SLYCAN Trust youth reps participate in UNFCCC
View(s):SLYCAN Trust hosted a Post-COP Youth Debrief recently, following a successful Pre-COP Youth Forum held on October 28, in Colombo.
The aim of the debrief was sharing updates from youth engagement during the 17th Conference of Youth (COY) and the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and moving forward partnerships created for scaling-up youth engagement in climate action in Sri Lanka.
COY17 and COP27 took place at Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, from November 2 to November 20. During the events, SLYCAN Trust Youth reps–Kavindu Ediriweera, Ashan Karunanda, Sajani Ranasinghe, and Mayantha Madurasinghe–interacted with many stakeholders, such as like-minded youth, policymakers, and experts on different areas related to climate change.
They also engaged in the climate negotiation process and participated in or addressed events, sharing good practices and lessons learned from youth engagement in climate policy and action in
Sri Lanka.
SLYCAN Trust Youth hosted or contributed to more than 20 events and climate negotiations. These events were aimed at raising awareness and climate literacy and showcasing climate action by youth and were conducted together with many partners, including governments, civil society, academia, UN entities, youth, and private sector stakeholders.
The youth reps focused on ways to better engage youth in climate processes and highlighted how educating youth could contribute to spreading more awareness about the urgency of climate action, promoting and engaging in processes to scale-up accountable processes, and actively engaging in evidence generation on climate change and research studies that support youth engagement in meaningful climate action.
These suggestions will be integrated into the activities of the Global Youth Forum on Climate Change organised by SLYCAN Trust Youth, which is a youth initiative focused on engaging and empowering youth on climate policy and action at local, national, and
global levels. -TW
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