change “Seal the Deal”, the petition aims to ensure the voices of youth reach, and hopefully inspire world leaders to sign a definitive climate deal in Copenhagen.

    “Seal the Deal” Youth Action includes a number of consolidated activities, these include:

    Children and Youth Conference on Climate Change (17- 25 August - Daejeon, South Korea)

    The Conference will bring together 1,000 participants comprising 750 children (10 to 14 years) and 250 youth (15 to 24 years). The theme of the conference is Climate Change - Our Challenge and will include two high profile events (a Global Townhall and a Global Debate on climate change). The Conference will result in a petition to world leaders and an action plan for promoting individual actions on climate change.

    Global Townhall (20 August 2009)

    The Global Townhall meeting will include all 1,000 participants of the Conference and virtual participants from over 20 cities around the world connected via webcasting.

    Global Debate on Climate Change with political and business leaders (20 August 2009)

    The participants of the Conference will have an opportunity to discuss climate change in a debate with political and business leaders and explore scenarios for the global community as well as the individual participants to adopt actions to address climate change. Partnerships with major broadcasters and parallel online events will maximize the reach and impact of the events.

    UniteforClimate Online Campaign 

    UniteforClimate is an interactive social networking platform developed by UNICEF in collaboration with UNEP. It provides a platform for young people to learn, interact and share their thoughts about climate change and the action needed to combat global warming. The launch is scheduled to take place on 20 August 2009 during the Global Townhall.Young people will be encouraged to interact with scientists and decision-makers in an attempt to build their capacity and knowledge and to blog their messages and experiences online through their own blog sites or through Facebook, YouTube and other venues. 

    Virtual Climate Wall

    A Virtual Climate Wall will allow young people to articulate their concerns on climate change so the world can understand why the next generation feels it’s imperative to reach agreement in Copenhagen. This Climate Wall will be projected at UN headquarters during the General Assembly meeting on 22 September, and at the Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December.

    Global Action Week on Climate Change (20-25 September 2009)

    Young People from around the world will be invited to join a Global Action Week on Climate Change. This initiative is being organized in partnership with the world’s leading environmental NGO’s and coincides with the UN General Assembly Summit in New York on 22 September 2009. 

    Making children's voices heard at the 2009 Children's Climate Forum in Copenhagen

    On October, 2008 students at a special school in Copenhagen convened to make themselves heard in the global climate debate, as UNICEF Denmark and the municipality of Copenhagen hosted a preview of the Children’s Climate Forum Copenhagen 2009 (CCFC 09), which will be held in November.

    CCFC 09 is being held in the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15), which will be held in December 2009. Children from around the world will be involved in the event, all of whom will have had previous experience working with climate and democracy in their home countries. The children will take part in digital communities and online learning scenarios prior to the event. Find out more about the event at:

     http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/denmark_45874.html

     

    UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP15)

    Copenhagen, 7-18 December 2009 http://en.cop15.dk/

    The overall goal for the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference hosted by Denmark is to establish an ambitious global climate agreement for the period from 2012 when the first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol expires.

    See other youth events in 2009 on the UN Youth Web site

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    Tunza International Children’s Conference on the Environment (Daejeon, Korea 17 - 20 August 2009) 

    The United Nations Environment Programme in cooperation with UNEP National Committee for the Republic of Korea will be hosting the 2009 Tunza International Children’s Conference on the Environment in Daejeon, Korea. The Conference whose theme will be ‘Climate Change: Our Challenge’ will collectively bring together about 400 participants (aged 10 to 14) from over 100 countries. Find out more about the event at:

    http://www.unep.org/Tunza/Children/Events/icc_2009/

                                                   

    Children and Youth International Conference "Let's Take Care of the Planet"

    The Children and Youth International Conference is an educational campaign that brings a political view on environmental issues into education. It attracts and engages youngsters (12 to 14 years of age) in essential research and debate on contemporary socio-environmental challenges within their school communities. Find out more at:

    http://portal.mec.gov.br/brasil2010/en/index.php 

     

    Carboschools+ Annual Meeting in Pistoia (25 - 30 April 2009) 

    The Carboschools project meeting was held in Pistoia, Italy. Carboschools+ is a project financed by the ‘Science in Society’ programme of the European Union. Twelve research institutes in eight different countries study how to encourage and support collaboration between schools and research based in the variety of contexts, approaches, arguments and age groups that are involved at a regional level in the different projects. Started in 2004 by CarboEurope and CARBOOCEAN, two major research projects on the carbon cycle, it has proposed, by 2010, to include 90 scientists, 140 teachers and more than 3000 students. For more information visit: http://www.carboschools.org/

     

    last updated: Friday, June 5, 2009