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Canadian youth rise above dirty domestic policies and push for climate action
Youth Profile #15: The government may have walked out on the Kyoto Protocol but the country’s youth still has a strong voice pushing for climate action.
Youth anger at lack of participation in UN biodiversity talks
CBD COP11: United Nations policy process should be more open to input from youth groups, according to campaigners in Hyderabad
Costa Rica’s youth eye a carbon neutral future
Youth Profile #14: Costa Rica is one of the world’s smaller countries, but in the world of climate change it stands tall – led by a dynamic youth movement
Water and food security set to feature on COP18 agenda in Qatar
Unmitigated climate change will have ‘potentially devastating effects’ on global water security, according to a paper presented to the United Nations by Qatar’s government
Rockefeller and UN join forces to highlight women’s climate role
Rockefeller Foundation supports UNFCCC initiative to build awareness of women’s role in addressing climate change
Adaptation focus: Making the business case for living roofs
Caroline Nobel and Katy Obregon from the Urban Wild Project tell RTCC how they aim to get 30 businesses in South London to install green roofs.
Youth Profile #13: Giving youth a platform at the European Parliament
Jessica Douthwaite, Education Officer at Make the Link Climate exChange talks about the group’s latest project aimed at giving young people a chance to get involved in the decision making process in the EU.
Climate-carbon crisis could kill 100 million people by 2030
Five million people die every year as a result of the carbon economy and the impacts of climate change, according to the latest edition of DARA’s Climate Vulnerability Monitor.
East Timor could become home to Kiribati’s climate refugees
President Tong of Kiribati says the government are in negotiations with other countries in the event of a sea level rise
Youth Profile #12: European activists demand governments put their futures ahead of ‘dirty industry’
In the latest RTCC Youth Profile, Lucy Patterson from Push Europe tells RTCC that it is time countries stopped blocking greater ambition in the continent’s global climate change targets.
Adaptation focus: Is sustainable drainage a cheap answer to inner city flooding?
Sustainable drainage systems cost little, is easy to install and makes the surrounding area look and feel better. One North London school tackling the challenge head on.
Podcast: UK youth group on daunting scale of UN climate process
In the latest podcast by the UK’s Youth Climate Coalition, three members of the group heading to Qatar talk about the size, complexity and challenges that the COP18 negotiations present.
William and Kate visit climate change’s frontline – Tuvalu
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s world tour takes them to Tuvalu, where campaigners say it will be hard for them to miss the effects rising sea levels are having on the islands
VIDEO: Are Ban Ki Moon’s ‘energy for all’ goals possible to achieve?
Andrew Scott from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) explains that UN Secretary General’s ambitions can be implemented through technology transfer at a local level
Vivienne Westwood calls for a “Climate Revolution”
Iconic designer labels herself a climate warrior at London Fashion Week and tells people not to buy her clothes.
Competition: Win a day at MTV by rapping on climate change
We’re looking for the Jay-Z of climate change to wax lyrical about the issues affecting your local community. Trips to Doha, New York and London await the winner.
Youth Profile #11: China’s young activists out to prove they do care about climate change
In the 11th of RTCC’s youth series, Cao Yuan from the China Youth Climate Action Network talks about the work they are doing getting the young people’s voices heard on climate change, both in China and on the international stage.
Climate change and biofuels blamed for rising food prices
New reports raise concern over links between rising food prices, climate change and biofuels
UKYCC Podcast #2: Preparing for COP18 in Doha
In the second UK Youth Climate Coalition Podcast we’re hosting Nick Beall and guests discuss how the Bangkok climate talks could set the scene for COP18 in Qatar
Youth Profile #10: Life on climate change’s frontline with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition
In the latest in RTCC’s Youth Series we head to Australia and discover how local coalitions are holding Julia Gillard’s government to account