Sarah Farheen Khan from Bangladesh at #CBA14 asks, South Asian countries are prone to natural disasters, so how can GCA help with this?pic.twitter.com/wCpI15uIUw
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Youth voices at the #CBA14 Generation Gap:
Walelasoetxeige Surui from Brazil: Forest burning has gotten worse. Climate emergency is now - Indigenous people are suffering.
She asked: Can we make sure that policies reach the Indigenous communities & can it be done effectively?pic.twitter.com/fHa70OtFH7
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Cathal Swan of Youth and Environment Europe asks: Can we make sure that young people are listened to at the GCA level and it isn't tokenistic? Find YEE on Facebook --> https://www.facebook.com/youthandenvironmenteurope/ …
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Mike Girling of the Global Commission on Adaptation: We want to use our role organising & involved in high-level events to insert the voices of youth. The young people in our network are putting together a Call to Action from Young People to be presented to world leaders.
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Matt Toombs from
@COP26 said at#CBA14: Adaptation & resilience is a priority for the UK. We'll work very close with@UNFCCC & other actors on a whole of society approach. We're keen to learn from youth experience on engaging with COPs in the past - engaging with@IYCM YOUNGO.pic.twitter.com/l04GS8p6Ix
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Carina Larsfalten, also of the GCA, suggests: Business is important for the problems, but also for the solutions - they're inviting companies to become youth leadership partners in different ways.
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@adri_aval of UNFCCC said 2020 is a crucial year. We're reviewing NDCs & have seen youth at national levels help facilitate these national strategies. She asked the young people in the#CBA14 chat, what good practices do you know & what challenges are you facing?pic.twitter.com/GxcGbFF9yn
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@Desmond_Alugnoa suggests: Need integrated research where young people can co-produce case studies with scientists to help them understand the issues better & gain credibility. Identify youth-led initiatives & empower them with the capacity to understand adaptation & act.#CBA14pic.twitter.com/vbYy39YV2B
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Nuyang Rai commented Indigenous people are most affected by climate change. We have to include them in policymaking and research, as they work closely within the environment and understand the minor changes to their environment.
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Neeshad Shafi (
@ineeshadvs) said that young people are left out in community-based activities. We have to push governments to involve young people, and through civil society spaces.#CBA14pic.twitter.com/NoUFPIZPn0
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@ManalBidar from@AYC_Hub said it always seems that the least protected are the most affected. Young people in Africa are driving the agenda & education is crucial. She said she would never have gotten involved in climate action if she hadn't heard about it at school.#CBA14pic.twitter.com/nb0IpYEsTg
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Tapaswini Sharma asked a very important question: How do you reach out to young people when they don't have internet access?
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The young people at
#CBA14 have been have been working hard to push their governments & global decision makers for stronger#ClimateAction. Sign up to the Youth Adaptation Network (YAN) of the Global Center on Adaptation --> https://gca.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6dfa0ea942c9f12e85f30d962&id=d0e21c07da …pic.twitter.com/2hYwvPuv4v
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