The world´s
largest youth organization is on location for the COP18 in Doha, Qatar, the
yearly UN conference of the parties on climate change, to advocate for youth´s
participation and influence on the climate change negotiations. This year’s
YMCA delegation consists of coordinator Marcus Gustafsson from Sweden along
with Sofia Widén and Andreas Axelson as well as Håvard Skjerdal and Sunniva Håberg from
Norway. The expectations of the
delegation are to raise the general awareness of the climate change and to
advocate for youth’s increased participation in the work on climate change.
High expectations have preceded many of the previous negotiations but have
repeatedly come short due to late lock-downs and inability to reach consensus
between developed and developing countries.
The major issues to be negotiated on during
the COP18 are particularly to come to a conclusion on the second commitment
period of the Kyoto protocol and to work out the commitments under the Durban
Platform. Although the convention has many focal points and different working areas,
the main aim of the negotiations will concern the mitigation goals and the
commitment periods. It remains to be seen whether there will be an agreement on
the different roles of the developed and the developing countries.
In this
process the NGO:s play a key role in putting pressure on the national
delegations and spreading the word of the climate change negotiations outside
of the conference walls. YMCA has a unique opportunity to create opinion as
well as grass root level action with the strength of an International organization
in order to create change.
This
conference the world needs to see progress on the climate change negotiations and
we are here to make sure that the voice of youth is heard and to emphasize that
change is crucial and possible. The youth of today are the ones who will be
affected of our fevery mother earth and her future symptoms, why we must show
the world that we want to take possession of our own destiny today.
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