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Climate Change and Youth

The Climate Change Secretariat encourages youth engagement on climate change issues and solutions by:

• Delivering climate change education and outreach opportunities for youth.

• Promoting leadership development for youth to take action on climate change issues

• Encouraging realistic feedback to government in order to effect positive change relevant to youth

 

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Are YOU  our next Youth Ambassador on Climate Change?

If you're a Yukon youth between 19 and 23, apply by May 31, 2013 to be a part of the Yukon government team participating in the 19th international climate change negotiation (COP 19) in Warsaw, Poland.

For complete details and application form:

2013 COP 19 Youth Ambassador

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Youth Engagement Forums

Northern Forum's Youth Eco-Forum 2012: Climate Change and Creating Balance

In August, 2012 Environment Yukon and partners hosted 40 youth delegates and chaperones from Japan, Russia, Quebec, Northwest Territories and Nunavut for the 8th Northern Forum’s Youth Eco Forum.

The event cultivated youth leadership, environmental awareness and a greater understanding of climate change. It also supported circumpolar/ northern regional relationship building and a sharing of cultures and values. 

Through provoking conversations, projects and activities, participants learned how to personally and collectively work toward living a life in balance with our communities and the natural world.  Youth Eco-Forum 2012 Final Report 2.0 MB

 

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Climate Change Youth Video

BYTE (Bringing Youth Towards Equality) and the Climate Change Secretariat partnered in 2011 to get youth input on climate change actions in Yukon. BYTE's community outreach efforts included:

• Seeking youth opinions on climate change action,
• Delivering educational climate change workshops, and
• Creating a video to get youth voices heard!
  
  

 

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"Yukon Youth Outside the Box" Forums

Environment Yukon and the Climate Change Secretariat hosted Yukon Youth Outside the Box forums from 2007-2010. These forums aimed to empower youth, build capacity, build community, educate about climate change, and connect policy, policy makers and Yukon youth.

 

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Youth Leadership

Internships

The Climate Change Secretariat works to create inclusive, engaging learning opportunities for youth through our summer internship program.

 

 

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Outreach

Environment Fair 2011

Our climate change bathtub outreach booth helped explain how greenhouse gasses are entering our atmosphere, that the number of greenhouse gasses is increasing, and that we can all do our part.

 

 

Climate Change Secretariat Greenhouse

Y2C2 youth constructed a greenhouse for the Climate Change Secretariat entirely out of found and recycled materials, mostly pop bottles donated by Raven Recycling and old bicycle tubes donated by Cadence Bicycles.

 

 

 

 

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Climate Change Links and Information

• Yukon Government's Climate Change Action Plan 2.2 MB
• Youth Eco Forum 2012 Final Report2.0 MB
• Arctic Youth Network
• Young Leaders’ Summit on Northern Climate Change
• Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
• KYOTOplus
• United Climate Change Conference 2009
• Arctic Climate Impact Assessment

 

Contact The Climate Change Secretariat Environment Yukon Government of Yukon Box 2703 (V-205) Whitehorse, Yukon Canada Y1A 2C6 Phone: 867-456-5544 Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408 local 5544 Fax: 867-456-5543 Email: ClimateChange@gov.yk.ca

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