AYICC KENYA

During the opening ceremony of the culture week in Kenyatta University, the vice chancellor, Prof. Olive Mugenda and Royal Media Services C.E.O Dr. S.K Macharia signed the climate change petition. In a statement made by Antony Opot, the Secretary General to the Kenyatta University Environmental Club, the two dignitaries were urged to have the climate change petition signed to increase the efforts being made by the Kenya Youth Climate Network in having up to 1 million petitions signed from Kenya alone. Kenyatta University Environmental Club has been taking a leading role in addressing environmental conservation.

We, the Delegates to the Africa Regional Preparatory Meeting on Rio+20 on behalf of  Children and Youth in the continent acknowledge that Rio+20 is of much importance to us being the generation that will be most affected by the decisions to be reached at the   conference.   We are united   in   calling   upon   African   and   World  leaders   to   move towards sustainable development that safeguards the planet earth and its people since this is an opportunity we cannot afford to fail in meeting the needs of the present and future generations. The initiatives pursued in order to support youth as one of the key role players in the advancement towards sustainable development, should acknowledge the vulnerability of children and young people who are in this critical lifestage. On the one hand, while children and youth have the vibrancy, enthusiasm and untapped potentials to emerge as   leaders   in   their   homes,   communities,   society   and   countries,  they   are   most   oft

African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) Press Statement at the 1 st Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-1) Conference, 17 th to 19 th October 2011, Addis Ababa , Ethiopia , * * * The African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) is represented at the 1 st Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-1) Conference by young climate activists, professionals and researchers from the six regions of Africa including Central, Eastern, Southern, Northern and Western Africa. As African youth form the bulk of the continent’s population; We therefore applaud the initiative of UNECA, AUC, ClimDev and the AfDB for organizing this conference and for facilitating our active participation. The initiative is indeed imperative in leading Africa on a sustainable development path, and in enhancing youth capacities as well as integrating our concerns in the continent’s plans. . Today, We seek a new way; a new path that shows our humanness which is measured by re

The  1 st  Climate Change and Development   Conference in Africa   (CCDA-1) successfuly kicked off on the  17 th  to 19 th  October 2011  at the United Nations Conference Centre in  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia . The conference is a joint initiative organized by the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev Africa) Programme, the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). The theme for the conference is  Development First: Addressing Climate Change in Africa . It will aim to reflect the need for integrating development and climate policies, and emphasize the importance of an African ownership of its policy formulation and decision making process.  Below is an overview of Day one at the CCDA-1 GUYANA  CASE-Minister for Finance, Guyana The country has a success story as regards to climate change and development as communities are “benefiting” while fighting climate change and the following a