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UNFCCC PRESS RELEASE ON 'CANCUN AGREEMENTS'

UN Climate Change Conference in Cancún delivers balanced package of decisions, restores faith in multilateral process  (Cancún, 11 December 2010) The UN Climate Change Conference in Cancún, Mexico, ended on Saturday with the adoption of a balanced package of decisions that set all governments more firmly on the path towards a low-emissions future and support enhanced action on climate change in the developing world.  The package, dubbed the —Cancún Agreements“ was welcomed to repeated loud and prolonged applause and acclaim by Parties in the final plenary.  Cancún has done its job. The beacon of hope has been reignited and faith in the multilateral climate change process to deliver results has been restored,“ said UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres. —Nations have shown they can work together under a common roof, to reach consensus on a common cause. They have shown that consensus in a transparent and inclusive process can create opportunity for all,“ she said.  Governm

From Broken-Hagen to Can-not-Cun?

Its the last day at the Cancun Climate Talks in  Mexico . There has been considerable effort at building consensus around key issues but a solid decision to move the process forward has yet to be found.In the dying hours of COP 16 everyone is keeping their fingers crossed that something tangible shall be agreed upon...... The  AYICC team in Cancun  has been working well in representing the continent and yesterday held a side event with the  Topic:Towards Climate Justice in Cancun:Perspectives of the African Youth .The AYICC team had  Sena Aluoka(AYICC Founder),Abel,JP  among others as panelists where they clearly outlined the views of African youth and the way forward.It however remains to be seen whether their voices(ideally our voices) were heard in the maze that is the UNFCCC negotiations and whether this will reflect in the final Cancun Outcome. Photos from the AYICC side event in Cancun Mexico: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150342974460323&set=a.10150342973615323.

Opening statement by Christiana Figueres at COP 16 / CMP 6

Opening statement by Christiana Figueres at COP 16 / CMP 6 November 30, 2010   Opening of the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) Cancún, 29 November 2010 Address by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change His Excellency Felipe Calderón, President of the United Mexican States Mrs. Margarita Zavala His Excellency, Patricia Espinosa, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico, His Excellency, Lykke Friis, Minister for Climate Change and Energy of the Kingdom, Denmark, His Excellency Juan Elvira, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) United Nations Dr. Mario Molina, President Mario Molina Center for Strategic Studies on Energy and Environment Ms. Simona Gomez, Representative of Indigenous Community Tzetal, Mrs. Gloria Guevara, Secretary of Tourism Mr. Félix González Canto, Governor of Quintana Roo

A NEW DAWN FOR THE KENYAN YOUTHS

The realization of the importance of the youths as one of the stakeholders towards a developed nation by the government has laid a platform for the youths to engage in the governance of this country. On the 24th November 2010 Africa youth initiative on climate change Kenya represented by George Auko-the chief coordinator, Bildad-from REEN and Alphaxad Gitau-member together with youth leaders from all over the country had a meeting with the prime minister, other senior officials from the government and the private sector to deliberate on the way forward in the quest for the alternative leadership of this country. The question on “whether the youths are the resource that this country was missing or not” was given a strong affirmation that our country cannot develop unless we recognize that the youths are part of the stakeholders in this country. Therefore with the statistics from our last national census showing that the youths make up 78.5% of our population it is evident that the achi
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Youth Leadership Response to Climate Change - African Youth Initiative on Climate Change-Kenya Chapter By Margaret A. Demba Executive Summary In light of emerging challenges such as climate change, the most vulnerable globally are women and children. The youth make up a large portion of this group. This report highlights some of the challenges that the youth are facing with regard to environmental issues. It also focuses on the emerging leadership from the youth as they engage themselves in solving and tackling various challenges that face them. The report shows how a particular youth movement in Africa has proved successful locally and internationally in responding to climate change amidst emerging challenges. Background Information The World Bank Development Report 2008 (World Bank 2007) identifies 5 main factors through which climate change will affect agricultural productivity: changes in temperature, changes in precipitation, and changes in carbon dioxide levels, fertilization, in

CALL FOR SOBER REFLECTION ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE

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Richard Omondi, in one of the AYICC Kenya meetings The debate on global climate change has changed from better to worse and those championing green economy have received ceremonial embrace for their outstanding scientific contributions. The debate however remains to be as fictional as it was in the early 1990s. Increasingly, it seems like climate change belongs to what philophers call, the limit of science. Inspite of the failure of United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to agree on global climate change on Mitigation and Adaptation frame work at the Copenhagen late last year, many carrier scientists are still hopeful that they will produce a conclusive evidence of global warming which they believe posses worst threat to humanity and other forms of life across the globe. In many African countries, high levels inter-ministerial committees have been formed to develop strategies for combating climate change. Big offices have also been created and None Governmental

AYICC-KENYA AT IT YET AGAIN!!! GEARING UP FOR THE ROADSHOW PHASE I ON 28th NOVEMBER

We as the Kenyan youth on 28th November are seeking to spend a day with Kenyan communities from some parts of the country in several ways of involvement: 1.Creating Climate solutions- Development and implementation of climate friendly projects with communities e.g. rain water harvesting, establishing grass plots, reforestation, visual aid. 2.Sharing Climate solutions - Interact with communities and learn their best practices and traditional ways that have helped to address climate change 3.Communicating Climate Solutions- Document and celebrate with communities their best practices on climate change, so that others can use these practices. The theme of the Roadshow, "driving a climate revolution in Kenya". Will take place as our November 2010 activity. This is the 1st phase of the Roadshow Concept and it is expected to be complete in other phases that will be bigger and even better. So watch out for the Roadshow poster and the programme of activities as well as more informa

KEY AYICC KENYA EVENTS IN 2010- AND MORE TO COME!

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 These are just some of the highlights from AYICC Kenya as we prepare to wrap up the year. The year started in January with a Social Day at the Ololua Forest and the Election of our Leaders, George Auko (Chief Coordinator), Winnie Asiti (Admin & Finance), & Joshua Minai (Programmes and Projects Coordinator). February 2010- George Auko, the Chief Coordinator AYICC Kenya, and Papa Omugataya, one of the climate change artists in our membership joined the rest of the Kenyans in a national tree planting day in Mau Forest. 22nd April 2010 was the Earth Day, and AYICC Kenya marked this through a half day workshop on Youth and Biodiversity. Panelists during the workshop included Paul Mbole, from the Norwegian Church Aid our supporters for the event, Joan Kagwanja from AGRA (Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa) and Dr. Mwaura from Univerisyt of Nairobi. Further to the Earth Day, we had a major clean up of the Nairobi River with University of Nairobi, Chiromo Environmental A