YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION DAY

Weather extremes and reports of disasters make it clear: Climate change is dramatically picking up speed. At the same time, concern about climate change makes people all over the world join and take the streets. A global climate movement has emerged.

Many groups in different countries participated at Youth Climate Action Day on 23 October 2021 an on 22 October 2022. They planted trees, painted posters, took part in international online workshops, organized garbage collection campaigns, built insect houses and creatively campaigned for climate protection.

The next Youth Climate Action Day takes place in autumn 2023. Especially now, setting the course for climate protection is extremely important – and thus the commitment of all of us. We invite you to an international online event with inputs und exchange. In addition, you are again cordially invited to set up your own actions. Inspiration for this can be found below, at the action day or by writing to us (contacts below).

Start your own action and network with young people worldwide! Why should we leave it to the politicians to decide on the future of our planet Earth?

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Already now we feel the advanced impact of climate change. According to the Norwegian Refugee Council three times more people flee their homelands from extreme environmental accidents, than from war or civil conflicts. Many of them are internally displaced persons seeking new perspectives and protection within their own borders. Although countries of the Global South just contribute minimally to CO2 emissions they are particularly affected by climate change. Climate justice means that countries that bear the main responsibility for global warming have to assume global responsibility for consequences and limiting of climate change. Climate justice also includes generational equity and environmental responsibility: instead of leaving environmental conditions for future generations behind which are at least as good as they are now, the CO2 intensive standard of living leads to a situation where future generations have to overcome the hardly predictable impacts of climate change.

Youth Climate Action Day is a worldwide movement of young people who are concerned about climate change and global injustice. Since 2012 young people in several countries of the world start concrete actions for climate protection and climate justice around the date of the UN-Climate Conference. They point up possibilities for action and learn from each other. The many ideas and actions are shared via social media and become visible on the Climate Action Day world map.

The annual UN-Climate Conferences are an attempt to find answers on climate change and to limit earth heating. This year, the UN Climate Change Conference will meet from November. 30 to December. 12 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It will be about the concrete efforts of the countries to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. In addition, the representatives of the countries will discuss protective measures against the consequences of climate change and negotiate the money that must be raised for this and for the Loss and Damage Fund.

Everyone of us can do something and at the same time show the policy makers what is important to us.This is how we can work with one spirit and empower each other!

PARTICIPATION

Anyone can take part with their own idea! Young people from all over the world are taking part in Youth Climate Action Day. They plant trees, campaign for more cycling in their city, organize swap parties, DIY workshops, discussion rounds and much more.

Action Ideas

Here you can find some action ideas for your climate action day. You can also share your ideas with us and we will publish them on this homepage. This way you can help other young people to plan their climate action day.

ACTIONS ON YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION DAY 2020/22

Here we can enter your planned activity with photo! Just contact the preparation team. We will enter your activity and we look forward to exchange.

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