HR!Day819 - Wed 12/06/23 COP 28 III: Youth Climate Activism - Sue Lennox, Jennifer Comeau & Alpha Kargbo

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Day 819 Wed 12/06/23 COP 28 III: Youth Climate Activism


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2023 is the hottest year on Earth in 120,000 years and global temperatures are at their highest level in 3-5 million years. Climate change is now so out of control that UN Secretary General Guterres declared at the 2023 General Assembly of the UN that “humanity has opened the gates of hell.” In the midst of this, the 28th Conference of Parties, which brings governments, corporations and NGOs together to discuss how the governments can deal with climate change, is taking place right now in Dubai. The conference is chaired by Sultan al-Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, who is seeking to bring the oil industry into prominence in a conference supposedly committed to eliminating fossil fuels. This contradiction explains much of the dysfunction of our governments in the face of possible human extinction due to runaway climate disaster.

OzGREEN (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network Australia Inc) is an independent not-for-profit that operates nationally in Australia and overseas in South Asia, South-East Asia & Pacific, Latin America and East Timor. Established in 1992, OzGREEN’s unique approach incorporates citizen science, transformative sustainability leadership and community development, enabling people to innovate sustainability solutions themselves. OzGREEN programs have directly involved over 1 million people from over 1600 communities in Australia, Africa, India, Pakistan, Nepal, SE Asia, Papua New Guinea, Europe, Middle East, East Timor, USA, Canada and Central America. www.ozgreen.org

Sue Lennox, along with her late husband Colin, has been the driving force behind OzGREEN since its inception in 1992. She is a social entrepreneur (winner Social Ventures Australia Big Boost 2002) and a former high school science teacher. Sue is a grandmother, an avid gardener and lives a simple life, “off the grid” with her extended family. Sue was named as one of the Most Influential People in Sydney in 2007 and 2020 NSW Senior Australian of the Year. OzGREEN’s work has been acknowledged by the Eureka Prize, Banksia Awards, UNAA Media Peace Awards, UNESCO, Buckminster Fuller Catalyst program, and is a Best Practice Case Study for the Australian Association for Environmental Education (NSW). Sue will introduce the youth representatives each day.

Youth Leading the World (YLTW) is a transformative sustainability leadership program that enables young people to find their voice and become active participants in creating fairer futures. Youth leadership, social innovation and community driven change are key. OzGREEN trains local people to run YLTW in their own region. Through YLTW, OzGREEN is openly sharing the skills and experience we gained over 30 years of delivering of recognized excellence.

Jennifer Comeau

Alpha Kargbo

Convener:

Jim Garrison

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