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Climate ChangeClimate change is the biggest challenge currently facing mankind and its impact will affect us all, but inevitably some more than others. Our role in creating the problems is indisputable. Unless we limit the emissions of greenhouse gases within the next decade or so, we know that the economic and social impacts will escalate with catastrophic outcomes. We also know that answers exist – or can be developed, if we are ready to change our behaviours and invest in technology and other solutions. Success also requires us to reach agreement and then implement a set of suitably robust international actions to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
What we want to achieve?
We will use our extensive international network to develop a range of perspectives to help increase the understanding of climate change issues and will contribute to leading consensus building about climate actions and solutions.
About our Projects
We will run two projects across Latin America under the umbrella of Climate Change, these are: Climate Generation and Climate4Classrooms. Through them we will engage a wide range of participants from school students and teachers, to environmental advocates and journalists.
Climate4Classrooms
Provides innovative resources for schools to teach, think and talk about climate change from national and global perspectives, enabling young people to understand climate change as relevant to their own lives, and provide opportunities for international exchange of ideas.
Through a multi-lingual website, the project enables teachers of students aged 11+ to access interactive teaching tools based on the latest climate change data from world-renowned climate experts. Resources include over 150 graphics, student activities and case studies on the likely impact of climate change nationally and globally, as well as videos of climate experts bringing climate science to life.
We work with passionate and committed climate activists aged 16 to 35. We help them develop and implement projects within their local communities that raise awareness of climate change, limit the impact of climate change and reduce carbon footprint.
Our aim is to have an international network of International Climate Champions across Latin America and the Caribbean that have links with each other and to their counterparts in the UK.
Some champions will have the chance to express their views to world leaders at international meetings, such as the United Nations Conference.
From Latin America to Copenhagen
Raising Latin American voice on the international stage as a region vulnerable to climate change is an important part of increasing awareness.
As part of our initiative 40 champions from around the world, three of them from Latin America, travelled to the UN summit in Copenhagen on December 2009 and raised their case to world experts and decision-makers.
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