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TUNZA GLOBAL YOUTH GATHERING - A PRE UNITED NATION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSEMBLY

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The environment has become fundamental in development and the world is meeting again at the United Nation Office in Nairobi for an environmental assembly. The assembly is the part of the Rio+20 outcomes. The Rio+20 outcome document number 50 spell out the importance of youth and children involvement in sustainable development; the Major group of Children and Youth (MGCY) gathered together at a Pre United Nation Environmental Assembly (UNEA) from the 18 th to 20 of June 2014 to frame a youth position paper which will be presented at the environmental assembly during the resolution meetings. The UNEP director encouraged young people to come and join the rest of the world with their passion for environment but also to come with their brains as well: the youth need to affect policies by rubbing shoulder with policy makers at high level platforms like UNEA. Achim Steiner, the Executive director of United Nation Environmental Program informed the youth during the Global Yout

AYICC - KENYA RAISES ITS VOICE DURING WED 2014 (WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY) - "RAISE YOUR VOICE, NOT THE SEA LEVEL"

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS INEVITABLE DESPITE SOCIAL INJUSTICES The world today is facing climatic challenges and the global south is at a higher risk of global warming. The sea water levels are rising and some of the people living in the coast lines will be forced to shift and change their way of life. This is a result of climate change and global warming which has highly been contributed by anthropogenic activities. The global south populace faces great challenges in leadership and achieving social justice,  which  are stumbling blocks towards attaining environmental and climate justice. Women and Youth are the majority population in the global south: they are in the periphery when it comes to the production chain and they face climatic challenges like floods and drought. It is tough to fight for the environment when one’s life is facing economic, social and political insecurity. There are fundamental needs which should be met in order to make life livable; food, shelter and

RYACA, the Rwandan AYICC Chapter launches Environment Song 'Dufashe Isi' on WED

On the World Environment Day 2014 (June 5), RYACA (Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Actions) in collaboration with Miss Rwanda 2014 and local artists released a music video calling on the global youth to save the world. The video is called " Dufashe Isi / Let's Save the World" and it is found on YouTube at this link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmEyBuvJaww About the song : Dufashe Isi / Let's Save the World is call to ACTION to the youth in Rwanda and the global youth to join hands and work together to save the planet Earth. It is a message that youth in Rwanda are sending out to the World. This song is an initiative of the Rwanda #YACA (Youth Alliance for Climate Actions) aka RYACA in collaboration with local Artists and musicians, and Miss Rwanda 2014, all of them members of RYACA. The objective of the song is to mobilize the global youth around environment conservation, while encouraging them to act locally. The son