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GREENERATION: National Gathering for Youth Empowerment on Climate Change
EVENT TITLE:
GREENERATION: National Gathering for Youth Empowerment on Climate Change
DATE & TIME:
November 22, 2012, Thursday, 8:00AM-5:00PM
VENUE:
The Manila Hotel - Tent City, Roxas Boulevard, Manila
ORGANIZER:
Climate Change Commission
PARTNERS:
Commission on Higher Education, USAID and BMU-GIZ

Reference: http://climate.gov.ph/index.php/conferences/greeneration-national-gathering-for-youth-empowerment-on-climate-change https://www.facebook.com/greenerationPHL Partners:

I. Rationale Climate change is an urgent and serious threat confronting the world today and affecting most especially vulnerable sectors such as children and youth, who constitute nearly half of the world’s population. The sectors’ higher vulnerability to climate change is ascribed to their already tenuous conditions caused by social and economic challenges. In addition, it is their generation who is expected to endure the unprecedented consequences of climate change and environmental degradation if kept unabated. For this reason, there is a need to empower children and youth in understanding climate change and its impacts, and appreciating their key roles in addressing the climate challenge. Their capability to influence and shape policies and programs of the government should be recognized. However, in order to better equip the sector with climate change knowledge and skills, mentors and educators should also be involved and capacitated. The Climate Change Commission, the lead policy-making and coordinating body of the government on climate change-related initiatives, together with other agencies and stakeholders acknowledges the importance of engaging children and youth and the academic community in its undertakings. Last year in celebration of the Climate Change Consciousness Week, a children and youth workshop entitled “Pinoy + Youth + Power in a Changing Climate” was held, which led

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