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Time to Act Now!

Time to Act Now! Action on the climate crisis is needed now. The recent IPCC Sixth Assessment Synthesis Report states that it is likely that warming will exceed 1.5°C during the 21st century and make it harder to limit warming below 2°C. Every increment of global warming will intensify multiple and concurrent…

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Migration Declaration

We, the Youth of Africa, declare a humanitarian crisis induced by climate change on our continent. Despite Africa contributing less than 4% of the historical global emissions, the brutal slow and rapid onset extreme weather events such as heat waves,  droughts,  floods, landslides, storms and cyclones are ravaging lives and…

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Global south youth voice

Both nature and young people are underserved and underrepresented in climate action, funding, and policy, yet both are critical components of climate solutions. Nature plays a strong role in the mitigation and adaptation of climate change. Over half of anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide are sequestered by the land and…

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Road to COP28

ROAD TO COP28 Documents R40 Africa Youth Climate Action Plan _FINAL R40 Africa Youth COP28 Declaration R40 COP28 Recommendations AFRICA YOUTH CLIMATE DIALOGUE. TENTATIVE DATES: 2nd – 3rd September, 2023 AFRICA YOUTH CLIMATE DIALOGUETheme: Achieving Climate Justice through Meaningful and inclusive Youth Engagement;VENUE: Safari Park Hotel TENTATIVE DATES: 2nd –…

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Lessons learnt from COP27

From November 6-18th, 2022, Egypt hosted the 27th UN Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh on climate change. As a youth organization advocating for nature and for climate justice we managed to convene a delegation in attendance at COP27 with a view to building on…

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